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Myths and legends - Coggle Diagram

- - - - • One such myth is the Greek myth of Persephone, which is used to understand and give meaning to the changing seasons. Persephone, (daughter of Demeter, goddess of the harvest), personifies plants and flowers. When she makes her journey to the Underworld to live with Hades in winter, vegetation on earth withers and dies. When she returns to live with her mother on earth, plants bloom and flourish once more.
    - - Hercules and the Lion (Greece)
        
        Isis and Osiris (Ancient Egypt)
        
        The Children of Lir (Ireland)
  - - -  For instance, the legend of King Arthur. Although many historians agree that he existed as a Romano-British leader between the 5th and 6th century, there are a number of legends within British folklore which cannot be verified. For example, that he achieved his royal status by pulling his sword, Excalibur, from a stone within the centre of a lake.
      - Examples of famous legends:
        
        Romulus and Remus (Ancient Rome)
        
        The Lost City of Atlantis (Greece)
        
        El Dorado - The City of Gold (Spain and South America)
- - - - As myths tend to include supernatural elements in a timeless past, there is no objective proof for them.
        
        Legends are stories based on historical events or figures and hence usually exist within a certain time frame and can be placed on a real timeline. They can be verified to some degree, though it may only be to a very minor degree.
      - "Myth" is mostly synonymous with fiction due its lack of supporting evidence.
        
        Legends may include facts, but they are not entirely factual themselves; the truth in them has been distorted over time, usually for the sake of a good story.
      - • For example, while Pocahontas and John Smith were real people in American history, their relationship and the events that led up to their meeting have been deeply exaggerated in many stories, including in Walt Disney's 1995 animated film, Pocahontas.