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WordWeb defines mythology as:
The body of stories associated with a culture or institution or person.
Myths may not necessarily be true
Indian Mythology dates back to as early as 7200 B C when the first hymns of the RIG VEDA was composed.
The hymns of the RIG VEDA are the first and freshest expression of the sense of beauty and gladness awakened in the Aryan race by the charms and the bounty of nature.
What began as a celebration of natural elements such as Air, Water and Fire was converted into the worship of cosmic elements And thus formed the triad of the early Vedic Gods - AGNI, VAYU and SURYA.
The VEDIC Gods are mere abstractions, intangible and illusive personifications of the powers of NATURE.

Indian mythology has it that, when only darkness existed all around, nether there was Earth or the Sun or the Moon. It was then that Lord Shiva's authority ruled. This was trillions of years ago.
Shiva had no beginning and he has no end.
Alternatively, Lord Shiva is the face of nature as envisaged in Hindu mythology.
As nature, Shiva is pictured as kind, ruthless, wild and in all forms that nature epitomes.
He was the creator. He was the destroyer. He was the giver and it was he who took away.
It is this Shiva who decided to create the Universe, - but that is another story.
He took the form of half man and half woman and created women.
During the creation of the Universe, he was married to Parvati and they live in the Himalayas and have four children. Lakshmi the goddess of wealth. Swarasswati the goddess of knowledge, Kartikeya the defender of the earth and Ganesha.