In modern times, the Neo-Kantian philosophy of Ernst Cassirer is the most significant attempt to construct a philosophy of myth as an integral part of the philosophy of religion. His most elaborated definition of myth can be found in the second volume of his Philosophy of Symbolic Forms. According to this book, myth is a symbolic form that maintains unity of the word and being, the signifier and the signified, it yet still retains itself in the developing structure and, by the use of symbols and signs, it shapes the foundation of religion. Myth and religion, therefore, represent the fundamental tendency toward symbolic formation. In other words, they constitute the basis of a metaphor that lies at the heart of all forms of symbolic function.This essay surveys the nature of myth, the characteristics of mythic–religious though and the role of time and place in the development of the mythology. It also deals with the relation between language and myth and tries to give an account of the interrelationship between myth and religion.

The effect of Romantic outlook of Iranian Contemporary poets has been influential on the type and scope of dealing with mythology. The poets, through mythopoeia and mythoclasting have promoted the revolutionary and evolutionary spirit of the people. This paper, following the method of content analysis, studies the mythological interests of Ahmad Shāmloo, and concludes that shāmloo evolves the original versions of myths, and even introduces some myths of his own, in order to make a better use of their social capacities. Shāmloo’s reforms can be justified by the features of Romanticism which in its turn is a good explanation of some aspects of his poems.

One of the leading scholars in the field of history of religions is Mircea Eliade, who lived in France and England for the last decade of his life.Although mythologists believe that myth has various functions, according to Eliade myth is always an account of creation. It tells how creation has begun and how it will accomplish. Therefore myth has a close relation with ontology. It speaks of primordial realities, of what really happened, and what was fully manifested. Eliade believes that the reality is the sacred, which pre-eminently is real. His analysis is based on the distinction between the sacred and the profane.This article mentions Eliade's perspectives within a variety of academic fields, including mythology, philosophy of religion, and religious study, and surveys the relation between religion and myth.Finally, it discusses about mythic- symbolic characteristics of religions.