what is a myth that explains a natural phenomenon?
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In native american mythos, storms and lighting are displays of the anger of the gods, so to speak--that there are weather spirits and lightning spirits that "speak" during storms.
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Okay, let me start this off by saying that I am a paranormal researcher.  And I do this with purely scientific methods.  Which means that to date, I have found no prove of any mythical or paranormal beings.  This being said I shall put forth what I have found on this subject.  \n\nWhile there has been no actual accounts of fairies in scietific history, it is a very common theme in many cultures.  You have Leprachauns in Ireland, fairies and pixies throughout europe, the "little people" of native american myths (varying in temermant and discription from tribe to tribe) to other sightings throughout the world.  The closest thing to any proof of "small" people to date (excluding those who have dwarfism) is a recent discovery of proto human remains in indonesia dating back some 13,000 years.  These remains are actually similar to that of the homo erectus, but reaching demunitive stature. On average of three feet tall.  This species is known as Flores Hominid
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Folklore is much more recent and is usually based on somebody's real experience, the details of which have been passed down for some generations. Mythology goes back into the far distant past and it is not known to have any real historical or factual basis.
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we as humans have pulled apart and studied so many little things about creatures, humans, places. etc.. there is nothing left for the imagination.\n\nAlthough back in the olden times.  people could only go on what they felt and saw.  A lot of stories were made up (folklaw) to explain these happenings the best they could..  Some were written down others passed on though the generations. \nSome made a little nicer for kiddies stories.\n\nAlthough that doesn't mean all folktales are wrong or made up creations of people. \n\nI guess like myself, i believe in dragons.  yes they don't exist on this dimension and in the physical world to ours any more. \nBut they do visit from time to time. \nMuch like a Ghost or a Angel would.
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Urban Legend!!\n\nNoun: urban legend\nA story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false; contains elements of humour or horror and is popularly believed to be true
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The Greek Creation Myth
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interface? Laws of nature is something than people discover thru observations and exprimentation. Divine laws is something that people make up to help maintain a civilized society. In the past, religion was used to explain natural phenomena (lightning, seasons, etc.), but by now science came up with much better answers.
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What does this have to do with Mythology and Folklore?
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Superstition and mysteries.
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It'th a myth-tery, thilly!
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Well in my opinion... If people don't understand something then it must be supernatural.  Believeing in God is easier than researching the evidence for natural causes.  Think about it 2000 years ago people were mystified to see the sun rise everyday, 1000 years ago solar eclipses were perplexing; are you really surprised that today people still can't comprehend our existance.  Where ever science can't 100% explain you'll have God.
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I am not seeing anything in Mythology or folklore. But what I saw was is something related to child birth etc. read -\n\n A vanishing twin, also called twin embolisation syndrome, is the term for a fetus in a multi-gestation pregnancy which dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed by the mother. Occasionally, rather than being completely resorbed, the dead fetus will undergo mechanical compression by its wombmate(s), resulting in a flattened, parchment-like state known as fetus papyraceus. If the fetus is absorbed completely, there are usually no further complications to the pregnancy. However, if it is not, and the event occurs in the second or third trimester, serious complications may include premature labor, infection due to the demise of the fetus, and hemorrhage. Even at the end of the pregnancy, a low-lying fetus papyraceus may block the cervix and require a cesarean to deliver the living twin.\n\nAccording to some researchers, vanishing twins occur in up to one out of every eight pregnancies and may not even be known in most cases. Since it is hypothesized that some instances of vanished twins leave no detectable trace, it is impossible to say for certain how frequent the phenomenon is.\n\nThe Vanishing Twin Syndrome has been cited by biotech company Acu-Gen as an ad hoc hypothesis to explain false results of the company's Baby Gender Mentor test. According to the company, on occasions where their pregnancy gender test has apparently given the incorrect gender of the fetus, the apparent mistake can be explained by a fetus having been present at the time of testing, but later being reabsorbed as a vanished twin.\n\nIt has been speculated that the children born in such a pregnancy may have some memories of their vanishing twins, and may feel lonely because of this. There is no scientific evidence to support this claim. Researchers of the paranormal, such as George Noory's talkshow Coast to Coast, have discussed the alleged phenomenon.\n\nA wombtwin is a term used since 2003 to describe an embryo or fetus that was a member of a twin pair or triplet set and which died in the womb. The loss of a twin very early in pregnancy has been called "vanishing twin" phenomenon since the 1980s when twin pregnancies were made visible by means of ultrasound (sonograph) scanning. Two developing gestational sacs are seen at the first ultrasound scan but only one is visible at the second scan. The wombtwin dies owing to a poorly implanted placenta; a developmental anomaly that may cause major organs to fail or be missing completely; there may be a chromosome abnormality incompatible with life. Frequently the twin is a blighted ovum, that never developed beyond the very earliest stages of embryogenesis.
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mythologies are not meant to taken literally.
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The pre-Socratic philosophers rejected traditional mythological explanations for the phenomena they saw around them in favor of more rational explanations. Many of them asked:\n\n* Where does everything come from?\n* What is it really made out of?\n* How do we explain the plurality of things found in nature?\n* How might we describe nature mathematically?\n\nOthers concentrated on defining problems and paradoxes that became the basis for later mathematical, scientific and philosophic study.
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I don't think being physic is a myth.\nI have had the same thing happen to me.\nI expierence deja vu more than usual...and I dream it, forget it, it happens, then deja vu.\n\nHave you ever seen Sylvia Brown?, or any real physic.\nThey've convinced me.
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Myth. What someone would call their Paradise!
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sure there are, the first group would be creation myths, then there are myths to illustrate the why and wherefor of natural phenomenon, such as pele the goddess of volcanoes, and the third is hero stories which spur on the normal man to try to live a good or brave life.