Reply #1: Has any human society ever existed without myth?

[Jim__]

My guess is no, but I stand ready to be corrected on that. But, if no society ever has, then, myth may be necessary for the existence of society. Nietzsche said something to the effect that error may be necessary for life. I think myth may be necessary to bind human society. The reality of life, of what's going to happen, may be dim enough that rational beings wouldn't bother if they actually faced up to the starkness of reality. Myth provides the illusion of the possibility of something better.