Myth Question?

Question

i always grew up believing that myth's came from legend and legend came from truth. so with that said wouldnt you say most if not all myth creatures did exsist. i dont know but i wanna know peoples opions on this

Answer 1

I think that parts of them existed....but not in the way that you think. Notice how all mythological creatures have parts of other animals...a dragon's horns look remarkably like an antelope's antlers....and so on. So I think it's possible that parts of them were true and the stories were blown so out of proportion (as such things tend to happen) from what really happened that we got the stories we have today.

Answer 2

To be honest, I'm right there with you. For instance, it's now thought that griffins may actually have been a description of a now extinct dinosaur that actually lived into the time period when humans were around.

I also saw a Discovery channel show in which they showed how the early Greeks were a lot like present palentologists. Fosilized bones would wash out of cliffs and the Greeks tried very hard to determine what animals they could possibly have been from. It's believed that's one of the ways the concept of giants was envioned.

However, that makes you wonder. We put these bones and skeletons together now and "think" we know how they must have appeared. With the technology at our fingertips, we're probably getting closer to the reality. But someday in the future, will people shake their heads at our models and descriptions and term them "myths" because their own technology has allowed them to get even closer to the past?

Answer 3

Myths differ from LEGENDS by comprising less of historical background and more of the supernatural; they differ from the FABLE in that they are less concerned with moral didacticism and are the product of a racial group rather than the creation of an individual. Every country and literature has its mythology; the most familiar to English readers being the Greek, Roman, and Norse. But the mythology of all groups takes shape around certain common THEMES: they all attempt to explain creation, divinity, and religion; to probe the meaning of existence and death; to account for natural phenomena; and to chronicle the adventures of racial HEROES.

Answer 4

i think of myths as a game of telephone.

event happens, and people tell by word of mouth. not writing it down until later. then someone else tells the story, and embellishes it, or makes something up because they can't remember the whole story. so there is truth in the story, but it's lost in the fiction added later.

just imagine, if we hadn't documented hurricane katrina when it happened, it could've become a flood myth a few generations down the road.

Answer 5

I believe it is possible...Or at least a perception of something that really existed.

The Greeks created the concept of Centaurs when they first were attacked by man riding a horse. They thought that the man and horse were one being... because they had never seen horses as riding creatures at all.

Answer 6

There is no way that we - meaning the people of earth- can possible know everything tha is in the universe or even whats on the earth! There is so many miles of ocean that we have not explored because we don't have the appropriate equipment. There are things on this earth that are creeping in dark corners and we don't even know it. There is no way that we know everything contrary to popular belief.

Answer 7

I was always told a myth is something that hasn't been proven to be true.

Answer 8

I think they all exoist but some of them only exist on levels of reality we can't see or process

Take Ghost for example we can see signs of them being in a room but we can't see them.

Answer 9

"A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes."
-James Feibleman

Answer 10

I think that it is a possibility. Why not?