Sagot :
WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY?
- the myths dealing with the gods, demigods, and legendary heroes of a particular people
- a branch of knowledge that deals with myth
- a popular belief or assumption that has grown up around someone or something
- a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon
EXAMPLES OF MYTHOLOGY
- Fables, fairy tales, folktales, sagas, epics, legends, and etiologic tales
- Hercules and the Lion (Greece)
- The Birth of Horus (Egypt)
- The Children of Lir (Ireland)
- Valmiki's Curse (India)
- Thor's Hammer (Scandinavia)
- Theseus and the Minotaur (Ancient Greece)
- Isis and Osiris (Ancient Egypt)