The same myths are told in every culture, and they might swap out details, but it's still the same story. It's the same story, but with a different face.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fairly tales are myths, and myths are only myths because there's a grain of truth in them.
Myths are stories that express meaning, morality or motivation. Whether they are true or not is irrelevant.
But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches.
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
Actually, a myth is a story that is not just not true, but it's a story that is especially true. And I think the myth of Jesus is especially true.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.
Myths are part of our DNA. We're a civilisation with a continuous culture. The effort to modernize it keeps it alive. Readers connect with it.
There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.
If you take different mythologies from different cultures, the names may change and the story lines may vary but there is always something in common.