Mythology
Mythology is the study of myths, or a collection of myths. Myths are stories about people, places, or cultures. Myths have been around for thousands of years, way before writing way invented. These stories have been passed down from generation to generation and have been retold, and because of that we cannot prove that some myths are true or false. Mythology has changed a lot over the years.
One example of how mythology in out current society is different from ancient Greece, is that in ancient Greece most some common topics were gods, goddesses, and the creation of how the world became. An example of a myth about a goddess is Athena. The ancient Greek myth says that Zeus had a huge head ache because he swallowed his wife Metis, then Athena was born out of his head wearing full armor. Another example of a Greek myth is the Nigeria myth of how the world was created. The myth says that an inexperienced god thought that the world needed to be more interesting, so he decided to make a new world, that was flat and had living people, with the other more experienced gods approval.
In todays world we refer to myths as historical. Myths are very important, because if they were not they would have been forgotten a long time ago. They show us how to look at life in a different perspective, and wonder how things really did began. Since we have a wide variety of ways to communicate, such as story telling, what they used to do, books, and television, myths will keep spreading and carrying on through the years like it has been.
