New Outline to the Creation of Myths from a Semiotics Point of View

Abstract

This article introduces a new assumption in the formation of myths. Based on the existing literature, the hypothesis of this article is that all myths are created based on the selection of components from a limited collection and the combination of those components with each other. For better understanding and discussing this hypothesis, it is required to give a definition of myth and its kinds, followed by short discussions about the narrative and continue with discussions of the two processes called selection and combination. The author shows that each myth is created based on the narrative and this creation is limited to the selection and combination of components which are exemplified from the real world. Each myth is created in a possible world which is based on the narrative of the myth. Selection and combination of components to create a myth is obeying the rules of the real world and the perception of myth is based on the human perception of the real world.