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What does a myth explain?
Existential questions.
Why did the Greeks create the myth of Demeter and Persephone?
To explain the seasons.
What is the purpose of a creation myth?
To explain how the world came to be the way it is: the origin of things, places, and people.
How does the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice explain the sweetness of the nightingale's song?
The myth says that over the grave of Orpheus (the master musician and singer) the nightingale sings more sweetly than anywhere else.
What did the myth about the ancient greek God Hephaestus working in his fiery forge explain?
i dont know never have never will
What does a myth explain?
Existential questions.
What is the purpose of the Canis Major myth?
The purpose of the myth is to explain who the constellation was placed in the sky.
What is the message of the myth of Nyx?
To explain the night.
A myth uses the to explain the?
supernatural; natural
What does Artemis' myth explain?
It depends on the myth. Artemis' myths were largely relating to her worship and religion.
What is one myth or legend that helped the ancient Greeks explain the unexplainable?
the trojan horse myth
Why is Apollo a god?
Apollo was a god because myths were used to explain what they didn't have science to support.Like in the myth of Prometheus they used that myth to explain how humans were formed.
How do you explain the peculiarity of siren?
A myth to explain why ships did not return or were found wrecked with no crews.
What natural events does this myth 'hades' explain?
death
A story invented to explain a natural occurence?
Myth
What an eXAMPLE of myth?
That Demeter, the goddess of harvest, was the cause for seasons. This is a Greek myth. It was their explanation for something they can't explain.
A myth is a type of story?
myth: a traditional story accepted as history; serves to explain the world view of a people
