Monty Booij - Blog 1

What is a Myth?

A myth is a story that some people believe in and some people don't. Myth is a short word for the word Mythology. There are ancient and modern myths. Myths were created for different reasons. I think that some people used myths to gain power over the people. Sometimes myths were used to scare people or used to warn them about how to behave. If something strange happened in nature, a myth was used to try and understand and explain what was happening. In ancient times science and medicine were not so advanced and people used stories, they needed a way to make them understand what was happening.