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Greek Myths
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Before defining the term "mythology" one needs to define the meaning of the word "myth". The word itself comes from the Greek "mythos" which originally meant "speech" or "discourse" but which later came to mean "fable" or "legend". In this document the word "myth" will be defined as a story of forg ....
Middle of essay ...."Oceanic Mythology", "Oriental Mythology" and "African Mythology". A second meaning of the term mythology is the academic study of myths and systems of myths in general. The types of individual myths and the purpose of mythology Broadly speaking myths and mythologies seek to rationalize and explain the universe and all that is in it. Thus, they have a similar function to science, theology, religion and history in modern societies. Systems of myths have provided a cosmological and historical fram.... |
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