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Truth In Mythology

Every different distinct culture or religion has mythology. Each of there mythologies express the truth of there culture or how man fits into the world.In this writing I will explain the truth of mythology by examining the culture where the mythology is originated, and how the supernatural helped create the word we live in today. First, you must inspect the culture of where the mythology came from. I have learned that mythology is very closely related to the culture and way of life of a certain empire. I noticed for example that the Greeks and Romans were always discussing war in there stories while the Native Americans talked more about animals. Why is this? Well the Greeks and Romans always talked about war because there were always battles being fought by there societies and the Native Americans depended heavily on animals for food and clothing and shelter. You see there was always truth about the culture that you would learn from these myths about these certain ethnicities. Next you can find the truth in myths by studying the how the supernatural gods help create the world. You are able to determine the cultures perspective of the world by reading and understanding there mythology. Mythology is a story that explains how something in nature came to be. Well each different civilization has a different story that shows there perspective on how the earth was created. For example in the Cherokee myth of how the world became to be was that the world was only water and the sky was begging to become over crowded since all of the animals and humans were living there. Then a water beetle volunteered to explore the world and he brought mud back from the bottom of the water and soon the mud began to spread creating the world we know. This myth of how the world came to be explains how natural resources created the earth and the Cherokee people lived in a region with many resources and never let them go to waste. This explains that how the supernatural that created the earth relates back to the culture explaining how the truth comes out in there mythology. Truth in mythology is very interesting as the truth is brought out by exploring the culture and how the supernatural created the world.

Fear Many would explain fear as being afraid of something frightening. Little do people know is that fear goes much more into depth then that. I interpret fear as a psychological expression. People are not really scared of anything unless they think they are. Fear is nothing more than what people interpret it. For example from Lord of the Flies, the boys were scared of this so called “Beast”. Even though they never encountered the real beast, they were always fearful of it because that’s what was in there mind. To sum up, fear is truly nothing more than what people interpret it.

Dreams No matter where you live or how old you are, every person has something in common, which is that we all dream. Dreams are very more complex than what first comes to mind though. Dreams of course are the little things that you think about while sleeping and are combined with your imagination. What people don’t know as much about are the dreams that lie within our selves. Dreams are much more, they are a desire or a goal to work for in life, they are things that can bring people closer together, and finally they are a tool to go farther in anything you believe was unreachable.

There is no ideas that are worth thinking about for the truth project. The three really don't tie into each other and even though the three got me thinking about "Truth" they really opened up topics that cant relate to one another. This never really explained how Truth can be interpreted in many ways and still be true.

The topic of my truth project is the truth within the law. "Why do some people follow the law and dont?" This is my big question with the three smaler questions; 1. Why do people break the law? 2. Is it Ok to break the law and kill somebody? 3. What goes through the mind of a killer? All of my research has covered these topics and answered these questions. Thoughout the hall i asked 20 people two questions. One being "Is it ok to break the law and kill somebody?" and "Do you believe in the expression:an eye for an eye?" Both of these polls help answer question 2. Also I have found out that there is no real way to answer question 1 or 2. It really depends on the situation the person is in.
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