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Mythology Facts Questions and Answers Myth An ancient, anonymous story that helped to explain beliefs and cultural ideas that were hard to explain Why did ancient people make up myths? Ancient people made up myths to explain why the world was the way it is, explains what they did not unde...

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Myth - answer An ancient, anonymous story that helped to explain beliefs and
cultural ideas that were hard to explain

Why did ancient people make up myths? - answer Ancient people made up myths to
explain why the world was the way it is, explains what they did not understand, and
because of chaos.

What is the difference between realistic fiction and mythology? - answer Myths are a
story that is not likely to happen where realistic fiction is a story based on the actual
event and could possibly happen.

What is the difference between myths and folklore? - answer Myths are collections of
stories about gods and goddesses and folklore takes place during a recognizable time
and main characters are usually humans that have powers

Why do people continue reading Greek mythology? - answer People study Greek
mythology to learn about ancient Greece and increase our knowledge of literature.

Why is it important to suspend rationale thought when reading mythology? - answer
It is important to suspend rationale thought when reading mythology because the stories
are makeup and farfetched, some things are impossible.

In what ways can myths reveal truths about life? - answer Myths can reveal truths
about life because they explain cultural ideas and explain the unexplainable. They help
us to understand the world we live in. Since they were created during a time of chaos,
they helped put order into daily life.

What is the oldest myth? - answer Many of the mythology cycles are ancient, but did
you know that the oldest of the recorded myth cycles is East Indian? It's the "Epic of
Gilgamesh," estimated to be as old as 2,500 BC.

Why are there similarities between different cultural myths? - answer If you study
myth, you'll notice that many of the stories sound very familiar. That's because many of
them have been recycled, in a way, absorbed and altered by conquering cultures or
taken abroad and adopted by travelers. In fact, some myths even appear in religion.

Could this be true? - answer Many classicists believe that most mythical characters
began as actual people, their struggles and triumphs embroidered via oral tradition
across the centuries into the myths we know today. How interesting to think that
someday, we might become the myths of the future.

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