you may (or may not) be implying that myths and symbols are useless, unnecessary, false or bad. it could be the case that all stories that can't be proven by m  34d8  odern western historical methodology are false, even though established history changes its views over time (just like established science does). but some may just be unprovably true. there is no known point in human evolution where symbols and myths were absent. it may be that trading in myths is part of human evolution for a good reason. or perhaps as the garden of eden myth suggests there are bad elements integrated into humans, and the worst one is the tendency to share fantastic and absurd imagery through stories, songs, memes, etc. did wacky sumerians send fake news to the egyptians/greeks/hebrews/romans? are we fools in the same trap or inheritors of something deeper than history? when hansel & gretel got stuffed in the old lady's oven, was that not a truly bad thing? or is that a myth of no value in any culture? archaeologists could one day find that a hansel & gretel did exist in some form, just like they think they found the city of troy after years of scientific insistence that it was pure myth. when ozzy wrote war pigs, was he talking about actual pigs or is there some utility in symbolism? etc.