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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