INFLUENCE OF MYTHS

By Group: Guyvers

GROUP MEMBERS
Abdul Rahman Ali Imran Hamza Afzal Hasham Butt Muhammad Arslan Rafi Muhammad Muneeb Mujahid Majeed

MUHAMMAD MUNEEB
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WHAT IS MYTH?

Myth means many things. To some it means little more than "lie." To others it has no particular truth value, but refers to a type of story

MEANING OF MYTH

Myth comes from the Greek word mythos. Which means word and speech, tale or story, rumor or saying etc

DEFINITION

A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

EXAMPLE OF MYTHS
Creation of Man in Greek Mythology Bigfoot King Arthur Hercules Mighty Thor and his Magic Hammer The Man in the Moon The gold at the end of the rainbow The Boogey man

ABDUL RAHMAN
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TYPES OF MYTHS

There is no definite method of categorized myths. Myth can be categorized in many types, from old to new, from Greek to Roman, from supernatural to ordinary

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS

Traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings or heroes

Example: Greek Mythology Roman Mythology

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS

Creation myths, About the creation of World

Example: Ex nihilo Creation from chaos

DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS

Urban legends, Myths in modern society

Example: Cell phone is bad for heart Number 13 is a bad sign

ALI IMRAN
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ORIGINS OF MYTHS
Euhemerism Allegory Personification The myth-ritual theory

EUHEMERISM

This theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of real historical events. According to this theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon historical accounts until the figures in those accounts gained the status of gods.

ALLEGORY

According to one theory, myths began as allegories for natural phenomena like Apollo represents fire, Poseidon represents water, and so on. According to another theory, myths began as allegories for philosophical or spiritual concepts like Athena represents wise judgment, Aphrodite represents desire, etc.

PERSONIFICATION

Some thinkers believe that myths resulted from the personification of inanimate objects and forces. According to these thinkers, the ancients worshipped natural phenomena such as fire and air, gradually coming to describe them as gods

THE MYTH-RITUAL THEORY

According to the myth-ritual theory, the existence of myth is tied to ritual. In its most extreme form, this theory claims that myths arose to explain rituals

HASHAM BUTT
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INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON MODERN SOCIETY

In modern society, myth is often regarded as historical or obsolete and because of globalization the widespread myths is increased dramatically

INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON MODERN SOCIETY

The fundamental idea is that myth is not simply a collection of stories permanently fixed to a particular time and place in history, but an ongoing social practice within every society and in this modern society we find myths growing in from of urban legends

EXAMPLE OF URBAN LEGENDS

Loch Ness Monster Black Cat Number 13 Big foot Zombies Vampires Werewolves

HAMZA AFZAL
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INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN ORGANIZATIONS

Mythology is everywhere! There are thousands of companies, groups and corporations that take their name, logo or theme from ancient mythology.

Examples: Amazon Nike Olympus Mars

INFLUENCE OF MYTH IN MODERN ENTERTAINMENT

Various elements of myth can now be found in modern entertainment like in

Television Cinema Video Games

INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN VIDEO GAMES

Myths also have great effect on games. There are large number of modern games which are based on myths and folktales. Many recent titles have demonstrated deeper, more ancient texts as their sources, sources like Japanese literature, Greek myths and Persian folklore

EXAMPLE OF MYTHS IN VIDEO GAMES

The Legend of Zelda The Elder Scrolls Prince of Persia Shadow of the Colossus God of War

MUJAHID MAJEED
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INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN CINEMA

Although myth was traditionally transmitted through the oral tradition on a small scale but the technology of the film industry has enabled filmmakers to transmit myths to large audiences through films

EXAMPLE OF MYTHS IN CINEMA

Clash of The Titans The Immortals Sinbad the Sailor King Arthur The Three Musketeers Robin Hood Troy

MYTHS IN CHILDREN

There are many mythical characters that appears in children stories and there are many cartoons that are based on myths most of programs for children have mythical characters in them

EXAMPLE OF CHILDREN MYTHICAL CHARACTERS

Santa Claus Tooth Fairy Bogeyman Goblins Elves Dwarfs

MUHAMMAD ARSLAN RAFI

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MYTH VS. SCIENCE

There are many myths which are related to study of science. Some stories found in mythology have scientific brothers in from of theories which are similar to each other but one is called totally fiction and other has value because of science

CREATION MYTH (CHAOS)

The world was originally Chaos which was in a formless, shapeless state. Then suddenly Order appeared and from conflict between Chaos and Order everything else came into existence.

BIG BANG THEORY

According to the Big Bang theory, the Universe was once in an extremely hot and dense state which for some reason started to expand rapidly. This rapid expansion caused the young Universe to cool and resulted in its present continuously expanding state.

SIMILARITIES OF BIG BANG AND CHAOS

Both of them had a state where there was nothing both of them had a sudden change in there states and that change was the cause of creation of earth