- Myths are a story handed down through history, often oral tradition, that explains or gives value to the unknown.
- Myths are linked to religious beliefs and rituals.
- Rituals were believed to invoke a type of magic that would aid the growth of crops, have success in war,and help achieve prosperity.
- A myth is an attempt to explain other things like the motion of the sun across the skies.
- Myths were used to teach humans behavior that help people live in peace with one another.
- Myths are stories about certain characters like gods, goddesses, men, women, and heros.
- Myths are stories about the characters adventures like whether they triumph or fail and tales of honor and tails of vengeance was passed down by generation.
- In oral tradition the stories often became distorted so that reading mythology today there is different variations in the same story.