After creating my own myth, I have developed a newfound appreciation for myths and their creators. When we read a myth, we forget that in the past these myths were primarily told orally and that’s how they'd be passed down from generation to generation. To create a good myth, one has to be good at storytelling, and that takes creativity. I will say that studying myths did help my creative process because the majority of myths are meant to teach something in a way that the reader will be able to retain the information.
Initially I thought that writing a myth was going to be easy, but I found it to be quite difficult because I wanted to tell a story that hadn't already been told. Personally I thought it was quite funny that I found this assignment to be difficult because I’d like to think I’m good at storytelling, but I guess that it was just harder because I had to create something that was structured around a prompt. Myths, at least from my understanding, are meant to teach the reader a valuable life lesson or about a natural phenomenon, and that’s why I wanted to do something similar.
The way I’d use what I learned in my future teachings is by using storytelling as a way to engage the students in learning. I’ve always been able to absorb information better when there is a story attached to it because it seems easier to understand. When I was in community college, I had a professor whose primary teaching style was to incorporate stories in his teachings, and I can just about remember everything I learned in that class, and I think this is the same effect myths are supposed to have.
