Question

Which summarized story is most likely a myth?

Answer 1

Answer: A. A handsome young man sits and stares at his own reflection until he starves to death. After he dies, a flower named after him grows where he was sitting.

A myth is a traditional story that explains a natural or social phenomenon. It is usually concerned with an event in the early history of a people and deals with supernatural beings or events.

In this example, the first option is the only one that deals with a supernatural event (the birth of a flower in the place where someone died) and the explanation of a phenomenon (the origin of a flower). This story is a summarized version of the myth of Narcissus.

Answer 2

Answer is (A) because seems like a myth how a flower grew where he died and was named after him and how he starved himself to look at his "beauty".