•Proving Myth•

Myth is just as legitimate, if not as provable, as science. We can try to prove myth with real life things that match up with mythological tales.

Chinese fisherman caught a huge prehistoric fish that they had previously considered only a myth. It had been a story passed through the generations (much like our myths) that this huge fish had lived in their lake, and then one day, they found it. However, that is a merely accidental proof of a myth. I think that the kind of proof that we strive for is something more like a scientific proof. We want myth to be just as definite as science is made out to be. We want definite evidence for our hypothesis. We want to use our hypothesis, that the myth is true, and gather evidence, and prove our hypothesis. We can say that we know the sun passes through the sky every day, and that there is a myth that can find how that happens and why. We can say that because of that evidence the myth is true, but how can we know for sure?

Science is what we are taught to believe from a very early age. Myth is counted as not legitimate. Science is presented as the ultimate truth, something not to be questioned. But take for example how years ago science thought that a high carb diet was better for you, but now it is thought of as just the opposite. Even thought science itself never proved either of those views, the general theory made itself known as the truth. Myth is made out to be worth less then science. But is it? How can we know? Is science less legitimate then myth, or more?