Over the weekend, a saw a show that subosely talk about mythology. I felt a little bit frustrated. There are two things that bugged me: 1) each segment was brief. It was a overview and I only learned when the theme was less familiar to me. 2) I think there is a separation between mythology and urban legends.
In mythology, there are heroes, gods/godesses, monsters, supernatural being like the nymphs. There is also a sense of purpose in mythology. The heroes goes into a quest, the gods and godessses help or not the heroes. The divinities also have some adventures by themselves. There is also some guessed explanation for some phenomena like the story of Salmacis and Hermaphrodite.
In the urban legend, I don't really see any goal. There are being like the Mothman and the Slenderman. I don't have nothing in getting a scary story once in a while. It's just that we don't know if they will stand the test of time.
The show was not totally a waiste of time. It had allowed me to clarify less know "mythological being" in my mind. Wish only to see less watered down mythological being in the near future. People aren't that dumb. Once introduced to mythological beings, they are ready to go a step further.
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