It faces us with the same problem that the world does: because a systematic study of the world is beyond our powers, we have to content ourselves with mere rules of thumb and with aspects that particularly interest us. The psyche, as a reflection of the world and man, is a thing of such infinite complexity that it can be observed and studied from a great many sides. why the rainbow appears or how the constellation Orion got into the sky), how and why rituals and ceremonies began and why they continue. why the bat is blind or flies only at night), why or how certain natural phenomena came to be (e.g.
Gomme said, myths explain matters in “the science of a pre-scientific age.” Thus myths tell of the creation of man, of animals, of landmarks they tell why a certain animal has its characteristics (e.g. The purpose of myth is to explain, and, as Sir G.L. a story, presented as having actually occurred in a previous age, explaining the cosmological and supernatural traditions of a people, their gods, heroes, cultural traits, religious beliefs, etc. Scholars Maria Leach and Jerome Fried define mythology along these lines:
Myths also describe origins or nuances of long-held customs or explain natural events such as the sunrise and sunset, the cycle of the moon and the seasons, or thunder and lightning storms.
Myths tell the stories of ancestors and the origin of humans and the world, the gods, supernatural beings (satyrs, nymphs, mermaids) and heroes with super-human, usually god-given, powers (as in the case of the Greek myth of Heracles or Perseus).
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