Colorful Humanistic History: The History of Myths

Author: Veronica, Eins (English)
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Mythology has been passed down to this day, but the history of mythology 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 all of this came to be, and so on. In the era when human customs and traditions were passed down orally, binding people together in family or larger units, the function of mythology 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 the people 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, mythology is a religious narrative with ethical meaning; it may not be scripture, but it is related to rituals. "If you can't explain the world, then create a world." Mythology attempts to explain the world in a simple and understandable way— life, death, everything, and fate, giving reasons to various existences, while other myths that do not attempt to explain the world vent human passions and fears. The mythological world constructed by ancient humans preserves a fundamental interpretation of human nature.