Myths are tales of the early stages of culture and cosmos.
They are belived to be true and they tell in detail how the world, creation and the essential elements of cuture were created. Myths state arguments for the system of the world and thus give a key to the evolution of the universe. Their function was considered by Greek philosophers, the educated circles in medieval times, Enlightenment philosophers and romanticists. In the beginning the main interest was directed to antique mythology of gods, later on for example to German myths. The modern mythologists suggest that myths are no products of free imagination like fairy tales but that they reflect the main ideas of a primitive religion.