Religion and myth are two different cultural phenomena, but they are closely related. From an artistic point of view, there seems to be an unclear kinship between them. In ancient times, religious myths and witchcraft were closely mixed together through rituals and other means. Religious myths have a long history. If we go back to the past, we can trace back the imprint of ancient human culture. Primitive religion came into being in primitive society. In primitive society, the contradiction between man and nature is the main contradiction of society. The myth reflecting this ideology was thus created. As Marx said, "Any myth uses imagination to conquer, dominate and visualize the natural forces". Religion and myth are interdependent. Myth is the footnote of religion. In the primitive society with extremely low social productivity, human beings are familiar with the whole world and are in a state of extreme ignorance. They often start from themselves, know the outside world by analogy, and confuse themselves with the outside world, thus the process of natural personification appears, and the embryonic form of primitive religious worship appears. In people's minds, all natural things have also become lifeless, naive gods and eccentrics, that is, the so-called "personalized" gods. The ideology of totem worship appeared, and the development of totem worship also laid the foundation for the germination of ancestor worship. The factors that produce religious myths are related to naive cultural psychology. Early human beings were separated from the animal world of nature and only had extreme material and spiritual poverty, so culture was only "naive". Mentally emaciated, there is no sign of civilization, materially simple, and there is no considerable production and living ability. This naive cultural soil of human childhood, which is composed of simple social relations and narrow natural relations, constitutes the soil where human religious myths occur. The emergence of religious myths is also related to the life consciousness of the universe. Early humans believed that there was something supernatural above natural life. Even if people don't live, this thing still exists, it is the soul. The so-called animism is considered as the ultimate source of religious myths. Human's attachment to nature is the root cause of religious myths. This is because nature provides conditions for human survival. For example, during hunting, we should try to catch wild animals. In addition, labor tools, daily necessities and living environment all depend on the reward of nature, which has become an indispensable material prerequisite for early human survival and the soil on which early religious myths depend. For example, the legends of "flying man" and "one-armed ape" in China ancient mythology express the fantasy of catching and picking. In the process of relying on and using nature, human beings often express their wishes through religious ceremonies, which is the direct factor of religious myths. This ritual is often closely linked with witchcraft and magic, and becomes the "uterus" on which religious myths depend. For example, Nuo ceremonies in the south of China. Early human fear is also an important factor in the formation of religious culture. Nature is not only a living entity, but also a frightening world. Its thunder and lightning, mountains and valleys, and huge waves make people conceive the form of prayer, which is completely different and has unlimited power. For example, the Book of Rites records that "the soil belongs to its house, the water belongs to its valley, the insects don't do it, and the vegetation belongs to its ze." It is said that this is a toast made by Ila for the wax festival in1February. This is a lyric to pray for a safe harvest at the memorial ceremony of all things. People hope that the unpredictable gods can bless, the soil will return to its place, the flood will only flow in the ravine, insects will no longer invade the grain, and vegetation will grow on the water surface by the river. These rituals for peace and harvest express people's religious consciousness of worshipping nature.