It is important to tell the people-centric story, and also invite people to tell their own unique story about change and innovation.
Themes found in stories:
Universal themes: Love and tragedy are examples of themes found across cultures.
Recurring themes: Journeys to the land of the magic, recognition by tokens, and the victory of the underdog are examples of recurring themes.
Cultural themes: The interests of people vary from one culture to another, so one group may enjoy folk songs, another romantic folktales, and another legends and traditions.
Traditional themes: The traditions of historic characters tend to repeat, and although they are presented as facts, they often form distinct patterns, much like any fictional folktale.
Mythological themes: Indigenous American mythology consists primarily of animal tales and stories of personal and social relationships.
Myths and legends significantly shape storytelling themes by embedding cultural values, explaining the world's origins, and providing models for human behavior.
How Myths Contribute to Storytelling
-Reflecting culture: Myths mirror, express, and explore a people's self-image through their characteristics and details.
-Explaining origins: Myths often describe the origin of the world (cosmogony), the origin of the creators (theogony), and the origin of human beings (anthropogony). They explain why things are what they are and happen as they do.
-Providing models for behavior: Myths present models of acts and organizations central to a society's way of life, relating these to primordial times. They offer guidance for crucial elements in human existence, such as peace, life, truth, falsehood, value & virtue, etc.
-Embodying truths: Myths embody divine or timeless truths, while legends are quasi-historical.
-Justifying customs: Myths explain ritual and cultic customs, validating life itself along with cultic celebrations. They also justify existing political systems or bolster territorial claims.
How Legends Contribute to Storytelling: Legends, often thought to have a historical basis, contribute to storytelling by providing a sense of history. Legends provide a sense of historical grounding, as seen in the legends of heroes. Grounding stories in reality, legends are grounded in historical fact, while myths refer to the supernatural and the sacred.
Digital is the age of people and options; it provides the opportunity to think in a new way to do things, run in a very entrepreneurial fashion, and to solve complex problems effectively. Thus, it is important to tell the people-centric story, and also invite people to tell their own unique story about change and innovation.
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