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Describe the functions of ancient myths, using examples from two (2) different neolithic cultures, and comment on whether myth is inherently fictional. Using modern examples, discuss ways modern belief systems, secular or religious, function for modern cultures in a similar fashion 

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We have gained from our readings this about the part of myth in social life and the myth's capacity in ancient society. It is said that a myth "is a story that a society accept is genuine" (Sayre, 2015, p. 18). The way of life puts stock in and depends on the myths' teachings and they help to accomplish comprehension of normal wonders' that has no genuine clarification. The myth more often than not begins toward the very beginning and is gone down era to the era by either verbal or by teachings of the ceremonies. One custom that was rehearsed by the San individuals of Zimbabwe is the stupor move; delayed moving was thought to enact num – individual vitality whole groups can get. This vitality was thought to go through the artist's bodies, blasting and bringing about the artist to sweat and tremble, stagger and in some cases tumble down. This action was thought to permit the artists' soul to go far away and acquire otherworldly powers. This force is accepted to be equipped for "curing ailment, overseeing diversion, or controlling the climate" (Sayre, 2015, p. 18). Move has dependably been a way that people can impart their religious convictions, their profound sentiments, and use the move as an approach to uniting individuals to one another and to God. A wide range of places of worship today utilizes move in every day administrations – In our neighborhood town, the non-denominational Christians

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