Myths are a blend of fantasy and reality. Myths are stories that are not literally true. If they were, archaeologists would have found at least one set of giant bones or at least a unicorn horn or two. At the same time, myths are not completely false. Although literally untrue, there is a stronger current of truth that lies beneath the surface words of a myth. This current of truth flows through the power of …
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…be on individual and universal myths in Western society. Sometimes universal myths are hard to recognize because the symbols that they use have different meanings in the culture that originated the myth. This may make the universal translation quite complicated. Therefore it is as easy to mistakenly identify a myth as universal. It may have similar symbols and actions to another myth, but the meaning to that particular culture could be the opposite of another.