When seeing it like this, mythology makes history come alive. When history it is factual, it becomes quite impersonal. With mythology the people are in there and the thread that connects us all throughout the ages can be felt. The impact of separating the 2 is literally separation. We re disconnected from our history and the past. When you look back at history there are some great atrocities and it seems we have not learnt from these. Perhaps if we were more connected to our history (with mythology), we wouldn't be able to separate ourselves so easily from the past and possibly the lessons on offer may be taken up more readily.

For me and possibly many others, the relevance of mythology has never been known or felt. To me they've always just been made up stories akin to fairy tales. That is what the word has meant to me and until now I've never bothered to delve deeper into mythology and see if there is something worthy of being explored or if they hold value. To bring back the truth of mythology quite possibly is very needed.