Myth – (Greek, a word, speech, story, legend) – A
traditional story of unknown authorship,
ostensibly with a historical basis but serving usually to explain some phenomenon of nature, the origin of man or the customs,
institutions, religious rites, etc.,
of a people. Webster New
World Dictionary – Third College Edition
The Greek civilization used stories to explain the world
as they knew it. This was an all
encompassing effort to render the universe comprehensible in human terms and explain the origin of the world. While all
cultures throughout the world have their own myths, the term mythology is a Greek coinage and had a specialized meaning within
Greek culture.