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Mythology: compelling tales filled with Facts & Fictions(Part 1-Introduction)

What this world would be,if there are no stories,tales and fables? I am sure answer is --it will be mundane.There would be no movies or literature in that case,sounds terrible.Mythology gives us insight about past civilizations,people and more importantly an idea which forms the pillar of  consecutive culture which follows it.Every nation is extension of an idea which forms the perspective of any nation.  I abhor calling it mythology because this word itself expresses myth,in Hindi(dewanagri lipi) its called pauranik which comes from ancient literature(purans).Ancient stories from greek gods to pharaohs ;let us know about the way people lived their lives,the magnum opus of  earlier civilization from vikings to pirates and most importantly;let us make assumptions,improving our imagination.Letting us flow into the rich tales from Ramayana,Mahabharata,Ulysses to dead sea scrolls and many other literature from past. Stories which helps us from material to spiritual senses...

Mythology & Reasons for Diwali celebrations.

As we all know the primary reason for which Diwali is celebrated which is-Return of The Lord Rama from Vanvas,after killing the dark lord Ravan.But there is more to it;lots of stories are connected with it which gives us more reasons to celebrate festival of lights.As a child i was always intrigued by tales of epic Ramayan and Mahabharat recited by my grandmother with full of zeal and it seemed to me as some history which really happened before and try to visualize those stories before my eyes. As i grew up,it was more like just stories told to me in a childhood phase to instill moral values in me through Divine tales;so as what i thought.Later i realized whether these stories are true or false it doesn't matter because they have survived centuries to to be retold to us and it ll be continued in future too and they are meant to survive to reexamine our actions,its not so spiritual or philosophical as it is stated,i feel it can connect to anyone in real life. "Mythology is l...