ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -A myth is a traditional story explaining a historical or a religious phenomenon to the audience while folktale is a fictional story usually to entertain the audience, and sometimes even to teach them a life lesson.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example is the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, which includes, among many mythical episodes, an account of the meeting between the hero Gilgamesh and Utnapishtim, the only human being to have attained immortality and sole survivor (with his wife) of the flood sent by the gods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Folkloristics, the study of Folklore, is the study of human expressive culture, and includes myths, legends, folk-and fairy-tales, jokes, proverbs, jump-rope rhymes, material culture, and much more.

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