Week 4 Story Lab

I chose to watch the Crash Course videos about mythology this week. I found two aspects of the videos to be especially interesting. The first was concerning the definition of the word myth. Of course, I think all of us understand that "myth" might refer to a story about heroes or gods or anything of the sort. However, the word "myth" is used almost as often to describe something that is not true, and especially as the antithesis of the word "fact". I think that this is strange because that is not the nature of a myth, and it takes the word completely out of context.

Additionally, I thought the idea that myths can be interpreted as separate from religious stories was fascinating. Especially when we are talking about stories that are considered fact to those that follow a certain religion, you really get a different perspective when looking at the same stories from an anthropologist's perspective. One is free to analyze the story as only a story, and get more invested in the plot and the characters, as opposed to the lesson, which also holds value. Overall, I think the study of mythology is a very open field, with much to explore and even more to discover.

Crash Course Mythology