Understanding the Elements of

In many of the mythological stories, essential elements of human nature can be seen from the characteristics of the characters. ¡°Saint Paul said the invisible must be understood by the visible¡± (Hamilton 7). Greeks told myths to help people understand the essential elements of human nature. The mythological characters and actions are important in understanding essential elements of human nature because human beings created the mythological characters, the characters and their actions illustrate essential elements of …

…in giving understanding of essential elements of human nature because humans themselves created myth and its characters reflecting their own image and thought into them. Therefore, the characters and their actions show feeling that are similar or same as that of humans. ¡°Myths relate not only the origin of the world and that of animals, plants, and humans, but also all the primordial events that have resulted in humans becoming what they are today¡± (Eliade 4).