Mythology

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The appearance of American myths Lincoln Page 11/17/16 In myths of the USA, the stories and writing of many myths have many common features. Some of these features show that they are placed in exciting places full of exceptional and exaggerated characters, often with magical, heroic, and mysterious events, in the past Or active information on that person. One of the first examples of American myths often returns to Washington Irving. He wrote the famous story "Rip Van Winkle". In this story, Owen uses features common to most American mythological stories. The first characteristic of the American myth is the character of magic, heroic, and mysterious events. Washington Irving contains many mysterious characters and events in his writing. "When he was about to fall, he heard the distance," Rip Van Winkle! Lip van Winkle! "

So, what is myth? The word myth is derived from the Greek word "myth" and means a story. Therefore, myths are stories, but not all stories are myths at the same time. Then these stories constitute the myths of the world. Some say that "Myths never can happen". This sentence is from the Roman historian of the 4th century and the mysterious Sallustius. It explains the allegorical nature of myths and suggests that they are hidden behind their usual fairy tales and fanciful nature, hidden truth and higher meaning. What we are going to do in this chapter is to elucidate these high meanings behind the world myths and to better understand the true meaning of myths.