Mythology And Religion Research Paper

Mythology serves to create an explanation for why the world is the way it is. All religions have mythology in them and myths help people understand history. Myth can mean so many different things to different people. Some myths are total fiction, while others may have a hint of truth in them. But most myths are more of a symbolic and metaphoric truth, rather than a literal truth, because most of the time myths cannot be proven and people are not trying to prove that they are true. Myths become true to the people who believe in them and they use them as a sort of lens through which they see the world. They use myths to create explanations for themselves as to why the world is the way it is and they use them to help cope with the difficulties of life. Myths are a natural outgrowth of our imagination and our passions.

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.

Long ago, Artemis and Apollo were twins born by the king of the gods, Zeus, and the Titan goddess, Leto. Artemis became the goddess of the moon, and Apollo became the god of the sun. The sun and moon duo rose to take their rightful place amongst the greatest of Olympians. However, twins are not without their disputes, especially when they're major Olympian gods/goddesses and neither of them like any competition for what they're worth. Therefore, Artemis and Apollo had a huge quarrel over whom the mortals relied on most - the sun or the moon. Apollo countered that the sun was essential for all living things, gave energy to Earth, and provided the mortals

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

But what we don’t realize is that the Greek Gods are still alive. They have companies and products

Greek myths served numerous purposes in early Greece. When the Greeks first walked on the world, they did not know what anything was. Mythology and the Greek gods were created by human beings to explain the world around them. Because of the exploration and theories done by the Greeks, they had a better understanding of the Earth. In Mythology by Edith Hamilton, the purposes that the Greek myths served ranged from educational morals, all the way to pure amusement.

Once upon a time there lived four people with magical powers their names were Hestia, Demeter, Zeus, and Apollo. They lived near each other and they have always gotten along with each other. Few weeks later the great god decided to give his kingdom away to someone special. As soon as Hestia, Demeter, Zeus, and Apollo heard the news everything began to change. Everybody went against everybody.

As hinted above, devotion, iconoclasm, and preservation efforts are intricately entwined with processes that happen before, during, and after the performances that the perspective party participates in. In each environment, the object takes on new meanings and significances due to the discourses surrounding it and the subjectivities of the people who possess it. Moreover, preservation often engages in the same processes that religious iconoclasts did and do by creating new narratives of the objects and relegating necessary performances with the object. Apart from just merely the smashing of objects or gods, by removing these objects out of their original socio-historical contexts, the objects are destroyed, literally and/or figuratively,

Mythology, is a collection of myths, especially some belonging to a particular group, religion, or even cultural tradition. Mythology is a very well known subject in the world that took place during 500 B.C.E (before common era) and is used in some cultures such as the European culture, and was even used as a part of everyday life and religion teachings in Greece at one point in time. Greek Mythology, is a body of myths and teachings that belong to the Greek people. Greek Mythology is made up of many God's, Goddess's, Monsters, and Deities who lived in a place that stretched across the Greek Hills to the Palaces of Mount Olympus.(Hamilton, 14) Despite the God's and Goddesses powers they still had plenty of characteristics that humans share

Mythology is the traditions that have been passed down orally, among a culture, for many generations. Myths can include several different elements, often varying slightly. Most include fantasy or unnatural characters, such as monsters, dragons, gods and goddesses. Myths generally tell a story which is the basis for many beliefs among a culture. Greek and Roman myths encompass the gods that the cultures worship. Myths often serve to teach a lesson or play on superstitions. The origin is unknown and because it has been handed down orally, there are variations in the story. The story often travels around to other cultures also. This leads to similar myths among cultures. Similar situations and characters

In the Southeast Asian creation myths, all have animals, water, and a catalyst. For the Dayak, the catalyst was when the coiled water snake opened his mouth. For the Sumatra people, it was when the Fabulous blue chicken laid 3 huge eggs. There also appears to be mountains or large mounds in multiple creation myths.

Satya and Dasya, the twin horsemen in Hindu mythology. They are depicted in the human body with their head of a horse. From one source they are the children of the sky god and from other the twin son of the sun god, Surya. So they are sometimes linked with the sky and the pre-dawn light. The twins are mostly noted as the physician and the healer of the god. They are the minor gods in Hindu pantheons, Devas but have their crucial role in the many legends.

"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.

When this word “myth” is used, the term is usually related to a fable, invention or a fiction story. Over the years, many scholars started approaching the study of myth differently. These scholars have approach myths in a way their meaning was traditionally regarded. In many traditions these myth are true stories and never refer to as false stories. ( http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/a/whatismyth.htm )

When people think of mythology they usually get an idea of gods’ monsters and magic. However people don’t realize how mythology is so connected to the existence of humanity and how we will grow and fall as a species. It’s not the easiest concept for us as a species to wrap our heads around but these stories in mythology almost tells us how our future might end up. David Leeming has a definition for mythology that states, humans are always on a quest for fulfillment in the face of entropy. Entropy is the idea that we are always moving toward chaos and disorder. Based on what I’ve seen and read in mythology it almost seems like these stories and ideas but me more relevant than we actually believe.