ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A myth is a story about the olden days, often featuring supernatural characters, and a mythology is a bunch of myths that are related to each other. Greek mythology is filled with tales about relationships between gods and humans, usually with gods pulling pranks all the time.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction. There are four basic theories of myth. Those theories are: the rational myth theory, functional myth theory, structural myth theory, and the psychological myth theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The subjects of myths reflect the universal concerns of mankind throughout history: birth, death, the afterlife, the origin of man and the world, good and evil and the nature of man himself. A myth taps into a universal cultural narrative, the collective wisdom of man.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Three Types of Myths: Aetiological, Historical, and Psychological.