When many think of myths ,they think untrue or even fake tales, so many will have difficulty uniting a myth with religious beliefs. Foster is rather trying to suggest that shaping and sustaining power of story and symbol. The readers should be chiefly concerned how a story functions as material and the way it informs a story or how it is perceived. For example biblical myths cover great ranges of human situations which encompasses all ages , this does include folk tales as well. Myths are like a story that can explain our lives when we can't ,it is like a body of a story that truly matters. When people think oh myths they think of Greek or Roman tales. These myths can reference Trojans, Spartans , Troy, or even Athens. They can be seen as city names or mascots of schools nation wide. Foster explains this as an parental attempt to save children and if that doesn't work the grief of failure. An example of this can be Auden's poem of private nature of suffering , which the world does not take an interest in private disasters often. Even the seasons changing because of Persephone going down to the Underworld with Hades , causes Demeter to plunge the world into winter a myth can create a story to natures work. Recognizing our experiences of literature can be deeper, richer, more meaningful, so the modern story always matter.
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