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Myth, mythology and epic, Swati R. Joshi

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Myth, mythology and epic

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Swati R. Joshi

The word creation requires a structure and this structure could be in different forms just like creative writing (Prosaic or Poetic), rules and regulations and different customs. There are many continuous living systems just like administration, religious conviction, communal etiquette, philosophy, literature, art and many more that engage associations with mankind. One of those systems is Mythology. Each country and each continent has its own mythology. Myth, Mythology and Epic are interrelated and converse about every culture and tradition. Every culture has also got its mythology. There is an everlasting bond between epic and mythology. Epic is a literary form but mythology is not. Mythology has saved the purpose of content for most of the epics in India and also in the West differently. Scholars and critics have given different interpretations about myth but all those interpretations agree upon certain common points. These points are- Myth has got in it supernatural characters with exceptional power. Myth depicts in them wars, combats and incidents of lust in them. Myth's aim is teaching and preaching some morality to mankind. The relationship between literature and myth is also remarkable. Myth has got immortality because of its being content of literary texts and whatever myth was in the form of Oral Tradition has been documented through literary works. The same way literature is also benefited because of Myth. It has got variety of subject matter, thematic concerns and art of narration due to Myth becoming the content of literature. This is how both Literature and Myth have proved to be complementary to each other

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