Myths are misrepresentations of the actual truth. For an example, Echo and Narcissus, the myth was that Echo repeated whatever people say, and that was that. But the truth is that sound bounces of walls and and objects, so the sound bounces back to the person who spoke. The reason why they made the myth back then was because the echo couldn’t be explained. But now that we have advanced technology, scientists studied echos, and other things, to crack the myth. So to this day, myths are not relevant. Fairytales are are tales that take place beyond children's imagination, like a candy land with giant ice cream cones. Fairytales are usually known as make believe children’s stories. But if it is not real, why would people believe in it? Scientists so far have not discovered physical proof that these fairytales can be real. It doesn’t hurt if people believe in these fairytales, but it is just that …show more content…
Folktales are based on cultures and religions. For an example, Santa Claus. For who knows how long Santa Claus has been a folktale passed on for many, many decades. People believe this because this folktale is so popular people believe it is true. And not saying that this culture is fake, but there are still people in the world who don’t believe. This is a tough nut to crack, because many people have had “proof” that Santa, or Easter Bunny, or any other holiday celebrity that they are real. Scientists try to actually see if he is real, but it is hard. But it comes down that Folktales are actually relevant. It wouldn’t be a surprise if scientists still haven’t found evidence that he is real, because for decades people believed in him, and still to this day, people believe in Santa. But even if he or they were real, it wouldn’t matter. It just depends if we still believe in folktales, or still have folktales, and since we do believe in folktales to this day, folktales are