Is any bit of Mythology true?

Question

For example do you believe gorgons or minotaurs or other such creatures existed? Do you believe that some of those myths were true??

I ask this because i like mythology, but i don't like to study things that were not true:))

Answer 1

All Myths and Legends are base in some way or another in truth. Who is to say that dragons, griffins and the like did not exist? Man today is finding proof of things we have long assumed are works of a creative mind or some hallucination. Some would say that the story of Christ, Noah and Moses are myths. But some proof has been found. Just as proof of Dragons has been found. They have proved that King Aurthur was a real man, and that Excalibur did exist...so why not the creatures that he killed? The Greeks believe so much in the Gorgon and Minotaurs that they left sacrifices and the like for them. They based many of their defenses on this fact. The Unicorn was hunted for its horn and pelt. Why would people make spells and potions with Unicorn, Dragon and Minotaur ingredients if they did not exist?

Answer 2

My friend mike and I got into a conversation about this one night (roughly 4 in the morning). And because it really did last four hours and is far too detailed to go into here, I'll give you the reader's digest version:

Everything that exists in myth (as far as creatures go) has components that exist in reality. For instance; if you wanted to feed your king roast griffon, the easiest way to do it would be to kill an eagle, kill a lion, cut the lion in half just behind his front paws and the eagle just behind the wing joint, sew them together after skinning them and roast them. Voila, roast griffon. You can do the same thing with nearly every mythological creature. Myths work the same way. They have bits of real intertwined into the obscure. It's not that they're lies, more tools for education.

Answer 3

Some parts of mythology are loosely based on historical events -- especially the more mundane stories of kings and wars.

Mythology developed in cultures before writing was introduced, and where history was only preserved through word of mouth over the generations. But many of these oral histories became exaggerated and fantastic elements as they were passed down through the generations.

If you look at Greek mythology, for example, the only "history" that the Greeks had was before a certain date (i.e. before the century when writing became widespread) were the stories of myth.

But things like lists of historical kings were merged seemlessly with the mythological ones; and important families could trace their genealogies directly back to mythical heroes.

Answer 4

~~~ coolzy ,,,, The first thing you have to do is understand that Mythology is Metaphor and Symbolism meant to preserve knowledge in times of no written word. Once one realizes this Concept and begins to learn the meaning behind The Symbols then most of The Mystery is removed. And obviously since the christian bible is merely a plagiaristic amalgem of primarily 4 Mythologies, (Egyptian Isis-Osiris, Mithraism, Zoroastrianism and Hellenism) then one can begin to actually make sense of Christian Scripture.

Answer 5

With today's knowledge of cloning, DNA, gene splicing, etc. how can anyone say it wasn't true?
The old India text talked of wars that sounded Nuclear. We are just now recognizing the glass fields in Egypt as "maybe" from an A bomb. A bomb blasts turn sand into glass.
We don't know crap about the ancients.
It is one of the most interesting subjects.
Study everything

Answer 6

Christianity replaced into dervied from a pair of different religions, which include the jewish faith and the Persian zorast(... sp?) faith. the two are montheistic, christianity is basically a type of monotheism (believe in one almighty god) with a concentration on God's son coming to earth. Greek mythology is a polytheistic faith utilising many gods, so that is not a similar strains. while it comprises it, there incredibly isn't defined a "ultimate" faith. some have self assurance that the prepare of monotheism is often, the final faith, and so Judism, all kinds of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Chineese monotheistic varieties, and numerous kinds of African religions are the "ultimate" faith as they are focusing ona single god, merely practising and believeing distinctive procedures. occasion: Christianity isn't something extra then an extension of Judism focusing on the extensions of the arriving of God's son, at a similar time as Judism believes God's son has not come yet. this is a incredibly common distinction that makes 2 completley seperate religions. Al monotheis is somewhat worship to a similar god, yet that one god is perseeved in distinctive procedures. Its comparable to we glance at distinctive birds. A birds a poultry, yet all of them have a distinctive look and sense.

Answer 7

Oh, yes, I do. There were creatures in ancient times the likes of which you nor I will ever dream of seeing. Only we call them "dinosaurs" now. They had to have names. Specific names too. The written word was not invented yet either, thus, the experiences of the people had to be preserved through oral story.

Myth serves many purposes, not just "truth". They also entertain... today's history lessons in school are quite dry compared to ancient myth, eh? How many times have you been caught with your eyelids down in history class anyway? Me, my whole high school career was caught that way, lol. But at home every day after school, I was transported to another world with my books and myths. When we listen to myth, we get to hear about history, plus we get to imagine worlds beyond our limited understanding of "reality". In being given that experience, we learn about culture, social norms, spiritual teachings.

Myth, then, is truthful. It does tell the story of the people, and it does preserve the history of said people. "God" and "Satan" are just as mythological as "gargoiles" and "unicorns". To the people, it is their truth, that myth.

Answer 8

Mythology is symbolic story telling. So yes. The problem is you don't have the original story teller to clear things up. You have to think outside the box. Its like a mental puzzler to get you to see the world around you instead of just coasting by.

Answer 9

Gorgons and minotaurs are based on ancient animal-human 'gods', and possibly on genetic tampering by Atlanteans...

Also, shamen regularly put themselves in the mindset of the animals they dealt with. There is a definite kernel of truth there.

Answer 10

Just a fun fact, remember the Titans, large people who believed themselves to be gods and were destroyed?

below are exerpts from historic information regarding findings of "giant skeletons"

Men of tremendous proportions could possibly have made and used. Estimates for the actual size of these men range from 10 to 12 feet tall and over, weighing from 500 to 600 lbs

A set of 3 huge footprints was discovered near Mulgoa, south of Penrith, N.S.W. These prints, each measuring 2 ft long and 7 inches across the toes, are 6 ft. apart, indicating the stride of the 12 ft. giant who left them. These prints were preserved by volcanic lava and ash flows which "occurred millions of years" before man is supposed to have appeared on the Australian continent

A True Report of Hugh Hodson, of Thorneway," it states: "The said giant was buried four yards deep in the ground, which is now a corn field. He was four yards and a half long, and was in complete armour; his sword and battle-axe lying by him....his teeth were six inches long, and two inches broad...."

In 1879, a nine-foot, eight-inch skeleton was
excavated from a mound near Brewersville, Indiana