As you have learned, the stories that make up a nation’s mythology share several characteristics.
1. they are set in the past, often in remote or exciting places and times.
2. they are filled with remarkable, strange, or exaggerated characters.
3. they feature incredible, heroic, impressive, magical, or mysterious events and their consequences.
4. they convey a positive message about a nation or its people.

how does irving incorporate at least three of the four characteristics listed above into “rip van winkle”? what is the impact of these characteristics on the reader’s experience of the story?