Blog Post No. 3: Fact, Myth, or Legend?

Folktales and fairytales have classified notions of myths throughout history. Parents and leaders have often told their children and young adults stories of legends and myths in order to explain the ever changing world around them. However, what classifies a myth? What can myths teach us in a modern day world where everything can truly be explained? Welcome to Tuesday’s with Melanie! This week I wish to take the time to uncover how the teachings of myths and legends can aid and enhance the teaching experience for a young generation that has technology and information at their fingertips.


Historically, myths have always been used to explain the things that we can not explain. Yet people, like the Greeks, not only used myth to explain the unexplainable but to give people the most important thing of all in this lifetime, hope. Myths give people hope. It allows them to look to something for questions and answers to things that they find uncertain within this lifetime. In my own experience, crafting my own myth I found myself in a childlike sense of wonder. I found myself hoping in the act of explaining things I truly didn’t have the answer to. I personally chose an explanation surrounding the arts and the Creation of Broadway. However, I found that in a myth such as this, it allows people to hope for something.


The Greeks, the Romans, the Aztec, and the Inca all had Gods of Myth and Creation to explain things to their people. Yet their people also prayed to these entities, and it allowed them hope and explanation when life truly hands them trials and tribulations. In a modern day society, children have answers to anything they wish for at their fingertips. While there is beauty in such accessibility and availability, a curriculum with notions such as myths allows children hope. It allows them a sense of wonder and discovery rather than an automatic sense of satisfaction in an answer. As the 21st-century continues to push forward, we have numerous technologies at our fingertips. Accessibility is everywhere, therefore it might be a nice change of pace to have wonder and curiosity flourish. A balance between the humanities and automatic truth creates well rounded and empathetic children. Future teachers and future parenting can benefit from having well rounded children that can see all sides of a spectrum. It creates children and students that are empathetic, curious, and compassionate. These characteristics combine to create a human that is incredibly beautiful for all the world to experience and see.

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