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Myths
The various complexes of stories about the gods are called myths. What people first think of when they hear the word "myth" is "false story", for they no longer believe in most of them. But there is another side, one that should not be overlooked: myths arise from the human belief that reality is intelligible. Myths are invented and accepted by people because they just do not settle for the experienci ....
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.... Products of ancient cultures, myths express and explain such serious concerns as the creation of the universe and of humanity, the evolution of society, and the cycle of agricultural fertility such as Campbell's story of how buffalo came to be instinct.Myths are differentiated from folktales such as Cinderella, by being more serious, less entertaining, more supernatural, and less rational and logical. Legends and sagas, by contrast with myths, are historical or semi-historical in ....
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