| Myths have been around since the beginning of | | | | belonging to a people addressing their origin, |
| time. It originated with the Greek's account of | | | | history, deities, ancestors, and heroes, or myths |
| creation and covers subjects from origins of | | | | associated with an event, individual, or institution |
| civilizations, hero's, customs and most any other | | | | Myth's origins have became even more prevalent |
| imaginable subject. It has served as an excellent | | | | and proved invaluable as an instrument in |
| form for passing down history, and customs form | | | | promoting and perpetuating religions, folkways and |
| one generation to the next; was one of the | | | | mores as civilizations evolved into more complex |
| earliest forms of children's literature. | | | | and intellectual forms; in primitive times in |
| "In the beginning there was a period of Chaos, | | | | preserving a nations or peoples history and |
| when air, water, and matter were combined in a | | | | passing it down from one generation to the next. |
| formless mixture. On this floated a Cosmic Egg, | | | | In conclusion then we might purpose that it is |
| from which there arose Gaea (Earth) and Uranus | | | | from the study of humanities difference and |
| (Sky). These deities created the earth and its | | | | similarities whether it be their cultures, how they |
| creatures and the Sun, Moon, and Stars." | | | | view themselves or govern themselves that |
| The study of such is known as mythology. Where | | | | myths not only originated, they perpetuated. |
| one studies a body or collection of myths | | | | |