Mythology

Mythology
What is mythology?
Mythology is the study and interpretation of sacred tales or fable cultures known as myths. Stories based on human condition, spiritualism, human origins, afterlife, gods, life and death. Also it expresses their believes and values of these subject on certain cultures. Myths can tell stories about ancestors or human origin and the world. When the subject is about Gods is mostly beings with unknown power. Including the origins of the environment or nature such as natural events like thunder, lightning storms, earthquakes, eclipse, sunrise, sunset, full moon, many more. Therere different types of mythology such as Ancient Greece, Norse, Egypt, Phoenicia, China and even Japan have one of their own. The most popular among them is Greek Mythology, one of the classics as well. Including Biblical Stories describing the creation of earth, human existence, the Great Flood story and the figure of the Dying and Reviving God. Inside the mythology we have famous figures like Sumeria in the Epic of Gilgamesh, to Egyptian myth of Osiris, Greek stories of Dioysus, the
Mythology always tries to answer the most difficult and most basic questions of human existence, for example; Who made the world? How will it end? Who was the first man? Where does souls go after death?. Having the ancients stories as an importance, not always truthful about its details, mentioning the impossible. For example; having power and being able to
return from the dead is one of them, most people believe powers does exist only if the human can use the hundred percent capacity of their brain because regularly human can only use ten percent of it, coming from the ten percent of brain myth and twenty percent of the bodys energy. Meanwhile, being able to return from the dead is a strong believe many have, thanks to the story about a famous mythological figure, also a dangerous topic to discuss because some may actually feel offended, if you mention its just a myth, others may take drastic measures to defend that ideology. The same goes for other mythology but mostly dont take it seriously as the most known one. You may ask, why is it different? With Greek mythology, there is no single original text like the Christian Bible or the Hindu Vedas that introduces all of the myths characters and stories.
Phoenician Baal, Hindu Krishna, Norse Odin and Loki, down to the most famous, Jesus Christ.
Difference between Myth and Mythology.

In conversations or just hearing by ear, people think these two subjects are the same. In reality its not, they have different meanings. Myth is information or stories you receive, without knowing its resource or being anonymous, for example; where, when and from who they came from. Heres the part where people get it confused, the stories or information are related to supernatural seeking to explain a natural phenomena to give humans a unique perception, such as culture and society to supernatural or godly level. The subjects mostly discussed are about the creation, life, death and even current events happening. Its mostly described as folk tales and legends, also known as traditional stories. Mythology is focus more on group of people or culture, addressing their issues like their history, gods and ancestry. Unlike myth the mythology stories are written on ancient books like the Bible and the Hindu Vedas. Mostly, mythology is known as the study of myths, so it can be proven its real and the phenomenon actually had occurred. Those who studies or learns about myths is the field of mythology.
Because those who study it, finds it important to unscramble mysteries and pieces about life, some to confirm the truth behind myths to put it at ease or to find answers to explain the impossible, if found it turns to learning how it was possible, but thats a whole other story. The most popular mythology studied until date is Ancient Greece.
What is or Who is God and Goddess?

A god or a goddess is a supreme being, a creator and ruler of the universe, also known as the life of the world. Mostly being worshipped by believers, idolize and use for symbolic representation such a deity. Some believe in just one god, while others believe there is more than one. Great example will be the Biblical believer who believes in only one God, while the Norse believers believes in many Gods like mentioned before Odin, Loki, Thor, Hel, Day, Night, Sun, Earth, Eir, Tyr, Vor to 54 or more Gods. A God is also known as a being with power and abilities that surpasses those of most other intelligent being. A God is also considered as a supernatural being, with these related questions; Did we came from a God? Did he create us? Did he create life? God is alive or dead? Is God a spirit or a being? Where is God? Is he in the heavens? Is he in a dimension? Does he have his own planet, where he lives in? Where did God come from? Believe it or not, therere people who have these questions on their mind. Mostly believe
Mythological Studies
Mythological studies are as the name mentions it, studies about myths or old text and ancient books? Why it is studied? You may ask;
God is a male, without seeing him, while others believe of the possibility to be a female, and others believe are both in other mythology such as Greek, Norse and more. Click Here To Learn More About the Gods Mentioned Above.
The Importance of Mythology

Mythology can be fascinating for those who love to learn about ancient customs, history, and culture, and compare them with today. A person read and investigated mythology so they can imagine themselves as their ancestors to create adventures and wonders in their life or even live it at this moment. It is important because it can reveal the history of our ancestor or our past we yet need to discover. It can answer the most commonly to basic questions about life or how to live it. Most importantly, it can reveal the importance of a human nature and their mistakes. Author; Sharlene M. Hernandez
Sources of Information:
http://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/ greek-mythology http://www.ancient.eu.com/mythology/ http://thenorsegods.com/the-norsegods/#norse-gods http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/god http://www.noforbiddenquestions. com/2011/02/what-is-a-god-anyway/ http://www.differencebetween.net/language/ words-language/difference-between-mythand-mythology/

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