Question

what is myth ?? descript it

Answer 1

a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature. stories or matter of this kind: realm of myth.

Answer 2

A myth is a story that explains the origins of a cultural practice or natural phenomenon.The word myth comes from a Greek word 'mythos'. Mythos in Greek means story or speech. Myths are stories that have come to us from the beginning of human exiatence-the very dawn of the history and perhaps from the time humans started tp speak. For example,almost all cultures across the world have a creation myth, concerning the origins of the world, or how the world came to exist.

Here is a myth of a culture regarding solar eclipse..
The Vikins saw a pair of sky wolves chasing the sun or moon .There was an eclipse whenever one of the wolves caught a bright orb.In a story from Veitnam, a frog or tod 'eats' the moon or the sun The Koreans thought wild dogs chased the sun across the sky and ate it...



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