MYTHOLOGY&FOLKLORE

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mythoLogy foLkLore

sacred text about the unwritten and passed

creation of the world, down orally from
usually by a god, the generation to generation
creation or not of a comprise of
collection of tales from
subsequent generation fictional stories
and characters common people
of gods, and etc.
denotes study of myth and has no just emerged from the
the body of myths identifiable culture carried forward by
author
belonging to a particular constant retelling
carries valuable
religious tradition glimpse of the oral history preserved by
body of stories that
past the people of the culture
attempt to explain the
origins and fundamental
consisting of traditions
values of a given culture belonging to a specific
and the nature of the culture
universe and humanity