Hi Martyn, welcome to Wikidot. You've not got your headings quite right. it should be:
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As a student and lay researcher of the Humanities, it is fundamental in my understanding to know the different methods of interpretation or exegesis that scholars employ in their academic studies. This understanding or knowledge, if you will, is an important part of interpreting in a scientific and objective way – that is by observing certain ‘rules’. Of course, this does not mean that we should discard our own perspective or interpretation.
+ What is mythology?
Mythology is the study of myth – the Greek term //mythos// is often used to refer to a mythology of a religion or people. The mythological approach involves, in addition to the study of myth itself, the study of folktales or ‘märchen stories’, the study of legends, including all the paraphernalia of religion such as modes of representation, themes, motifs, theogonies, symbolism, allegory, and metaphor. Between these paraphernalia certain characteristics can be distinguished, but can also overlap and so it is imperative for the student to recognise and learn them in addition to the key concepts employed in the study of myth and its primary functions.
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+ Some interesting questions about myth
* Did myth arise from a personal belief system that fed upon spiritual and philosophical reflection and that was eventually then disseminated into the social sphere of society?
* How do we trace the evolution of a particular mythology?
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You don't put your heading text in bold as you did, you just add a heading and that is picked up automatically by the toc module.