It is all around us, in every day of the week influencing what we do. Look at the various holidays some of us might celebrate for instance. You ll find mythology there for certain if you look hard enough. In fact, mythology played a big part in shaping what we are today, all of us, in all cultures. But what is mythology you ask.
Myth is always concerned with creation.
Myth explains how something came to exist. Myth embodies feeling and concept Many myths or quasi-myths are primitive explanations of the natural order and cosmic forces. Myths brought light to darkness and meaning to seeming chaos for ancient people. Their mythologies shaped their lives and affected their beliefs giving them some sense of security and order and something to hold on to in their frightening world. Darkness and fear, for the ancients, began at the edge of the circle of light from their fire.