Part one of term paper
The various complexes of stories about the gods are called . What people first think of when they hear the word "myth" is "false story", for they no longer believe in most of them. But there is another side, one that should not be overlooked: arise from the human belief that reality is intelligible. are invented and accepted by people becau ...

Part two of term paper
... tales. Others are grand tying together many aspects of life. All of them are a result of human intelligence beginning to make sense of things in the face of mystery, in however a stumbling way. Joseph Campbell defines as old stories handed down from one generation to the next to help people experience or activate a special feeling or emotion instantly inside of us so we are able to experience life in a more meaningful way. He believed, as most of us would agree, that teach lessons through a p ...