Postmoderism Time (Do not be intimidated by the quantity of my blog)

Myths and narratives, why do we have them? They are the reason why we are here today. Take this for en example, scientific facts and reasonings all require proofs, legal documentation, and an agreement from the authority or whoever is in charge, but myths and narratives "requires no authorization or legitimization other than itself"(Powell, 25). This is saying how we do not need any type of law or rule to express our beliefs, and by telling our audience about the past in mythological ways can reveal reality in a whole new different way. Myths still exist today because it is the source to bringing family and friends together, and everything that is said about it gets past down and down to the next generations. You can say that legends and tales "legitimize themselves-make themselves believable-just in the telling"(Powell, 24). The way the storyteller projects his emotions and ideas into the story determines the power and influence it has on the audience or whoever is listening to this creative audio. It's suppose to give meaning and show how this came to exist today or how this and that happened. They can be interesting, fun, scary, funny, sad, or inspirational but all it really has to accomplish is drawing your attention and make you believe. Believing is seeing and even though the narratives sound out of hand and wacky sometimes it can be true to you and some people to take it seriously.

Creating stories help conjure the idea that this is happening today and is still in contact or existing in many different ways. Cultures want to spread those visions by telling myths and such because it creates this vibe and environment that gets the audience attention and by doing so they tend to trust the storyteller and go along with it. As it has been stated before "a Bantu tribe, chant how the god Bumba vomited forth the Moon and Stars, or when the early Japanese heard a chant about the formation of Heaven and Earth from a Primordial Egg"(Powell, 24). No one really knows how the world began but legends like these keep us motivated to find out and sometimes they let us know where we come from and who we are. They take us in a new direction to where we hold our beliefs and it frequently would explain how this historic factor happened and how it made a difference in our world. To figure out how your culture came to be usually involves myths and just like in Twilight Jacob was told about stories of how is ancestors were wolves and created this treaty with the vampires/Edward's family and of course he did no really show how he believed it but inside he knew that maybe that is how is family came to be and maybe he is one of those werewolves. You could never really know what is true or not and what to believe but as long as you have the knowledge of the narratives, you can carry on that myth with you and spread it to whomever that concerns you.