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It was their religious tradition and the stories "explained" things that were not understandable or beyond their comprehension. As well, there is a deep Wisdom woven into the fabric of the tales to be unraveled by those who are capable.

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to explain and entertain the people who would listen to the stories people would tell lolololololololololol!! To scare little kids >:[ Myths were invented to explain what could not be understood.

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Myths legends and stories are mainly used to explain something. Greek myths explain the creation of earth, sickness, pain and suffering (Pandora) and why bad things happen. (The Gods punishments) When someone thought of a question that no one could plausibly answer they created legends.

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so they know what has been hapening through life and propably what hapened when they was born

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They were written to explain how the universe came to be.

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