Story Lab Week 14
I used the crash course video and wrote my thoughts over the video. To start, the video mentions that the topics of Mythology are endless; he describes it as mixing a bunch of different ice cream flavors and slapping a name on it. Many myths are very, very, very old, which is why you can hear a lot of myths told in different ways. Stories get changed over time, and events are added, changed, or taken away from the story over time to modernize it. A lot of these myths are not translated in their original form. People are still unsure about the interpretation of these stories or why they exist. Myth has a blurry line with religion, and it hard to separate them because of their variety of stories.
In some myth stories, it explains the origins of life or what we call an "origin story." It contains content for why our earth has these instances, such as why the flowers grow, where the sunsets. This is where religion and mythology get confused. I am not religious, so I enjoy these types of stories, whether it's made up not. It creates a new feel for everything and keeps these ideas of why things happen creatively. I think someone with a creative mind inspired myth stories as a way to express their side of thought.
We think of myths as stories that aren't true, or it's false, but the true meaning of a myth is just something that isn't mean to be taken seriously, or a story. It comes from the Greek word "mythos," which means 'story.' We don't know why these stories were created, which is a problem that scholars struggle with to answers. Overall, I like the idea of myths and their interpretations to explain the unexplainable.
Source - Youtube, CrashCourse, What Is A Myth?
In some myth stories, it explains the origins of life or what we call an "origin story." It contains content for why our earth has these instances, such as why the flowers grow, where the sunsets. This is where religion and mythology get confused. I am not religious, so I enjoy these types of stories, whether it's made up not. It creates a new feel for everything and keeps these ideas of why things happen creatively. I think someone with a creative mind inspired myth stories as a way to express their side of thought.
We think of myths as stories that aren't true, or it's false, but the true meaning of a myth is just something that isn't mean to be taken seriously, or a story. It comes from the Greek word "mythos," which means 'story.' We don't know why these stories were created, which is a problem that scholars struggle with to answers. Overall, I like the idea of myths and their interpretations to explain the unexplainable.
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| Here to clear the air about myths - source: what is a myth? |
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