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provide an explanation for the origins of phenomena (thunder, day and night, winter)
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to explain the world and its mysteries
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help to build a picture of the beliefs, lifestyles and ideology of the people who first told them
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are presented (unlike fables) as something that actually happened
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set in the past
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the content of some myths is based on real events and places that may have existed
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Myths are often much longer texts than other traditional stories
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Opposites occur frequently in myths as themes, including: good and evil; night and day; calm and storm; wise and foolish; old and young; beautiful and ugly; mean and generous; just and unjust.
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Like other traditional stories, myths use quests, journeys and trials as themes. The hero or heroine often has to undergo some kind of test (the trials of Hercules) or set off on a long and difficult journey where dangers arise at each stage (the Odyssey).
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incredible or miraculous events
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Myths explain why the world is the way it is
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Characters typical of traditional stories appear in myths (talking animals, rich kings, foolish young men, clever villains) although the ‘trickster’ character is often a mischievous god (Loki, for example).
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