influence of myths
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INFLUENCE OF M YTHS By Group: Guyvers
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GROUP MEMBERS
Abdul Rahman
Ali Imran
Hamza Afzal
Hasham Butt Muhammad Arslan Rafi
Muhammad Muneeb
Mujahid Majeed
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MUHAMMAD MUNEEB L1F11BSAA2029
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WHAT IS MYTH?
Myth means many things. To some it means little
more than "lie." To others it has no particular truth
value, but refers to a type of story
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MEANING OF MYTH
Myth comes from the Greek word “mythos”. Which
means word and speech, tale or story, rumor or
saying etc
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DEFINITION
A traditional story, especially one concerning the
early history of a people or explaining some natural
or social phenomenon, and typically involving
supernatural beings or events
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EXAMPLE OF MYTHS
Creation of Man in Greek Mythology
Bigfoot
King Arthur
Hercules Mighty Thor and his Magic Hammer
The Man in the Moon
The gold at the end of the rainbow
The Boogey man
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ABDUL RAHMAN L1F11BSAA2027
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TYPES OF MYTHS
There is no definite method of categorized myths.
Myth can be categorized in many types, from old to
new, from Greek to Roman, from supernatural to
ordinary
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS
Traditional, typically ancient story dealing with
supernatural beings or heroes
Example: Greek Mythology
Roman Mythology
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS
Creation myths, About the creation of World
Example:
Ex nihilo Creation from chaos
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DIFFERENT TYPES OF MYTHS
Urban legends, Myths in modern society
Example:
Cell phone is bad for heart Number 13 is a bad sign
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ALI IMRAN L1F11BSAA2001
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ORIGINS OF MYTHS
Euhemerism
Allegory
Personification
The myth-ritual theory
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EUHEMERISM
This theory claims that myths are distorted
accounts of real historical events. According to this
theory, storytellers repeatedly elaborated upon
historical accounts until the figures in those
accounts gained the status of gods.
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ALLEGORY
According to one theory, myths
began as allegories for natural
phenomena like Apollo represents
fire, Poseidon represents water, and
so on. According to another theory,myths began as allegories for
philosophical or spiritual concepts
like Athena represents wise
judgment, Aphrodite representsdesire, etc.
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PERSONIFICATION
Some thinkers believe that myths resulted from the
personification of inanimate objects and forces.
According to these thinkers, the ancients
worshipped natural phenomena such as fire and air,
gradually coming to describe them as gods
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THE MYTH-RITUAL THEORY
According to the myth-ritual theory, the existence of
myth is tied to ritual. In its most extreme form, this
theory claims that myths arose to explain rituals
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HASHAM BUTT L1F11BSAA2004
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INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON MODERN SOCIETY
In modern society, myth is often regarded as
historical or obsolete and because of globalization
the widespread myths is increased dramatically
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INFLUENCE OF MYTH ON MODERN SOCIETY
The fundamental idea is that myth is not simply a
collection of stories permanently fixed to a
particular time and place in history, but an ongoing
social practice within every society and in this
modern society we find myths growing in from ofurban legends
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EXAMPLE OF URBAN LEGENDS
Loch Ness Monster
Black Cat
Number 13
Big foot Zombies
Vampires
Werewolves
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HAMZA AFZAL L1F11BSAA2034
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INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN ORGANIZATIONS
Mythology is everywhere! There are thousands of
companies, groups and corporations that take their
name, logo or theme from ancient mythology.
Examples:
Amazon
Nike
Olympus Mars
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INFLUENCE OF MYTH IN MODERN
ENTERTAINMENT
Various elements of myth can now be found in
modern entertainment like in
Television Cinema
Video Games
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INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN VIDEO G AMES
Myths also have great effect on games. There are
large number of modern games which are based on
myths and folktales. Many recent titles have
demonstrated deeper, more ancient texts as their
sources, sources like Japanese literature, Greekmyths and Persian folklore
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EXAMPLE OF MYTHS IN VIDEO G AMES
The Legend of Zelda
The Elder Scrolls
Prince of Persia
Shadow of the Colossus God of War
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MUJAHID MAJEED L1F11BSAA2005
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INFLUENCE OF MYTHS IN CINEMA
Although myth was traditionally transmitted through
the oral tradition on a small scale but the
technology of the film industry has enabled
filmmakers to transmit myths to large audiences
through films
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EXAMPLE OF MYTHS IN CINEMA
Clash of The Titans
The Immortals
Sinbad the Sailor
King Arthur The Three Musketeers
Robin Hood
Troy
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MYTHS IN CHILDREN
There are many mythical characters that appears in
children stories and there are many cartoons that
are based on myths most of programs for children
have mythical characters in them
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EXAMPLE OF CHILDREN MYTHICAL
CHARACTERS
Santa Claus
Tooth Fairy
Bogeyman
Goblins Elves
Dwarfs
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MUHAMMAD ARSLAN RAFI L1F11BSAA0038
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MYTH VS. SCIENCE
There are many myths which are related to study of
science. Some stories found in mythology have
scientific brothers in from of theories which are
similar to each other but one is called totally fiction
and other has value because of science
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CREATION MYTH (CHAOS)
The world was originally Chaos which was in a
formless, shapeless state. Then suddenly Order
appeared and from conflict between Chaos and
Order everything else came into existence.
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BIG B ANG THEORY
According to the Big Bang theory,
the Universe was once in an
extremely hot and dense state
which for some reason started to
expand rapidly. This rapidexpansion caused the young
Universe to cool and resulted in
its present continuously
expanding state.
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SIMILARITIES OF BIG B ANG AND CHAOS
Both of them had a state where there was nothing
both of them had a sudden change in there states
and that change was the cause of creation of earth