Hermes Trismegistus
2007-04-11 02:13:58 · 14 answers · asked by Hermes Trismegistus 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no i believe that it was just away for people to understand things that's happening around them that they couldn't explain.like if there happen to be a volcano they thought it was a god mad at them instead it was just a natural occurrence.
2007-04-11 02:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Raiden 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always. In the Old West when trappers came back from Yellowstone telling tales of water shooting up in the air (geysers) and hot pools people thought they were myths and exaggerations. Turned out they were actually telling the truth. Sometimes when we hear something that boggles our mind we think they must be exaggerating. I would say that probably 90-99% of the time they are, but sometimes, what they say is the truth.
2007-04-11 02:53:56 · answer #2 · answered by rz1971 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your definition of myth is the same as the definition of legend - then usually.
There is truth to every legend - and maybe to every myth.
Although if this is true, then the truth is often times exaggerated so much that it is nearly impossible to determine what it is. Indeed, it seems that the truths in legends and myths are seldom as interesting, thereby less important to most, than the exaggerations.
2007-04-11 02:58:10 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Indignant 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some myths are. Some are not. Take the old myth that meat turns into flies. It didn't, but it attracted flies to lay their eggs on the rotting meat. They hatched and people thought that the meat turned into flies. It's based on actual events, yet it was not true. Yet where did African tribes get their gods? They blamed the person pulling a weed from their garden for their bad weather. No real basis. Yet, they thought so...
2007-04-11 02:42:19 · answer #4 · answered by Tigerlily 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myths could be an exaggeration, but in all actuality they are things that people make up to help explain the 'unexplainable'. Some myths might actually be true, but we might never find out.
2007-04-11 04:13:27 · answer #5 · answered by --jinxed-- 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a way that is correct. BUT the myth is based on the belief of the time. Turning base metal into gold=selling their wares.
Understanding the myth in its time period will provide a clue to the reality.
Good fun EH?
2007-04-12 03:25:42 · answer #6 · answered by jupiteress 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Myths work on a deeper, archetypal level. Even if they don't have literal truth they have allegorical truth. They represent the universal human condition or the movement of celestial bodies. Many I believe in literally as well.
2007-04-11 12:34:24 · answer #7 · answered by Holistic Mystic 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probalby myths were mostly primitive urban legends : a exaggeration of the truth.
2007-04-11 02:42:35 · answer #8 · answered by M.M.D.C. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, exaggerating or the only means they knew how to explain things that happened.
2007-04-12 03:40:19 · answer #9 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they're myths, not the truth. Clue's in the name.
2007-04-11 02:38:15 · answer #10 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋