Myths and legends
Myths are traditional stories occurring in a timeless past. They involve supernatural elements and are beyond the frontiers of logic. Long ago, when our ancestors heard the sound of thunder and saw lightning, they were often frightened because they could not understand why these things happened. In order to understand these and other natural events, they created stories. The stories were handed down from generation to generation all around the world.

Although myths are not based on obiective truth,they reflect both universal worries and the worries of the sun in the sky was a mystery in different parte of the world.In the cold northern countries,where the sun disappears almost completele during the sinter,great fires aere lit in midwinter to help the sun to be reborn.
The ancient Greeks tell a myth in which Prometheus stole fire crom Zeus,the chief god,and gave it to humans so that they could keep themselves warm.To punish him,Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock Day but Grew again every night.

Legende,however,are stories about real people who are famous for doing something brave or extraordinary.Every time the story was told,it became more exaggerated and so it is now difficult to tell how much of the story is really true.
One of the greatest legendare figures in Britain is King Arthur.He was the son of King Uther Pendragon,a Celtic King.King Uther gave his child to Merlin the wizard.
Merlin taught Arthur everything he knew so that he could become a great king.When King Uther died,Merlin stuck a sword into a rock and said,"This sword is in the stone by magic.Only the true king will be able to pull it out."Many men tried but none succeeded.When Arthur tried,the sword slipped out easily.Arthur was made king.
He went on to found the Rotund Table,an order of knights who became famous for fighting the wicked and helping the poor.
Some nămea of the Thunder god around the world:Thor(northern Europe),Laminări(Japan),Zeus (Greece),Shiva (India),Jupiter (Rome),Viracocha (South America)