Myth & Legends

A myth (hidden meaning fake story, speech, emotive word) refers to a story that has a very profound explanation or symbols for a culture in which God is an explanation of the origin, existence and development of a civilization. A legend is a narrative oral or written, in prose or verse, more or less historical appearance, with greater or lesser proportion of imaginative elements. Are they more differences. In the similarities between myths and legends is that many of the myths and legends of creation in the world, even in different countries and contexts, agree in their desire to explain the relationship of humans with the universe, the phenomena of nature and also about our intricate social life. In many of these stories, the gods are represented as vital elements that have a direct relationship with the many situations and events that affect our lives on earth. Establishing linkages and relationships between the real and the imaginary, sometimes simple and sometimes chaotic and difficult to understand.

In the differences between myths and legends can be enumerated as follows:
1. The myth is a story that tries to explain a mystery of reality and is usually associated with the beliefs and rites of a people. The legend does not attempt to explain the supernatural because it is a story that highlights some characteristic or attribute of a town, city or region from real people and events.

2.Myth and legend differ as to the characters and the setting where events unfold.
The characters of the myth are usually gods or supernatural beings while the legend are almost always humans or anthropomorphic animals.

3.The myth and legend have different functions.

4.In the myth the extraordinary or supernatural is essential, in the legend is an accessory.

5.In the myth there is a "divine inspiration" that lets you know the man's explanation of a phenomenon because it occurs at the beginning of the world (God is the only one who can tell men what they otherwise would not know ). By contrast, in the legend is known about this because we know that has been passed from generation to generation, possibly from the moment someone witnessed the event occurred.

The type of the story like more is a legend because recounts events and has a moraLizing ends and is didactic. The legend that I like is the St.Nicolas or "Santa Clous", is one of the most interesting legends out there, not only for me but for the world. This legend is one of the biggest illusions that can have children, the highly anticipated December 25 to receive the gifts that they will leave. It has become one of the most famous legends and popular year after year. I find it so inetresante it is one of the things that gives more joy in every home and every child that is celebrated and many elderly looks.