Q&A for How to Create an Interesting Mythology

You could base them off someone you know or pull characteristics from multiple friends. Gods also have special powers. You could think of an element or a part of life that you like or a power you wish you had. Finally, this God needs a name. You could choose something that connects to one of the characteristics or their power.

You can kill off the character (sad ending), have everyone solve all their problems (happy end), or simply leave the reader with a moral/ esson and leave it at that (neutral end).

Start with a problem - as big or as small as you want to make it. Then figure out how your characters (gods, mortals, or whatever you're working with) will solve that problem.

You can write a myth in any style you want, but you can look at real-world myths for inspiration.

The moral is what makes it a myth. If it had no moral, it would just be a story.

Myths should begin with the past. How was the hero born? Usually, the hero's parents made a mistake in a high pressure situation, and it affects the hero's life later on.

A myth is used to tell stories based upon how certain things came to be like rain, echoing, flowers, etc. Overall a myth is a fictional tale that was made up by a religion or culture based on their beliefs; how they believe these things came to be.

Typically a minimum of 4 lines to 8 lines.

You can add as many characters as you want in a myth, but make sure that you don't add them abruptly.

Follow all of the steps in this article.

Your one character could be the god that created the whole world, or maybe they did something wrong and they were cast out of the place where all the gods live and now they're all alone?

Yes. Countless powerful deities are animals or have animal forms. This can distance you from them and makes it more surreal, which is good with myths as they seem in the distant past.

Typically, the ‘most important part’ is where a myth explains how or why something, in nature or otherwise, happens.

Look at your culture: What does it value? For example, if your society values the principle of "honor" your moral could be: "Dying for a purpose is good". Or if your society lives in a desert, where water is precious the moral could be, that you should not waste water.

Try thinking of something like a big flood or the creation of the Sun/rain.

A myth contains suspense, adventure and magic. If you are looking into making a myth, add lots of suspense in your story to make the reader want to continue reading your myth. Another idea is to make your mythical creature/god seem very real. Insure that they are unique and try and come up with some wacky ideas!