You're misinterpreting my words, but only because I wasn't very clear.
What I am saying is...Dissident, you're not commenting on something that some of us find very important. Myths are fictitious stories. Now, please comment on this. Forget for a moment the value that the fictitious story provides. I'd like to address the idea that myths are stories about things that never really happened.
Dissident, you're failing to comment on something that some of us find very important, namely that myths are fictitious and untrue accounts. They may have entertainment or educational value, but the fact remains that they are stories and nothing more. The telling of the story causes an effect, in some instances, much the same as the administration of a placebo can cause an effect, but the fact remains that the myth or placebo isn't the agent of change. It is the belief in the myth or placebo that causes the change.
Would you agree with this?