To start off, myths are stories that have been passed throughout many centuries, and are very popular in the world. A myth is a traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon usually involving supernatural beings or events. These legends can go from being almost identical to varying so much from each other. Although stories "Bladur" and "The Spirit Bride" seem awfully alike, there are many contrasting things. In the story Baldur and the Spirit Bride, both heroes go on a quest to save someone dearest to them. For instance, Hermod goes on a journey to the Underworld to rescue his brother, and the young warrior goes on a mission to get back his dead bride. In addition to similarities, both heroes were not able to bring back the dead. Both myths share a common lesson that no matter how hard you try, you cannot bring …show more content…
The warrior thinks he can bring back the dead and Hermod thinks he can control people and their actions. In the end, both heroes learn that you cannot stop things from happening, you can't control fate, and that you just have to continue life without your loved ones. On the other hand, there are many things to differentiate between these two legends. Although both myths have a threshold, the entrances to them vary. In Baldur, the hero, Hermod, must cross a bridge to reach the Underworld, but in The Spirit Bride the warrior must canoe his way across a lake to reach the blessed island. The dead are taken away by beautiful maidens in Baldur while a tempest sweeps away evil spirits in The Spirit Bride. Furthermore, Hela has control over the Underworld unlike The Master Of Life, who controls the spirit world. To continue, there was a trickster named Loki in the myth Baldur. He was a sly deity who tricked another god into killing Hermod's brother! Since the story The Spirit Bride did not state how the wife dies, I assume that she died of natural causes since there were no tricksters or
To begin the comparison of the two myths, one must look at both the similarities and the differences. To write the myth both poets need help from the Gods, however, the Gods just appear to Hesiod, thus making the Gods in control and the Gods are asked to help by Ovid, thus putting
There are many similar situations, where the differences in the stories lie in how the author’s character interpreted these experiences. That being said, although the stories of their adventures into the world of the dead are quite similar, they are also quite different. The Odyssey is story about a man named Odysseus, and his travels back to his home. The Aeneid is a story that follows Aeneas, the leader of the Trojans, and his people to Italy
The next comparison between two stories is that of Norse mythology and Greek mythology. Both stories have very similar ideas and ways of telling their stories of how their world came into being. Norse has their giants, who gave birth to the original three gods that created Midgard. The Greeks have the Titans who bore the Greek gods who overthrew them as well to control the Earth. Both myths contain the presence of creatures in their stories, beasts who helped shape their respective worlds to move the culture’s creation stories further along. Creatures within these worlds would be the dwarves, the serpent Nidhogg, and demons of Norse myth and the Cyclopes, the furies, and Typhon of Greek origin Furthermore, the children of some of these creatures were divines, who ended up overthrowing their elders to lead the creation of their own worlds, to rule over their own creations as well. And speaking of the world, both myths have multiple layers to their
Myths and religious doctrine are generally recognized as two entirely different things. Myths are usually referred to as a fictitious story or a half-truth; often they are stories shared between groups of people that are part of a cultural society. Religion is a set of beliefs concerning the cause, and purpose of the universe, and often containing an ethical code dictating appropriate human conduct. Although they differ in certain aspects, they still hold similarities. Comparable to parables within the Bible, myths have different versions which are both motivating, as well as entertaining. There are not only parallels to the idea of the stories but specific tales hold similar morals and equivalent characters.
In these epics, many points of similarity and differences arise such as the characters of the heroes, how their journeys are delayed by women obsessed with
A simple definition of a myth is a story handed down through history, often through oral tradition, that explains or gives value to the unknown. Myths are composed of stories or explanations. Myths are not always false sometimes they have some truth to them. They come to being by people making an assumption about a person based on their race.
way that have deep hidden meanings. Also, authors in both stories uses symbolism to identify
Compare the Beowulf poet's presentation of the battles with Grendel and his mother with the Gilgamesh poet's depiction of Gilgamesh' battles with Huwawa and the Bull of Heaven.
First of all, in many ways they are alike.For example, in both story and poem there was a ‘monster’ who the young men wanted to kill.Also, after both the boys killed the monster they were known as heros in a way and they had a celebration.Don’t forget both of the boys were very strong willed to be able to muster up the courage to kill the local monster. Another thing is that, both the monsters in the stories/poems had jaws or very sharp teeth.
In these two epics, the major themes are the concept of good versus evil and the conflicts of man versus man, man versus self, and man versus nature. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, the King of Uruk represented good while Humbaba and the snake represented evil. Compared to The Odyssey, the Sumerian epic consists of a smaller representation for both good and evil. Odysseus represented good, but so does his son, Athena, and many of the gods that help him. Antinous, the rest of the suitors, Polyphemus, Circe, as well as many others were on the evil side of the equation for this epic. The concept of good versus evil coincides with the conflict of both man versus man and man versus self. Odysseus and Gilgamesh both engaged in both types of conflict, but Gilgamesh experienced more of the latter conflict while Odysseus experienced more of the former. Odysseus’s adventures involved more of man versus man conflicts because of how often he had to fight a physical being. For example, Odysseus and his men blinded Polyphemus by ramming a hot spear “deep into his [Polyphemus] crater eye” (qtd. in Prentice Hall Lit. 992). In addition, Odysseus and his son, Telemachus, had to fight off more than a hundred suitors near the end of the epic. Gilgamesh had plenty of experiences with man versus man conflict, such as his first fight with Enkidu, his fight with Humbaba, as well as his arguments with the gods. However, the man versus self conflict seemed
The similarities and differences between the myth and movie are very important to decipher because it helps one understand which representation is the myth and which one is Disney.
Immortality, monstrosity, infamy, catastrophe, might, and courage are all aspects of the epic legends of Beowulf and Gilgamesh. Though they subsisted in two utterly different historical eras, these epic heroes have numerous similarities and differences. For example, while they were booth deemed epic heroes, their mortalities were not equal. Beowulf had superhuman qualities such as having the strength of thirty men, but was born a mortal man. On the contrary, Gilgamesh was a demigod as he was born two-thirds god and one-third human by Ninsun, the goddess of dreams and cows. This is only one of the various instances of similarities and differences of these two epic idols.
One similarity that we find in both The Odyssey and Inferno, is the fact that both Ulysses and Dante travel to hell. Ulysses travels to the underworld, Erebus. Ulysses seeks out his mother for news regarding his love, Penelope: 'Your wife still remains in your house, but she is in great distress of mind and spends her whole time in tears both night and day. No one as yet has got possession of your fine property, and Telemachus
All three of these myths are based upon the beginning and end of life. In these myths, the central idea of happiness everywhere is significant. The myths begin with there being chaos and tragedy between
While the differences stick out more to me between the myths then the common side does. Adding on, in the first myth the Baucis myth the main characters Baucis/ Philemon both