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What is a myth?
A story that is shared by a society and has gods and heroes ordering the natural world.
What is religion?
Culturally prescribed practices, based on premises about the existence and nature of superhuman powers.
What is a rite?
The acts performed to make the myth work.
What is magic?
A form of superstition lacking the intrinsic spiritual value of religion or the rational logic of science.
Mention something that sets magic and religion apart.
Religion has a moral component, while magic is individualistic.
Why are myths and religion the predecessors of Philosophy?
They were the first answers people had for their questions.
