Mythology-circulated through sacred stories (myths) and their
reenactments (rituals)-is the basis of any society's religion, and
religion is an essential key to identity. Mythology creates and
sanctions meaning through the elaboration of identity in cultural
metaphors that are at once ecological (associated with a society's
exploitation of its environment), sociological (based on social
relations) and ideological (couched in a society's worldview).
These metaphors are incorporated into anthropomorphic spirits,
fostering a deep sense of identification with those spirits as well
as with others who share that sense of identification. This study
examines mythology from a global perspective, citing case studies
in cultural traditions from Africa, Europe, Oceania, Native America
and elsewhere.
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