Native American Myths

Myths, and the study of myths, are very misunderstood to the common mind. I have asked a few people what they define a myth to be. I have found a few answers that stood out. I have found that some people correspond myths with the paranormal or urban legend, others with a fictional story; however the most outstanding answer that I received was that a myth was something that is untrue, that society wants us to believe

The proper usage of “myth” is up for argument, but the meaning on the actual word is not. The word myth was created from the greek word “mythos,” which translate (in English) to “story.” A myth is defined (in insert book name here) as the human brain’s attempt at making sense of the way that the world came to be as it currently …show more content…
All cultures, countries and religions use their own myths. The most common themes of mythology that I have found is the mythology is most commonly used to create a model for us all to look up to. A great one. I have found that no culture is excluded from this. Modernized America idolized the kennedy’s and their success. Native American’s idoled the God’s nature and the Greek’s created numerous God’s that explained all events that could occur. All cultures had their own type of myths, which all held some truth and held even more missing pieces that were filled in by mankind's words, creating myths. One other similarity I have found in that most cultures believe in an life after death. I don’t know that I have it in me to consider this a myth, as I do believe in it, however since it has never been proven true I can see that this could be considered mythical. One last similarity I have found is that many cultures symbolized animals. Biblical stories talk about serpent, doves, lamb and lions. Native American and Aztec stories often mention animals and see them as sign of luck or fortune. In the Koran the camel is a sign of the all mighty Allah. The Chinese see the pig as a smart, tempered and easily persuaded