This being so, it follows that mythology ought not to take the prominent place that is too often assigned to it in the scientific study of ancient faiths.
William Robertson Smith
In all the antique religions, mythology takes the place of dogma; that is, the sacred lore of priests and people.. And these stories afford the only explanation that is offered of the precepts of religion and the prescribed rules of ritual.
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But, strictly speaking, this mythology was no essential part of ancient religion, for it had no sacred sanction and no binding force on the worshippers.
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