Myths and Religion

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When this word “myth” is used, the term is usually related to a fable, invention or a fiction story. Over the years, many scholars started approaching the study of myth differently. These scholars have approach myths in a way their meaning was traditionally regarded. In many traditions these myth are true stories and never refer to as false stories. ( http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/a/whatismyth.htm )

In many of tradition, a myth carries within it a sense of sacred tradition and primordial relation. These myths are also serving as model for chosen tradition. Myths are extremely complex cultural reality that can be approached and interpreted from various viewpoints. These viewpoints are often related to the whole of reality and sometime they are related to the fragment of reality. Myths help us understand people different from us in cultural, traditional and social outlook.

Myths in certain traditions answers important question, who am I? How do I fit into the human and natural world? How should I live? With the answers to this type of question, it the first causes of the truth that perceives a culture. It gives a tradition the first understanding of humanity and the world, it also gives understand the in certain tradition the time and space of a culture. (http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/general/ge-gues.htm).

Although, myths tell fantastic stories how certain traditions relates to a exist society. Many of these myths begin with superhuman statures. With these superhuman statures it become a measuring stick for behavior, morals, and all other activities that certain society has produced. These superhuman statures, relate to certain events such as King Arthur of the Round Table and his Knight Loheg...

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...s god of all that is light and heavenly. Izanagi main task was to finish the creation of the world (http.www.ishwar.com/Shinto/ )

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"Shinto." I Love GOD - Sacred texts (holy books) of various world religions. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. http://www.ishwar.com/shinto/.

"TAOISM." ReligiousTolerance.org by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Web. 15 Feb. 2010. http://www.religioustolerance.org/taoism.htm.

""The Truth of Myths" by Lo Guest." Theosophy Northwest, NW Branch, Theosophical Society (Pasadena). Web. 15 Feb. 2010. http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/general/ge-gues.htm.

"What Is Myth? Myth vs. Science and Religion." Ancient / Classical History - Ancient Greece & Rome & Classics Research Guide. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. .

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