Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 616. The lesson today is the difference between myth
and Legend. Okay. If somebody wants a screenshot, do it right now. Let's get right to it.
Most myths are traditional stories that had gods, heroes and magic
The most common examples are Greek, Roman and Norse mythology. So remember the Greeks really
were first. The Romans conquered the Greeks. They liked their mythology and they adopted it. They
changed a lot of the gods names, but it was you know kind of based on the same mythology. Norse
is one that's different most people today might know some characters like in the Marvel series
The Avengers ,Thor is from Norse mythology and his father Odin and Loki. They are from Norse
mythology. All right. Let's continue. Nowadays , most people believe they were made up to try to
explain how things came to be such as storms, wars , falling in love often with gods intervening. So
myths are usually related to this type of stories. These old traditional stories. All right. Let's
continue. We do have a second meaning of myth here too. Myth can also mean something that many people
believe, but which in fact is not true. That's that's more of a modern-day myths. A modern-day
myth usually you know, somebody has got a lot of evidence for whatever reason. Maybe it was due to
the media or a lot of people just believed it for some reason and this person says that he has a lot
of evidence that he thinks most people are wrong to believe this. Then he will call that a myth
as well. All right. Let's continue. Now legends are often based on real people or events or at
least originally anyway and usually try to teach a lesson. However, many legends were passed down
by word of mouth and there is a good chance the story we know today or the one that's told today
is greatly exaggerated and perhaps some details may have been changed or added or even deleted.
So that we don't really know if this legend is really as true as we think it is, but supposedly
a lot of them were based on you know , people that might have existed at one time. But they're still
adventurous and they're often told you know with some lessons in mind. All right. Let's continue.
All right. And we got ... okay it's a legend. Oh yeah a legend can also have a second meaning here
of someone who is famous and admired. Okay. And we got six examples to show just how this is used.
Here's the first one. The character "Achilles" is from Greek mythology. Remember you know,
the mother dipped him in the water you know, for the gods to protect him. She dipped him in
that special and she only held him by his heel so that's why we often talk about some of his
Achilles heel as meaning their weak spot. So this is from Greek mythology. Okay. All right. Number
two here. Many people from ancient Greece and Rome built temples to pray to Gods from stories
of Greek and Roman myths. Yeah. And there's a lot. Again , there's a lot of god's. God of Love,
got A War , god of this. God of that. All right. Okay. And number three here. The story of "Mulan"
is a Chinese Legend. So Milan is supposed to be based on originally a real person.
Well so it's a Chinese ... okay a legend and it taught and it taught the lesson that every man
counts and sometimes just one person could make all the difference. You know, modern times many
people might know this from the Disney movie they made of Mulan. Remember they wanted one son from
every family because they thought that you know sometimes just one man makes a difference and in
this case of course it was the daughter. It was a woman who pretended to be a man. So, so her father
wouldn't have to go to the war because probably he wouldn't have survived it. Because he was too old.
Okay. All right. Number four. King Arthur and Robin Hood are legends from British history.
Yeah. We all know the story of King Arthur and the round table and Robin Hood you know,
you know, steal from the rich give to the poor sort of idea. Okay. Good. And number
five here. Many believe that he ... many believe that , but he claims it
is just a myth. Okay. Now this is the second meaning of myth up here where
you know somebody today thinks that what a lot of people believe is not correct.
And that's what he goes on to say. It is not really true and the last one. Michael Jordan
was a living legend. So so remember the second meaning of Legend could just be somebody who's
very famous and admired and if they are still alive and they are famous at admire while they
are still alive then we sometimes can refer to them as a living legend. Okay. Anyway, I hope you
got it. I hope it was clear. I hope it was very informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.