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Topic Content:

  • Meaning of Myth
  • Features of Myths
  • Meaning of Legend

What is a Myth?

A Myth is a kind of oral narrative that explains matters that concern the beliefs, certain phenomena in human life, or why things are the way they are. It gives truthful accounts of events that happened in the past.

Myth, therefore, provides an explanation for different natural things in life. For instance, why do we have day and night, why do men not bear children like women? Why are there stars in the sky?

Features of Myths:

1. A Myth is a story that explains the natural world and how it came to be.
2. It involves mystery (the unknown).
3. A Myth seeks to explain our existence and answer questions like “Who are We?” “Why are we Here?”
4. Characters are often non-humans. For example: goddess, supernatural beings.

What is a Legend?

A legend is a narrative story about human beings or non-human objects such as plants, or hills which one time or another played significant roles in human lives.

Such figures, who are not usually gods must have attained heroic status on earth. They are worshipped because of their achievements. 

Evaluation:

1. Give a short definition of a Legend.
2. Write three features of a Myth.

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Practice Questions

1. Give three examples of Present Continuous Tense

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2. Write an argumentative composition “Immunization is good for children”.

Evaluation:

Definition of a Legend?

Legend is a story from the past that is believed by many people but cannot be proved to be true

Three features of a Myth

  1. Characters are non-human
  2. It involves mystery
  3. A myth is a story or idea that is believed by many people

Practice Questions

Give three examples of Present Continuous Tense

Answer:

  1. The woman is running
  2. The girls are dancing
  3. Ojo and Dola are watching