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It is a story that is passed on or created that people believe, but is not proved.
A myth is a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
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Are myths really real?
By definition a myth is not true.
Definition of pericles?
Pericles is a man's name. He is a character in Greek Myth and in the Shakespearean play Pericles.
Is Star Wars a myth?
No, the definition a Myth is that of a traditional story concerning the early history of a people or explaining natural or a social phenomenon & typically involving supernatural beings or events.
What is the definition of divine origin?
A creation myth or cosmogonic myth is a supernatural story or explanation that describes the beginnings of humanity, earth, life, and the universe (cosmogony), often as a deliberate act by one or more deities.
What are some words that have the root myth and the definion fiction?
Some words with the root "myth" and the definition "fiction" include mythology (a collection of myths), mythic (relating to myths), and mythologize (to create or spread myths).
Why do some scholars say the blibical Jacob story is a myth?
A myth is a sacred story involving the activity of supernatural beings in the origins of the world or some part thereof. The story of Jacob fits this definition. Please note that the term myth as used by scholars does not imply truth or falsehood.
How old are Zeus' kids?
Zeus was a god, and gods by definition are immortal; they do not age.
What is the Definition for etiological legend?
A story that specific cultures use to explain their origins and the origins of the world. Think along the lines of creation myth.
How fables different from myths?
Fables have talking animals -- that's the definition of a fable. A myth is any story that makes an underlying basis to a culture.
Choose the best definition of this term myth?
A myth is a traditional story or narrative that explains natural or cultural phenomena, often involving supernatural beings or events. Myths often have symbolic significance and are shared within a particular culture or society.
Why are myths not created as frequently today?
A myth is, by definition, a story created to explain the existence or cause of certain scientific phenomena. Because of the science and widely accepted religious outlooks we have today, a myth is no longer required to explain, say, the changing of the seasons or why the sun and the moon exist.
A story invented to explain a natural occurrence?
A commonly used example of this is the ancient Greek myth of the changing seasons, which tells of how the abduction of Persephone by Hades explains the cycle of the seasons. In reality, the seasons are caused by the tilt of the Earth's axis as it orbits the sun.
