ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on myths, beliefs, and histories about origins of architecture. That the house plays a leading role in these narratives is logical given the primacy of dwellings in most traditional cultures. Origin myths typically provide dependable lineages and establish immutable truths to lend authority to a people's cultural structures and territorial claims. The origins of a people are common mythological subjects, and religions have often depended on origins to establish their historical authority. However, stories about the origins of dwellings also find an important place in the history of theory where they similarly served as authoritative sources to bolster theoretical arguments. It is important to recognize that one etymological root of architecture is arche-tecture, or "form of origin", belying its assignation as a formative cultural force, and suggesting its foundation in archetypes or fundamentals. In Jungian psychology, "projections" are unconscious acts where elements of the psyche, typically those unwanted parts that have been repressed, are attributed to others.
