Within the first chapter, students are introduced to the significance of myths for prehistoric societies. The study of mythology has always been inspiring to me, and I enjoyed reading material that discussed the significance of myths to certain ancient cultures. According to the text, myths “[embody] the culture's opinions and beliefs about its world, often serving to explain otherwise mysterious phenomena” (Sayre, 2014). This quote struck me because it highlights the idea that myths for ancient cultures were more than wise stories that elders told to younger generations to pass the time, those stories had significantly important cultural value for societies. The study of myths and their meaning is such a detailed topic that unfortunately this course will not be able to discuss the topic in detail, but despite this the course content still accentuates the idea that myths were culturally and historically significant to a variety of cultures, dating back to prehistoric cultures. I did not know that there were prehistoric cultures that kept a record of their own mythology and related oral history tales, I was surprised to read that mythology dated back to the prehistoric era, but more specifically, I was intrigued by the text's discussion of the role of mythology in Anasazi people. The discussion of the text on the culture of the Anasazi