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What is Mythology? • • Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of forgotten or vague origin, basically religious or supernatural in nature, which seeks to explain or rationalize one or more aspects of the world or a society. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/m /mythology.html Myths • Religious stories that give meaning to persons, places, and things. • Attempts at explaining why something is the way it is in nature. • Myths were passed down from generation to generation orally by storytellers that is why there are sometimes different versions. • It is believed to be essentially true by those in the society who created it. What do Myths consist of? • Myths are a mixture of morals, poetry, and history. • There is a protagonist (hero or main character) and an antagonist (villain) who’s conflict is eventually resolved with a lesson to be learned. • They make the study of literature and history interesting. An Asian Myth Why the Pine is Always Green • Think about the lesson you can learn from this story as well. • Please click on the link below to read the myth: http://www.afro.com/c hildren/myths/pine/intr o.html An African Myth Why Crocodile Has a Rough Back • Please click on the link below to read the myth: http://www.afro.com/c hildren/myths/crocodil e/intro.html • What characteristics do you recognize in this story that make it a myth? A Native American Myth How Coyote Stole Fire • Please click on the link below to read the myth: http://www.afro.com/c hildren/myths/coyote/i ntro.html • What natural occurrence does this explain? What is the difference between a myth, fable, legend, and tall tale? Wikipedia states that: • A myth is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to have their present form. The active beings in myths are generally gods and heroes. Myths take place before time, before history begins. In saying that a myth is a sacred narrative, what is meant is that a myth is believed to be true by people who attach religious or spiritual significance to it. • A fable is a short story that is invented and not true embodying a moral. • A legend is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale truth. Legend, for its active and passive participants, includes no happenings that are outside the realm of "possibility", defined by a highly flexible set of parameters, which may include miracles that are perceived as actually having happened. • A tall tale is a fictional story and usually obvious. It can sometimes seem ridiculous. The tall tale originated on the American frontier in braging contests.