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Myth, a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning of the world, the creation, fundamental events, the exemplary deeds of the gods as a result of which the world, nature and culture were created together with all parts thereof and given their order, which still obtains.
The word "myth" in its broadest academic sense means a sacred and "traditional story", whether true or false (— OED, Princeton Wordnet ). Mythographers see mythology as one component of religion, as they are are considered sacred and foundational to the people. Goldenrowley 18:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC) Looks good.
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Welcome to the Greek mythology work group of WikiProject Mythology and WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Greek mythology and the organization of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain ...
See WP:WSS/ST for a list of stub templates, their categories, number of articles, and the relationship of those listed below to others in the stub type hierarchy. Mythology stubs *W | {} - <50 on January 24 African mythology stubs {{Africa-myth-stub}} - <200 on January 24 Egyptian mythology stubs {{Egyptian-myth-stub}} - <100 on January 24
The Myths Portal. Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales or origin myths. For scholars, this is very different from the vernacular usage of the term "myth" that refers to a belief that is not true. Instead, the truth value of a myth is not a defining ...
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
Explore the rich and diverse stories of different cultures and civilizations from this list of mythologies.
