Don’t think for a second that mythology was only for the Ancient Greeks in the past because it’s still used today. How else would one explain Big Foot or Santa Clause, two very common myths of today? No questions are necessary when it comes to Santa or mythology for that matter because mythology doesn’t ask questions. Before getting into what mythology actually is, it is defined as the study of myths. Ology is study of and myths means myths therefore mythology literally means study of myths. Ancient Greeks used it to explain the unknown. Now getting into what mythology is, it is definitely not literal. It’s actually symbolic and metaphorical, which explains, as mentioned earlier in the story, the animals wanting to launch the sun in the sky. The stories origins were oral and fictitious. Mythology also unites people with shared common ideals and experiences. Such as people who were confused about the physical phenomenon of why the sun came up. They all experienced the sun coming up thus uniting them with the story explaining the sun, they also were entertained by the stories. This brings us to the fact Mythology is explanatory and defines ordinary experiences so that they could understand life. Mythological stories were not up for discussion as they were not logical thus making mythology not dialectical. It’s appealing to something beyond ordinary understanding. This brings us back to the fact mythology does not ask questions because in turn the stories would fall apart because it would be the wrong
Don’t think for a second that mythology was only for the Ancient Greeks in the past because it’s still used today. How else would one explain Big Foot or Santa Clause, two very common myths of today? No questions are necessary when it comes to Santa or mythology for that matter because mythology doesn’t ask questions. Before getting into what mythology actually is, it is defined as the study of myths. Ology is study of and myths means myths therefore mythology literally means study of myths. Ancient Greeks used it to explain the unknown. Now getting into what mythology is, it is definitely not literal. It’s actually symbolic and metaphorical, which explains, as mentioned earlier in the story, the animals wanting to launch the sun in the sky. The stories origins were oral and fictitious. Mythology also unites people with shared common ideals and experiences. Such as people who were confused about the physical phenomenon of why the sun came up. They all experienced the sun coming up thus uniting them with the story explaining the sun, they also were entertained by the stories. This brings us to the fact Mythology is explanatory and defines ordinary experiences so that they could understand life. Mythological stories were not up for discussion as they were not logical thus making mythology not dialectical. It’s appealing to something beyond ordinary understanding. This brings us back to the fact mythology does not ask questions because in turn the stories would fall apart because it would be the wrong