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    MYTHOLOGY AND

    FOLKLORE
    WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY?

    • Mythology can refer to the collected myths of a


    group of people—their collection of stories they tell
    to explain nature, history, and customs—or to the
    study of such myths.
    • Mythology is a vital feature of every culture.

    • The study of myth dates back to ancient history.


    • Mythology is now often sharply distinguished from
    didactic literature such as fables, but its relationship with
    other traditional stories, such as legends and folktales, is
    much more nebulous.

    • Main characters in myths are usually gods, demigods, or


    supernatural humans, while legends generally feature
    humans as their main characters. However, many
    exceptions or combinations exist, as in the Iliad, Odyssey,
    and Aeneid. Myths are often endorsed by rulers and
    priests and are closely linked to religion or spirituality. In
    fact, many societies group their myths, legends, and
    history together, considering myths to be true accounts
    of their remote past.
    • Creation myths particularly, take place in a primordial
    age when the world had not yet achieved its current
    form. Other myths explain how a society's customs,
    institutions, and taboos were established and sanctified.
    • A separate space is created for folktales, which are not
    considered true by the people who tell them. As stories
    spread to other cultures or as faiths change, myths can
    come to be considered folktales, sometimes even to the
    point of being reinterpreted as one. Its divine characters
    are recast as either as humans or demi humans such as
    giants, elves, and faeries.
    THREE PRIMARY TYPES OF MYTHS

    • DIVINE MYTH
    • In religious terms, divinity or godhead is the state of things that
    come from a supernatural power or deity, such as a god,
    supreme being, creator deity, or spirits, and are therefore
    regarded as sacred and holy. Such things are regarded as
    "divine" due to their transcendental origins or because their
    attributes or qualities are superior or supreme relative to things
    of the Earth.
    • Divine things are regarded as eternal and based in truth, while
    material things are regarded as ephemeral and based in
    illusion. Such things that may qualify as "divine" are apparitions,
    visions, prophecies, miracles, and in some views also the soul,
    or more general things like resurrection, immortality, grace,
    and salvation. Otherwise what is or is not divine may be loosely
    defined, as it is used by different belief systems.
    LEGENDS

    • A legend (Latin, legenda, "things to be read") is a


    narrative of human actions that are perceived both by
    teller and listeners to take place within human history
    and values to possess certain qualities that give the tale
    verisimilitude. Legend, for its active and passive
    participants, includes no happenings that are outside
    the realm of "possibility" but which may include miracles.
    • Legends may be transformed over time, in order to keep
    it fresh and vital, and realistic. Many legends operate
    within the realm of uncertainty, never being entirely
    believed by the participants, but also never being
    resolutely doubted.
    FOLKTALES

    • A folktale (also spelled folk tale) is a story or legend


    forming part of an oral tradition. Folktales are
    generally passed down from one generation to
    another and often take on the characteristics of the
    time and place in which they are told.
    • The most famous work on Filipino folktales is
    Philippine Folk Tales by Mabel Cook Cole. It is the
    first comprehensive popular collection of folk tales
    of the islands. She spent four years among the tribes
    of the Philippines in the early 20th century while her
    husband was engaged in ethnological work for the
    Field Museum of Natural History.

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