difference in Myth and Religion?

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Odin never hurled lightening, he had an unwavering balck-hafted spear which never missed. Thor's hammer caused Thunder though.

Genesis and the Prometheus Myth are both Myths and you can't get away from that. The belief in the trth behind the myth is the religion.

Plenty of myths have a basis in fact and not all are associated with religion. If you go up to the wrong Welshman and tell him his Once and Future King is nothing but a falshood you might end up very dead.

[Pannonian]

Odin never hurled lightening, he had an unwavering balck-hafted spear which never missed. Thor's hammer caused Thunder though.

Genesis and the Prometheus Myth are both Myths and you can't get away from that. The belief in the trth behind the myth is the religion.

Plenty of myths have a basis in fact and not all are associated with religion. If you go up to the wrong Welshman and tell him his Once and Future King is nothing but a falshood you might end up very dead.

To expand on my earlier explanation, myths are stories told to explain how something came to be. Foundation myths tell the stories of the origins of peoples, other myths tell the origins of customs or natural phenomena. They are often, but not necessarily, fictional. Historical myths from the American war of independence include the siege of Fort McHenry, the escape of Washington, the signing of the constitution, etc. They are part of the greater mythology of the foundation of the United States. Fictional myths include the mythology of the Greeks and other ancient peoples.

Religions are founded on mythologies, and they differ in that they set rules for how people should live. The clearest differentiation in the bible would be the difference between most of the old testament, which is the Jewish people's foundation myth/history, and the 10 commandments, which is clearly religion. Parables blur the distinction.