What is Myths? Myths are a traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people. It is also a belief that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal. For myself, I consider "Myths" is not only an untrue story that contains the miracle and identifies the norm value in particular culture but also reflects the wish and dream of ordinary people. Although people from variety backgrounds have different points of view, they share the same wish and dream, value and beliefs. Therefore we often encounter similarities am ...view middle of the document...
Tam has to labor all day and long into the night." (In "Tam and Cam" page 228) and " Cinderella's mother-of-step treated her very cruelly, and her sister-of-step made her work very hard." (In " The politically correct Cinderella" page 233). However, they are the only one in the prince's eyes and the reward they receive is the marriage with the princes. From my point of view, because they get all the horrible treatments from her stepmother and the "good will deserves award, so they are suitable for getting the best reward. Another similarity in most myths is God always stands side by side with goodwill. It is a belief of most people and no one can replace the "God" in people's mind. They believe God always stand on their side to improve their life, to help them reach their goal, to help them overcome their problem whenever they need god. God is always a miracle, whom has never been seen, but in Myths, he is the only person who can change everything. In " Tam and Cam", He gives Tam the bong fish, helps her to find bong bone, and finally helps her to get all she needs to go to the festival. Moreover, in " the politically correct Cinderella" God decorates her to be the most beautiful woman so that she can go to the palace, " with his magic he enveloped her in a beautiful girl, bright light and whisked her away to the palace"(" the politically correct Cinderella" page 235)On the other hand, because of the differences in history, environment, and ways of living, myths were transformed in different ways and different cultures. People in eastern, like in VietNam, believe that everybody deserves the consequence "punishment for the evils and reward for the angle." They truly agree that the revenge must be given to those ...
