what is a myth a legend or a moral?

Question

my son has come home with this homework and the title of his essay has to be 'what is a myth a legend or a moral'

Answer 1

Usually both...but if a myth has been picked up by right-wing panics, especially the latter.

Answer 2

A myth is a story with a purpose. It tries to explain the way the world is. Myths also try to explain the relationship between gods and humans. Even though the events in a myth are usually impossible, they try to send a message that has an important social or religious meaning.
A legend is a narrative that people tell as a true story. Sometimes the details are difficult to confirm, but usually the story names people and identifies locations. The person telling the story usually does not claim to be an eyewitness to the events, but heard it from someone who knows someone who heard it from someone who was really there... Legends often contain a moral or a lesson and are told to uphold the values of the community. They often involve supernatural or religious elements.
Moral are concerned with principles of right and wrong or conforming to standards of behaviour and character based on those principles; "moral sense"; "a moral scrutiny"; "a moral lesson"; "a moral quandary"; "moral convictions"; "a moral life"
I hope this helps.

Answer 3

What a strange question! I would say a myth could be a legend and it could have a moral element to it but it couldn't be a moral. If you look up moral in a dictionary you'll see why. Hang on a sec, I've just read your question again. The school probably just wants your son to write an essay showing he understands the meaning of one of the words and is not expecting him to say whether a myth is a legend or a moral. The easiest thing is to ask them to clarify the question. Good luck and forgive me if I haven't actually answered the question you wanted me to answer.

Answer 4

A myth is a traditional story, like those we have from the Greeks and the Romans. The myth is specific to a culture and often will tell about the people, their gods, and the unexplainable events are explained in myths.

A legend is a story of an historical event that has been lost to common memory; therefore, it lacks proof that it ever happened in the first place. Legends continually evolve and they attract add-on stories that are related to, or created around a person.


Any of Aesop's fables are top drawer examples of Fables and morals.
Fables teach attitudes, values, beliefs, and behaviors, by entertaining through a well-crafted, witty story.

Answer 5

Mythology, mythography, or folkloristics. In these academic fields, a myth (mythos) is a sacred story concerning the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to have their present form. The active beings in myths are generally gods and heroes. Myths often are said to take place before recorded history begins. In saying that a myth is a sacred narrative, what is meant is that a myth is believed to be true by people who attach religious or spiritual significance to it. Use of the term by scholars does not imply that the narrative is either true or false. See also legend and tale.
A myth, in popular use, is something that is widely believed but false. This usage, which is often pejorative, arose from labeling the religious stories and beliefs of other cultures as being incorrect, but it has spread to cover non-religious beliefs as well. Because of this usage, many people take offense when the religious narratives they believe to be true are called myths (see Religion and mythology for more information). This usage is frequently confused with fiction, legend, fairy tale, folklore, fable, and urban legend, each of which has a distinct meaning in academia.
Something that is mythic is thought to contain story elements similar to mythology. Something mythical is, however, typically considered false.


Hope this helps

Answer 6

Myth is more likely to be real than legend. Like the Greek myths, There are elements that could be true, but obviously some aspects have been blown out of proportion eg, the Minotaur could have just been a disfigured man.

Answer 7

There are good and bad myths. A good myth is generally morally oriented. All the better, if such good myth, also bears the stamp of legend; makes it stronger and helpful, in molding / promoting positive social values.

N.B. Molding is spelled moulding in British English.

Answer 8

myth is the short form of mythological.it is something which people have been believing in based upon distantly past stories.even though they believe in it it may not be (more often than not it is not)true
legend id historically famous as Abraham Lincoln was a legend
moral is ethical or a religious dictate.for a believer it is the right thing.for a non believer its authenticity is questionable

Answer 9

It can be a legend here is one extract from a dictionary:

'a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something'

Answer 10

a moral is a lesson to be learnt at the end of a story