This kind of counts as a modern myth. To summarize, Herobrine is one of the most famous Minecraft Creepypastas (A.K.A. scary myth.)

The first sighting of him was on August 24, 2010 where he was described as the normal player model but with completely whited-out eyes.

Herobrine is a troublemaker that hides in the dark corners of your Minecraft world and causes creepy happenings. In different versions of the myth he does different things, like make the leaves of trees disappear, making brick pyramids appear, and in some cases crashing your game. In almost all versions, he is an unwanted, uninvited guest. Someone who you never invited but came anyway. Someone who wants nothing better but to make your life a misery.

Of course since this is a Minecraft myth it isn’t at all as serious as I made it sound, but it does have similar characteristics to a traditional myth.

Herobrine is also like elves in certain cultures. In some cultures elves are annoying, pesky creatures that spread dieases and scare the cat and that sort of thing. This irritating, unwanted behaviour is kind of similar to Herobrine’s classic cutting leaves off Minecraft trees and digging random holes in the ground etc.

For instance, myths usually start with one story which people tell each other and develop. The Herobrine myth started like that. Someone came up with a story about Herobrine and all of a sudden Herobrine sightings started popping up all over the internet, even getting to the devs of Minecraft. This is also kind of like Nessie if you think about it. Someone comes up with a story (or photo, maybe) and people immediately start sharing their own pictures of the cryptid.

The modern internet myths, (including Herobrine,) show that despite being sigma and brainrotted, today’s society still has our ancestor’s knack for telling stories, passed down for since humanity began.

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