Comparing and contrasting themes in myths and traditional stories

Name: Comparing and contrasting themes in myths and traditional stories
Uploaded: 2025-05-29
Duration: 5 min 5 s
Channel: Khan Academy
Description: Comparing myths and traditional stories from around the world shows, in many ways, how similar we all are to each other! In this video, David compares a Shoshone Native American story about Coyote with the Greek myth of Prometheus. We'll compare the topics of the stories, their plots, and their them

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Comparing myths and traditional stories from around the world shows, in many ways, how similar we all are to each other! In this video, David compares a Shoshone Native American story about Coyote with the Greek myth of Prometheus. We'll compare the topics of the stories, their plots, and their themes.