Colorful Humanistic History History of Mythology

Author: [UK] Ains
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Although myths have been passed down to this day, the history of myths strictly speaking ends before modern times. All of them were born in ancient times, telling stories of distant pasts, exploring mostly the origins of the past, the future of the past, and how everything came to be, and so on. In the era when human customs and traditions were transmitted orally, binding people together in family or larger units, the function of myths was self-evident. Why do we have today? What are we? How should we live a good life? How should we adapt to nature and others around us? Where are we heading? These may be classic philosophical and religious questions, but for most people, the answers to these questions exist in dramatic mythological stories in the form of poetry and fables. In this sense, myths are a religious-like narration with ethical meaning; they are not scripture but are related to rituals. "If you can't explain the world, create one." Myths attempt to explain the world in a simple and understandable way— including birth, death, everything, and fate, giving reasons to various existences. Other myths that do not aim to explain the world instead vent human passions and fears. The mythological world constructed by ancient humans preserves a fundamental interpretation of human nature.