Lincoln draws the conclusion that Hesiod associated the "speech of mythos" (as Lincoln calls it) with

telling the truth. While he associated the "speech of logos" with telling lies, and hiding one's true
thoughts (dissimulation).[61] This conclusion is strengthened by the use of the plural term logoi (the
plural form of logos) elsewhere in Hesiod's works. Three times the term is associated with the term
seductive and three times with the term falsehoods.[61] In his genealogy of the gods, Hesiod lists logoi
among the children of Eris, the goddess personifying strife. Eris' children are ominous figures, which
personify various physical and verbal forms of conflict.[61]

Interpreting myths

Comparative mythology

Main article: Comparative mythology

Comparative mythology is a systematic comparison of myths from different cultures. It seeks to discover
underlying themes that are common to the myths of multiple cultures. In some cases, comparative
mythologists use the similarities between separate mythologies to argue that those mythologies have a
common source. This source may inspire myths or provide a common "protomythology" that diverged
into the mythologies of each culture.[