Myth in Relation to Enlightenmnet

As discussed in our previous class the other day, we were talking about the effects of myth and how it can relate to the enlightenment of man. With regards to this, we began talking about myth and how it relates back to religion and primitive beliefs of the metaphysical world. No in enlightenment, it was man's goal to dominate nature. But in our discussion, we formed a cyclic narrative of how myth and enlightenment go hand in hand.
Now, religion derives from myth, we began to discuss how back in Ancient Greece during Plato's time, how people were subjugated to preform sacrifices to appease the Gods, for reason being, so that the God's would perform favors for those who appropriate sacrifice. We are looking, mind you, that the God's represent nature. So people sacrifice to the God's to appease them, in essence, the God's rely on these sacrifices from people. So in perspective, nature controls mankind, but when nature starts relying on mankind, there is an essence of control. It becomes cyclic. Man sacrifices to the God's so that the God's can do favors for them, but at the same time, the God's rely on these sacrifices in order to do their duties, in essence enlightenment has been reached. Man abstractly controls nature through myth.

Mr. Leslie, do you agree?