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F UNCTION
W HAT IS I NCLUDED …
What is a Myth?
The Sacred Myth
Establishing Order
The Ideal
Entertaining the Masses
H OW WERE THESE STORIES
CREATED ?
W HAT IS A M YTH ?
M YTH
No single author
Story evolves through the telling and
retelling of it by many people
A M YTH IS …
BUT
Myths must have ALL of the Essential
Elements. If not, then it is a “legend” or a
“folktale.”
L EGENDS