That is what the moderns mean when they say that the ancients did not "appreciate Nature," because they said that Nature was divine.

Old nurses do not tell children about the grass, but about the fairies that dance on the grass; and the old Greeks could not see the trees for the dryads.
But I deal here with what ethic and philosophy come from being fed on fairy tales.

If I were describing them in detail I could note many noble and healthy principles that arise from them.

There is the chivalrous lesson of "Jack the Giant Killer"; that giants should be killed because they are gigantic.

It is a manly mutiny against pride as such.