I noticed most ancient people’s religion get called mythologies, does that have something to do with it?
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My own personal take on this (not based on any standardized definitions), is that “mythology” puts an emphasis on stories and characters, while “religion” puts an emphasis on beliefs and practices
Myths are allegorical stories that try to explain the world.
Religion is what followers do. The word is related to *ligature*; it binds the people together.
The same reason the story of the elites and monarchs is called history and the history of the common folk is called folklore.
Something I found on this subject was that the stories all connect, ever heard of Adam and Eve the ones who ate from the tree? Well in Greek mythology someone named pandora opened a box that she wasn’t supposed to open! Giving everyone a curse, sound familiar?
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