Myths and Fairy Tales
Most people today view fairy tales as stories to tell our children, but in the early days this was not the case. In the 17th century, fairy tales were considered offensive to women because of their details of death and sexual encounters. Many people, however, believed these details were the reasons that made them so intriguing. These stories were usually not written down, so the only way people heard about them was to hear them verbally from various storytellers. Since the storytellers always changed the story somewhat and often created their own versions, many of the original tales were lost. This remained a problem until two brothers came along, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. These two men translated the exaggerated stories into a more common language that the less educated man could understand. The two men also took the stories, wrote them down, and published them so that centuries later people could still read the tales and get a meaningful understanding from them. Meanwhile, in ancient Greek times, the people had to face many forces of nature. In their effort to understand this nature, they invented stories to account for the things that went on in their lives. These tales, known as myths, were spread around by travel
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Approximate Word count = 1682
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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