In cultures that do not distinguish between waking and dreaming, the fantastic things often described, such as turning maidens into trees or flying, or shapeshifting, are entirely possible. Myths are the doctrine of modern pagans, stories not intended as the final word on the truth of our lives but as an ancient record of the experiences and decisions of others. Myth is the link between them, the way humans know they are part of the greater God and still able to identify deity by deity as the forces most needed are called into the individual's life. To read a myth is a sacred act. To tell one, all the more sacred.
Gods appear most easily when they live in our consciousness.
The spirituality of mythology is to keep tht deity, and that association with deity alive.