The practice and role of myths
changes from religion to a story told to children to send them to sleep. When people
first created myths they were thought of as fact. Over time it evolved into
stories of entertainment. Stories like Percy Jackson and the Olympians or the
Kane Chronicles.
When people hear the word myth most
people think of Zeus and Hera. Those stories are myths but so are those of
witches and wizards, or Ra and Anubis. The ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians
are just some of the people who used myths to explain how people came to be,
storms, disease, and war. These became a religion and people worshiped their pantheon
of Gods and Goddesses. The same also applies to witches and wizards, if
something happened that couldn’t be explained they got blamed. The difference
is instead of being worshiped they were hunted and killed.
What changed was science. When scientific
explanations were introduced people generally accepted them. This acceptance
stopped the worship of the pantheons and the hunting of witches and wizards. They
became stories and legends, told to entertain of to study ancient belief systems.
The practice and role of Myths
changed from religion to stories. Not many people today still believe in the
old myths and legends they are mostly used to entertain. In stories like Harry
Potter or Percy Jackson.
