re greek myth and the bible in article d t edmahood infoserv com edmahood infoserv com ed mahood jr writes in pegasus fp dialin uoregon edu pegasus aaa uoregon edu laurie ewbrandt wrote a definiation from a text book used as part of an introductory course in social anthorpology the term myth designates traditionally based dramatic narratives on themes that emphasize the nature of humankind s relationship to nature and to the supernatural from peter b hammand s an introduction to cutural and social anthropology second ed macmillion page i m not sure that you can distinguish between myth and legend so neatly or at all a myth is more than a single story the thought structure and world paradigm in which that story is interpreted is as important a part of the myth as the story itself thus i can think of no story which is meant to be conveyed understandably from one person to another within a single culture which won t rest upon that underlying thought structure and thus transmit some of that culture s mythical truths along with it randy
