Greek Myths For Children Book Report

The Ancient Greeks believed in many gods and heroes during their time. Each one had a sole purpose in a mortal’s lifetime. Greek mythology had a huge impact on religion in Ancient Greece. The Greeks performed rituals in order to honor their gods. Mythology affected the Ancient Greeks in many ways. The origins of mythology, the influences of mythology through a human’s lifetime and lessons taught in the ancient myths will be examined.

on our history and mythology helped shed light to it’s culture, religion, and government of ancient Greece. The Mediterranean has served as a vessel for the early civilizations., Greek mythology has influenced the life style and religion of the Greeks, especially because Greek mythology served as the primary basis of Greek belief, it became the nearest thing the Greeks had to a holy bible.1 These mythologies served as the center of Greek life and these mythologies served as their basis for their life and in turn the mythologies shaped the foundation of the Greek life style, culture, religion that we know today.

Throughout these stories God and humans are both described in similar ways. When God first created man, he "created humankind in his image"(Genesis

Greek Mythology is strongly based on Roman Mythology. Most of the stories are the same, but the gods have different names. For example, Zeus in Roman Mythology is Jupiter.

According to various accounts of the creation of the world. Hesoids version describes that in the beginning, there was only Erebus, or darkness, Nyx, or night, and Chaos, who has been interpreted as the opening form which the other ancient characters arose. Then appeared Gaea, or mother earth, personified as the solid foundation of the world. Next, was Tartarus who is usually confused with the residence Hades, but was depicted as the father of some of Gaea’s children. Also appearing after Chaos was Eros, the source of sexual love/attraction that brought beings together to produce more children.

Greek Mythology, used to explain the unknown. The Greeks never had the technology to discover why things happened the way they did. For that reason, they would believe in stories about Gods and Goddesses that determined their everyday lives. They would worship and sacrifice living beings to show their respect for the Gods. Over time, they developed the story of how the world was created, their main Gods and Goddesses, and traditions and rituals.

Salt comes from the sea. Tears are lying in the sand. We said we'd be together.

NAME UNIVERSITY OF AFFILIATION DATE Introduction Greek mythology refers to the myths and teachings that were owned by the ancient Greeks. The myths mainly concerned their way of life, their gods, and the custom practices. The myths were the guiding principles in their code of conduct within the ancient Greek community. The myths were the reference point and they guided in the political and religious institution within the ancient Greek. The art representations and the collection of the narratives represented the Greek methodology (Powell, 2014).

Greek mythology is a different and unearthly world full of gods, heroes, villains, creatures and women and men fighting for the overall good. Greek mythology is the centre of all ancient Greeks, it influenced a lot of their religious believes, cult practises and spiritual believes. Greek mythology provides an insight into the life in Ancient Greek and some of the habits, ritual and customs practised. Greek mythology is show in many different ways such as stories, paintings, pottery and dramas. Greeks believed that there were extensive gods; there were 12 famous gods of mount Olympus and numerous deities and semi gods that played supporting roles to the original gods.

But unlike the christians the greeks had a lot more to what happen to the world before we got here. There was war betray and sacrifices. We weren't even a thought until the god Zeus, king of the heavens and the other gods made un out of the earth. Thats way in most of the old stories we as humans are referred as mud men. Much like the bible said man was created first but seeing man lonely they made the first woman, in the greek there wasn’t really a name for them but in the bible there were called adam and eve. They lived in the garden of eden which was much more luxurious than what the first greeks believed humans lived in. the first humans had to live in caves with nothing to keep them warm for they did have the knowledge to make fire form them selfies. Much like the story about adam and eve knowledge was not given to them freely. In the bible they got knowledge when eve listen to the snake and took a bit of the forbidden fruit which by the way wasn't an apple it was a ether a pomegranate or a great fruit. In the bible we were told that the snake was evil, some say that it was a or was satan the snake. After god found out about what they have done he cast them out of the garden to leave there life outside the garden. This is another close resemblance to the greek myth about prometheus, when the first humans was created Zeus told the other gods and the titans who fell to the gods that they were not to help the mortals in anyway. But prometheus seeing the mortals dying for the cold and starving. He could not take it anymore so he took some of the heavenly fire from mount olympus down to the humans. At first Zeus did not nodis what thed mortal but at night he saw light on the surface of the earth. He was furious, when he found out that is was prometheus he had him punished

In the beginning, the goddess of the sun looked upon the earth, and created animals to roam in the rays of her sunshine. She blessed the land with animals like squirrels, to scurry and scatter the seeds of the tall trees. She created the deer, to frolic in her sun bathed meadows, and graze upon the lush grasses. The butterflies and bees she created to spread the sweet nectar of the plants, and cover her green earth in vibrant colors. At last, the sun goddess was pleased with her work, and decided it was time for her to rest. When she took her leave of day, the moon god emerged and took over, creating the many creatures of the night. In contrast to the sun goddess, he created the owl and cricket, to perch in the trees and bushes, and fill the night with sound. He created bats, to fly through the night sky, and feed on insects, which he created to be their sustenance. While the moon god was busy creating animals to fill the night, he made a simple, easy to miss mistake. When he created the panther, he gave it a velvety black coat, to blend in with the darkness of its environment. He gave it agility to run from

People these days customarily and even times longer ago seem to fixate on the outcome rather than how a particular situation it came to be which can be either a good or lamentable thing. According to novel Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of The Greek Myths by Bernard Evslin, the gods of the book seemed to play an enormous part in a day to day lives for themselves, but what about the mortals who have no good interactions with the gods or heroes whatsoever? Their erudition is destitute of because they had no conception what was transpiring at Mount Olympus and possibly just thought the arbitrary gift of fire or the one failed endeavor in sun elevating was just a fluke both of which, resulted in gargantuan

Greek mythology was an oral tradition that began in the Bronze Age. Greek mythology was used as a means to explain the environment, the natural phenomena they witnessed, and the passing of time through days, months, and seasons (Cartwright). Around 700 BC, a poet named Hesoid, offered the first origin story of Greek mythology. The Theogony details an elaborate family tree of gods and goddesses who evolved from a primeval void and descended from Earth, the sky, the sea, and the underworld (History.com). Later Greek writers and artists used and elaborated these sources in their work and compiled ancient myths and legends for contemporary audiences (History.com). For the Greeks, these ancient gods and goddesses had control over every aspect of their lives.

Greek mythology played an important role in Ancient Grecian culture. It was often used to explain natural phenomena, human characteristics, and life events. There were also numerous morals and ideas instilled in Greek myths that influenced the behaviors and actions of the people of Ancient Greece. When observing and attempting to interpret Greek myths, one may find that “there is no single, fundamental meaning; rather, the story’s meaning changes depending on the interests and emphases of its teller.” Though many myths focused on the actions of men, women were still very important in many Greek myths, and had a number of different roles, ranging from the prototypical helpless damsel in distress to great and powerful goddesses. These various roles symbolize how women are represented in both negative and positive lights depending on the ideals of the person interpreting the myth. In modern times, for example, women in Greek mythology are interpreted as either ‘pro’ or ‘anti’ woman depending on what messages the feminists want to convey. Although various views of women in Greek mythology have been presented over the years, when one examines the portrayal of females in the stories of The Judgement of Paris, Pasiphae, and Calypso in Greek mythology, one can better understand how many aspects of Greek myths portrayed women in a negative way.

"A myth is a collective term denoting a symbolic narrative in religion, as distinguished from symbolic behavior (cult, ritual) and symbolic places or objects (temples, icons)". (The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 24)Mythology is a collection of myths meant to explain the universe. Mythological stories were told in many different cultures and civilizations. The existence of myths is known in every society. Many different myths were conceived to explain occurrences that happened in nature.