The Significance Of The Title ' Mythology '

     Mythology is a way that the ancient societies explained why things are the way they are and how they came to being. Two ancient societies are infamous for their mythology. These societies are Greece and Rome. Great authors were made be the mythological works they wrote. Homer was a famous author who is best known for his epics. It is from these epics that most of the gods and actual myths well known. I am writing of two of these gods in particular, Saturn and Dionsysus.

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Hades was perplexed by such a rushed decision. Even though he failed in his attempts, he still loved Persephone so he kidnapped her. Thus, one can assume that Hades’s judgement was clouded by his grief, which is why he captured Persephone. Therefore, the audience can learn to not let one's emotions blind their judgement as Hades did, between what is right and what is wrong. This shows that one can look at Hades’s past failures and learn from them to better one’s self. Furthermore, folks often assume that Hades is as evil as the Biblical Satan himself, due to his status as god of the underworld. However, in truth Hades obtains no joys from the pain and torture of the dead, unlike Satan who is sadistic deity. It is just his job to control those who enters the underworld, which was a judgement that Zeus deemed him after the defeat of Cronus and the selection of the

That shows how twisted and how far the gods are willing to go to keep the power within the family bloodline, and the incestuous nature of the Greek Mythology. Hades got caught after he kidnapped his wife, and the hero, Hermes, demanded him to return her to the surface, but on the condition of Persephone did not eat any food from Hades. Hades tricked her into eating pomegranate seed, and she was forever trapped in the Underworld with Hades, only granted access to the surface for half a

Hades was a bitter middle-aged man whose heart softened once he saw Persephone, the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. So he kidnapped her and brought her down into the Underworld. Demeter had become infuriated with Hades and released her anger on the earth in the form of a time where no crops should grow. Meanwhile, Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds which made her want

Greek mythology is sometimes considered the core of all myths. It is a series of stories and tales that help give a deeper explanation of Greek gods, origins, beliefs and rituals. Among these myths, one of the most famous is the story of Hercules, also known as the Greek hero “Heracles.” The story of Hercules portrayed the coming together of both the immortal and the mortal worlds. It is a tale about good vs. evil and the power of love.

Mythology is a gathering of myths, particularly the ones that have a place with a specific consecrated, religious, or social custom of a gathering of individuals. Myths are an accumulation of stories advised to clarify nature, history, and customs– or the investigation of such myths.

Mythology was very huge in Ancient Greece. There are so many different folktales and myths

Greek folklore is most heavily concentrated on gods such as:Zeus the god of the sky, Hera Goddess of Marriage, Poseidon God of the Sea Demeter. Goddess of Agriculture Ares. God of War. etc

Mythology is an essential part of Greek culture. Greek mythology is comprised of several heroes, gods and their stories. Heroes of Greek myth share similar characteristics. They all have divine birth; go on an adventure as well as defeating strong monsters. Finally, when they die they are seen as semi divine.

Before this course, I had this belief that the term myth was about unrealistic tales that somehow caused everything to be. The term myth, from me personally, has simply been misunderstood for being a tale or a legend. I understood it as being false and made-up. I assumed the word was about the Greek Gods and Goddesses, but really these myths are just stories being told about someone else’s truth whether if it was real or not. Of course, my definition of myth being about them being tales or legends shifted after reading The Power of Myth.

One of the tricks that hades played on Persephone wes when he told her to eat some seeds. There were a total of 12 seeds. When she ate seven of the seeds, she was going to spend 7 mounth in the underworld. Because she didn't eat 5 of the seds she will be able to spend 5 mounth with her dad. In the story it said,’’Alas,’’ said ,’’my daughter , what have you done?’’The Fates have said that if you ate anything in the land of the shallow, you must return to Hades and rule with him as his queen.’’ Since she ate 7 seeds she stays with Hades in the underworld for 7 months, and she would spend 5 months with her dad, Demeter.Therefor, if she would have ate all 12 seeds, she would have to say in the underworld for life. Luckily, she only ate 7. It's

An example would be how the Egyptian god?s have different body parts with other bodies and the Greek gods are humans. Hamilton states that the Egyptians made gods they thought up and made them in a way that no one has seen before. The Greeks therefore made their gods in there own image. That made it easier for them to understand them and know how they act. The major point Hamilton is showing in this introduction is that Mythology is a new to look at life and to understand it under a different light. Another point she states is that Greek Mythology it?s self, is so unique that it showed extreme beauty yet fear at that same time. The gods were not to be completely feared, but respected to the point where you didn?t anger them. Greek Mythology is also unique, because it doesn?t have many of the things that are in most religion or folklore. Hamilton states that Greek Mythology didn?t contain Magic or Witches, and in reality didn?t fear the dead, they actually pitied the dead. Hamilton?s main point in this whole introduction is that Mythology itself is completely and totally different from any other religion or folklore ever. Mythology was written in such a beautiful way that upon reading it, it seems real and it begins to take shape. She is also saying that Greek Mythology was in a way different than normal Mythology and therefore changed the face of Mythology forever.

Zeus came to a compromise that Persephone will have to spend half of the year with Hades and half of the year with Demeter. This made Demeter suffer and she says that when Persephone isn’t there it makes her mad and sad so, she will not have anything grow on earth until Persephone is with her and once she leaves she will stop everything from growing. Demeter did so much so that she could have Persephone return to her and to try to keep her away from Hades. She stopped doing her job and practically rebelled against Zeus till they came to a compromise that Demeter would be able to be with Persephone. When Persephone isn’t with Demeter it makes her suffer because, she loves Persephone and wants to take care of her daughter.

Mythos, the Greek word for myth means story, appertain to colorful tales that enlightens about the origins of humans and the universe. Myths, as amazing as it sounds, is also a cause for birth of new religions, where and how they originated. Many cultures have myths about how the gods and goddesses came to be, even elucidating the origin of humanity and its traditions. Even ideas about how this world of ours came to existence have many myths, creation myths behind it, disparate in every culture and society, which demonstrates a view on its role in the world. Mythology is simply the study of the myth. There are many psychological theories and meanings that explicate mythology. The most recurrent belief about the psychological value of myth is that myths emblematize contrasting elements of our own psyches or souls. The psychoanalytical frames of reference on myths have indisputably been ineluctable. Myths were and still are progressively seen as expressions of desideratum in the human psyche. But the big question is, what is the beneficence of mythology towards the amelioration of society? If there are myths to decipher or exhibit certain things, character or situations, there also are science and technology, which accommodate every explanation needed to understand each of those things. Many go to science for such interpretation, which conveys the impression of taking care of the signification behind all those natural phenomena,