Classifying a narrative as a 'myth of origin' on purely structural grounds, while ignoring its referential and institutional anchoring, conflates form with function in a way that renders the category analytically vacuous.

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Conflates(in argumentation and logic): Treats two different things as if they're the same thing, or mixes them up in a way that causes confusion.
analytically vacuous(the conclusion the statement reaches about the term 'precarious'): A term that sounds meaningful but actually has no real substance or usefulness when you actually think about it—it becomes meaningless.
institutional anchoring(as used in cultural analysis): How a story is connected to actual organizations, traditions, or systems (like religions or governments) that use it or give it meaning.
myth of origin(Dorion's classification of the Oracle story in the Apology): A type of Platonic myth that accounts for the beginning or founding of a practice or phenomenon.
referential anchoring(as used in literary criticism): The connections a story has to real events, places, or people that it refers to or is based on.
structural grounds(as used in literary analysis): Based on the basic framework or pattern of how something is organized or put together, rather than what it actually means or does.

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