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Because humans have a natural instinct to charge or blame others for there failures or bad luck. When we fail to do something according to demand, we charge someone for one or more of possible many reasons. When we fail to achieve the desired goal and we strongly believe that we had the ability to achieve it. Here we charge luck for this. This is life and it is quite natural. When we are totally unknown about the cause for the good or bad, that happens to us, we start finding something to charge or blame for this. Here starts a myth.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agoMyths are like stories. They are a way of passing down knowledge and wisdom from one generation to the next. With each passing generation the story changes, a bit like a game of Chinese whispers. It is embelished with fanciful notions and loaded with iconography and symbolism. A myth might (for example) suggest that a werewolf lives in the Forrest, and that we daren't go there in the dark. The most plausible reason not to go into the Forrest in the dark is that we might get lost and be stuck there til daylight.
Different cultures have their own ways of embelishing stories. Something that frightens you or I might be laughable to someone from another culture, and would not work on them as a deterant. Myths concentrate on our need, as humans, for fear, awe and spectacle. We all need something to be afraid of, something to aspire to be, and something to be amazed by. In the meantime we need ways of explaining normal things that happen around us every day... the reason the sun rises and sets, the reason the tides ebb and flow... and so we create deities and creatures to be responsible for these events. This is the how myths start in any culture.
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∙ 11y agoTo almost make it a rhetorical question to have no answer but, make you wonder if it is real for example: Big Foot, no one knows if it is real or not but some people believe and some people do it is almost the way you perceive it or the evidence you have to prove it.
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What are 2 civilizations other than the Greeks that created myths?
One is the romans.
Why did Greeks come up with these myths?
All people- not just the Greeks- created myths to explain things they did not understand. If something SOUNDED like a good answer, they kept it until something better came along.
Why did Greeks tell myths?
Greeks told myths to explain events they did not understand, and because myths were their religion.
Why did ancient Greek write Greek myths?
The ancient Greeks wrote Greek myths so they could explain how the world was created and why certain things on Earth are like what they are. Most myths were part of oral tradition handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation long before the Greeks developed writing.
What did Greek myths of Greek gods and goddesses help Greeks to understand?
Greek Myths of greek gods and goddesses helped Greeks to understand everything from love to natrual occurences like earthquakes and lightning.
Who created Greek Myths?
The greeks created greek myths
Why did the ancient Greeks create the myths?
The ancient Greeks created myths because to explain the gods' actions.
Why did Greeks white myths?
The Greeks wrote myths to explain how the world worked. Examples include why the seasons changed or how earthquakes were created.
Why did the Greeks develop myths?
The Greeks used myths to explain events that they did not understand.
Why did the ancient create myths?
The ancient Greeks created myths because to explain the gods' actions.
Who created the greek god myths?
Ancient Greeks who remain unnamed.
What are 2 civilizations other than the Greeks that created myths?
One is the romans.
Why did greek develope myths?
The Greeks created myths to explain how the world worked. Examples include why the seasons changed or how earthquakes were created.
Why did the Greeks come up with these myths?
All people- not just the Greeks- created myths to explain things they did not understand. If something SOUNDED like a good answer, they kept it until something better came along.
Why did Greeks come up with these myths?
All people- not just the Greeks- created myths to explain things they did not understand. If something SOUNDED like a good answer, they kept it until something better came along.
Why did Greeks tell myths?
Greeks told myths to explain events they did not understand, and because myths were their religion.
What was importance of religion for greeks?
The importance of religion to the Greeks was to help explain why things were the way they were. That's why the created the Gods and the God's stories and myths.
