A myth is a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon; a popular belief or tradition.
Reflections
"Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths, the way people cooperate can be altered by changing the myths—by telling different stories. Myths can change rapidly. In 1789 the French population switched almost overnight from believing in the myth of the divine right of kings to believing in the myth of the sovereignty of the people." ~ AfterYuval Noah Harari, Sapiens
"What would we do if a total collapse were imminent? Knowing that every written record, maybe every physical record of our civilization would perish, how would we transmit what we have learned to the future? The only way would be to embed it in myths, sacred stories encoding important information to guide us in a future age." ~ Charles Eisenstein, The Ascent of Humanity
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