why do people create myths?

Answer 1

To create an explanation for the origins of things, often, or to explain "why things are this way." They may also impart morality, although that is more the realm of fables.

Answer 2

In the old days, people were rather bored, especially during the winter, and they created myths as a form of entertainment. They were often referred to in the wild west as "Tall Tales". Babe the Blue Ox and Paul Bunyan was a classical myth.

In the last few hundred years, religious empires have created myths in order to grow their empires.

The biggest myth of our religious history is that God considers all homosexuality a sin. The original Bible text said no such thing. However, in 1611 when the Bible was translated into English for the first time, the selfish religious leaders put pressure on the translators to re-word the original text. The original text read something like "a married man should not spend sexual time with another man because it would cause disharmony with his wife.

If you have a Jewish friend, have him read you the original Hebbrew text.

Why did these religious leaders deliberately change the Bible? Answer: To grow their empire they encouraged their members to propogate large families so that their children would join and grow that particular religious empire. They discouraged/ condemned homosexuality because it would yield no new members, no new children to be brainwashed.

The problem with myths is that after a while most people think of them as facts.

Well, I am sure you get the point.

Answer 3

Some myths are created for storytelling. Others are simply for the good of the person. For example, if you advice your children not to go out late at night for fear of thugs and kidnappers, but then your children say "I don't wanna because I am not afraid of thugs and kidnappers." Well, what do you do? So you create a myth that "If you go out late at night, the boogeyman will get you for sure." Then your children will be afraid and follow your advide. Although this is just a myth, but you know well enough that this is created for the good of your children. The same with religious myths. But the problem is that followers tend to be attached to the myths and come to accept them as truth itself.

Answer 4

Sometimes they do. But then there's also the theory that enough people believing in the same myth can create a reality as well...

Answer 5

I think originally to teach lessons or even just for entertainment (no tv or movies back then. Once the power of the story was realized then it became a way to control the people around you. Just look at the modern myth machines generating modern propaganda.

Answer 6

They need answers and explanations for things they can't readily perceive physically.

Answer 7

to explain a phenomenon that cannot be explained logically.

Answer 8

I really dont know.

Answer 9

to make money ,power,votes.ask bush