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Message: <blockquote data-quote="touc" data-source="post: 8512417" data-attributes="member: 19270">Mythology.AD&D was famous for this in its supplements and things like Dark Sun where new, or heavily altered, races were introduced. Its Complete Books of [Insert Race] were full of stories that mothers might tell their children.These myths do quite a bit for a culture. They in part (1) answer questions of the unknown, such as how were we created, and (2) teach lessons that exemplify abilities the culture prizes or despises. For example, the halflings might have myths relating to how being small saved the day (only they could fit through the crack in the wall to trick the orc god), and philosophy (they're not lazy, they're efficient, so they'll have a story about the farmer who waited and waited, and while the "bigguns" laughed, he had seen something they missed and only his crops survived the blight), and prized skills (a hero blinded the moon with a sling shot).For the more alien looking creatures, it's all the same. Dark Sun thri-kreen had stories of the clutch-mind wherein they share memories. Because of this, they might remember things from centuries ago. They will have a collective story of how this helped them thrive where others would fail.</blockquote>