Are Myths Valuable?

[EgoDeath]

Once again, we can look at a myth now and realize that only bits of it were true. It doesn't mean that they knew that, or didn't know that.

I can slip some raisins into a bag of chocolates and give it to you. You still received some raisins, even if you didn't realize you received a couple raisins. The raisins can still be useful to you; they provide sustenance and nutrition, and even if the chocolate is, nutritionally, not so great for you. And sure, the chocolates will still give you some calories and potentially some energy, so they may not be entirely harmful either. But in a bag of mostly bad, you received some good, even if you don't know it.

You seem to be missing the point entirely, or are just being incredibly nit-picky.

The question isn't whether you're putting raisins into a bag of chocolates, it's whether you're putting raisins in a bag of dead birds.

Use whatever placeholder you that makes you comfortable. It doesn't mean there weren't objective bits of truth in myths. Even if the people hearing the myths didn't know they were there. This is why, like I said, we shouldn't use myths in the modern day. There's no reason and it will potentially do more harm than good.