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    It is not the case that 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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    • 1.Structural features reliably identify narrative types across cultures; referential content varies too much to serve as primary analytical criterion.
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    • 2.Institutional anchoring is often invisible or contested; structural analysis provides reproducible, intersubjective classification independent of observer bias.
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    • 3.Categories need not capture function to be useful; taxonomy by form enables comparison that functional criteria would obscure or prevent entirely.
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    • 1.Structural similarity across myths (cyclical time, divine actors) obscures whether a narrative actually functions as origin-legitimation in its community.
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    • 2.Without examining how societies use and transmit a narrative, formal classification mistakes coincidental resemblance for meaningful analytical categories.
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    • 3.A text's truth-claims and institutional role determine its social force; structure alone cannot distinguish myth from fiction or propaganda.
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