Myth

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A myth is a story that may or may not be true. Myths are usually very old. This means there are no records or other proof that they happened. All we know about them is from people telling younger people about them. We do not know if the first person to tell the story made it up or told the truth. Some myths might have started as true stories but as people told them to other people they changed bits, so they are not true anymore. They might change them by mistake, or to make them more interesting. Stories about the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses are myths.

A mythological animal or god is a god or animal that people made to believe in. For example, there is usually something that a god controls or has power over it, like the Greek god named Zeus had powers over lightning and storms. So whenever Zeus wanted to, he could make a storm. They believed that it was the reason that they had storms. Another example is that of the Egyptian god, Atum, who was said to be the creator of everything in the world.