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| − | What is a myth?
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| − | As defined by Dictionary.com, a myth is "an unproved or false collective belief that is used to justify a social institution."
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| − | What is the First Purpose of a Myth?
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| − | The first purpose of a myth is to explain the inexplicable. Before science, people had many question and almost no way to answer them. Thus, myths were born. Myths helped explain why there are mosquitoes, who made the earth, and what happens when we die.
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| − | http://global.fncstatic.com/static/managed/img/Scitech/milkwaynasa.jpg
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| − | http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/files/2013/01/lightning.jpg
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| − | [http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends Ancient Origins]
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| − | [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/myth Dictionary.com]
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| − | LM pg 42
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| − | Catherine Gorman
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