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Gods, Heroes, and Myth: World Mythology
Gods, Heroes, and Myth: World Mythology
Myths typically occur in every culture all around the world. Many of the old stories came to have been created much earlier than even writing was invented. Many of these stories were passed down orally from one person to the next through lessons or even story tellings. Myths dealt with various aspects of a culture, some were meant to simply tell a story, most had a deeper meaning hidden within the tale for the listener/reader to consider.
The three most common types of tales are sagas (somewhat based on a great historical event), legends (fictional story associated with a historical person or place), and folk tales (usually simple narratives of adventure). We today, view these as great stories, but people many many years ago viewed them similar to what people here consider a bible. There are scholars who believe that because these myths typically involved gods and supreme beings, that it was a dimension of a religion.
Source: (1) Encyclopedia Britannica
