Walking outside at the end of the night to small streaks of light just coming up from the horizon. The Sun is starting to rise. People have told stories as to why the sun comes up since the beginning of human story telling. For example, according to an Aboriginal story from Australia the sun rises because the animals were tired of living in the dark so they pushed the sun up with sticks. Now the sun walks across the sky with flames only for it to be burned out when in reaches the West side (Worldstroies.org). This story would be considered a mythological but Philosophy would beg to differ as to why the sun comes up. Philosophy would question why the animals are talking, how come we cannot reach the sun like the animals and why are the animals
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Don’t think for a second that mythology was only for the Ancient Greeks in the past because it’s still used today. How else would one explain Big Foot or Santa Clause, two very common myths of today? No questions are necessary when it comes to Santa or mythology for that matter because mythology doesn’t ask questions. Before getting into what mythology actually is, it is defined as the study of myths. Ology is study of and myths means myths therefore mythology literally means study of myths. Ancient Greeks used it to explain the unknown. Now getting into what mythology is, it is definitely not literal. It’s actually symbolic and metaphorical, which explains, as mentioned earlier in the story, the animals wanting to launch the sun in the sky. The stories origins were oral and fictitious. Mythology also unites people with shared common ideals and experiences. Such as people who were confused about the physical phenomenon of why the sun came up. They all experienced the sun coming up thus uniting them with the story explaining the sun, they also were entertained by the stories. This brings us to the fact Mythology is explanatory and defines ordinary experiences so that they could understand life. Mythological stories were not up for discussion as they were not logical thus making mythology not dialectical. It’s appealing to something beyond ordinary understanding. This brings us back to the fact mythology does not ask questions because in turn the stories would fall apart because it would be the wrong
Don’t think for a second that mythology was only for the Ancient Greeks in the past because it’s still used today. How else would one explain Big Foot or Santa Clause, two very common myths of today? No questions are necessary when it comes to Santa or mythology for that matter because mythology doesn’t ask questions. Before getting into what mythology actually is, it is defined as the study of myths. Ology is study of and myths means myths therefore mythology literally means study of myths. Ancient Greeks used it to explain the unknown. Now getting into what mythology is, it is definitely not literal. It’s actually symbolic and metaphorical, which explains, as mentioned earlier in the story, the animals wanting to launch the sun in the sky. The stories origins were oral and fictitious. Mythology also unites people with shared common ideals and experiences. Such as people who were confused about the physical phenomenon of why the sun came up. They all experienced the sun coming up thus uniting them with the story explaining the sun, they also were entertained by the stories. This brings us to the fact Mythology is explanatory and defines ordinary experiences so that they could understand life. Mythological stories were not up for discussion as they were not logical thus making mythology not dialectical. It’s appealing to something beyond ordinary understanding. This brings us back to the fact mythology does not ask questions because in turn the stories would fall apart because it would be the wrong