people and myths

which ones do you subscribe to and why? many a time we tend to believe certain things which can be used generally to describe a race of people, believes at a certain age and time. how do these things exactly become fact and set in stone? myths are different than surveys, because surveys are like fast food quick and drawing a reaction, but myths can last years and the mind can run with it as fact and time has a way of going by and nobody questioning it,etc... any and everything can feel like a myth and yet not everything is myth worthy if that makes any sense. myths though are best used in pop culture which manipulates them and it spins out of control and so on. very compelling i must say.