Implies that the mythmaker realized that abstract concepts were behind his stories. Reciprocal relationship between humans and world. Storm is warrior, earth is mother, etc. Given name and personality. Coalescence of symbol and what it signifies.
Temples assure that the power dwells in city or country.
If myths are symbolic representations of truth, then you can have more than one set of symbols representing the same thing. There is no question of the correct or orthodox version, since several versions can coexist. If above true, by analyzing the myth of a society you can get at the basic outlook and philosophy of the society. Approach could work with any mythological system, but Frankfort chose to do it in connection with ancient Near East instead of Greece, Rome, eastern Asia. Papyrus, except in dry tombs etc., disintegrated.