Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to show that myths referring to activities of gods,demigods, of Hercules, but also to floods and other natural phenomena, have cores oftruth, that is they are genuine myths.The contrast between myth and reality applied by many is wrong, because it is basedon the false notion that all myths are fake. However, traditional myths are genuineand that means that they contain at their core true events of geological, astronomicaland historical content which are offered for interdisciplinar… Show more
Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.