Truth in Myths and Legends
The original meaning of the word myths was verbal speech or tales of forbidden origins, but over time the meaning was twisted and it was assumed to be meant to be any unreal story. But by looking at the research of some of the best mythologists we can relate the myths to our own lives and unearth the truth behind them. |   Philosophy behind the main subjectThe concept of truth is a philosophical subject. In general knowledge, truth is known as something that is a fact or is something that can be explained. There are many truths that can't be explained, or so people believe, but the reality is that these facts cannot be proved either true or false. Many people assume these types of information's' as truth due to belief or feelings. These types of facts mostly include the existence of God or any other supernatural beings.There has been quite a lot of commenting by archaeologists in this issue. They theorize that there is truth in myths, considering the fact that everyone believes in at least one or two mythical creatures, such as Gods, demons, ghosts, vampires, etc. |
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