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 Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:19 pm
Ok, maybe not so brief.
But I will tell you one thing, this isn't just about Greek/Roman myths.
Modern literature alludes to much more than that, especially Norse (such as in House of Leaves)
I'll be covering Gods and Goddesses, and certain, vital stories that you might not have known.
If you find an inaccuracy, point it out, since mythology is pretty loose as it gets older, since different people thought different things resulting in different stories.
So:
Here we go.
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Posted: Sun Sep 02, 2007 1:28 pm
GREEK/ROMAN MYTHOLOGY:
Compare and Contrast
Ok, so you probably heard about Zeus and Hera and Hermes and whatnot, and you know that the Roman gods and goddesses had correlating names.
But just in case you didn't, I'll go over the comparisons:
GAIA/TERRA: She was the first, and she is the mother of all gods and everything else. Came from Chaos and brought order.
KRONUS (CRONUS)/SATURN: The father of the olympian gods and goddesses, or the ones that are most well known.
RHEA/MAGNA MATER: Cronus' wife; mother of the olympians.
ZEUS/JUPITER: King of the Gods
HERA/JUNO: Queen of the Gods
DEMETER/CERES: Goddess of the Harvest
Well, that's 6.
I'll continue tomorrow.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:53 am
Uh, not to make you upset but I think god of war could teach more than you at this point.
I like the ancient gods as well but I even agree with god of war on this one.
Sorry I had to say this though.
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Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:08 pm
well, there's much to teach.
but I'm tired, so I won't continue.....
He's perfectly welcome to add on, though. mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:19 pm
Most greek gods were related somehow. Zues's wife was also his sister.
Then they had children and they all were gods or goddesses as well.
Zues was the greatest god of them and legend states he lived on mount Olympus with most other gods.
The greeks hell was know as the underworld that which Hades ruled.
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:07 pm
3 creatures of the greek legend were the:
Cerberus, 3 headed dog.
hydra, 7 headed serpent.
and the stag, a purple deer.
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:36 pm
xing lynx All greek gods were related somehow. Zues's wife was also his sister. Then they had children and they all were gods or goddesses as well. Zues was the greatest god of them and legend states he lived on mount Olympus with most other gods. The greeks hell was know as the underworld that which Hades ruled. Um, a couple of mistakes there: 1. Zeus, not Zues (pronounced Zee-oos) 2. Not ALL of the gods were related--Aphrodite/Venus was created from sea foam and Eros/Cupid's wife was a mortal lifted to goddesshood to name a few examples 3. not all of the god's children were gods. some were demi-gods and others were only mortal heroes
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Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:03 pm
Thought I'd expand on the topic of the Greek myth of the beginning of time:
First there was Chaos.
From Chaos came: Ge or Gaia (Earth), Eros (Love), the Abyss (Tartarus, the Greek equivalent of heaven, purgatory, and hell), and the Erebus (darkness/shadow). Gaia begat Uranus, who then fertilized the earth, giving birth in turn to the Titans (six males and six females: Oceanus--oceans, Coeus--intelligence and Crius--the Ram and Hyperion--observation and Iapetus, Theia--sight and Rhea--motherhood/earth/fertility, Themis--law of nature/judge and Mnemosyne--memory, Phoebe--brilliance & moon and Tethys--seas/rivers, and Cronus--harvest), then the one-eyed Cyclopes, and finally the Hecatonchires or Hundred-Handers (sounds like a bad date, doesn't it?).
Cronus, the youngest, wiliest, and most ambitious of the Titans, castrated his father and assumed the position of king of the gods, taking his sister, Rhea, as his wife and making his fellow Titans into his court. Being also paranoid, Cronus imprisoned first his other siblings in Tartarus, then his children--the Olypians, in order to prevent being overthrown.
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Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:59 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:53 pm
ladyjewell Thought I'd expand on the topic of the Greek myth of the beginning of time: First there was Chaos. From Chaos came: Ge or Gaia (Earth), Eros (Love), the Abyss (Tartarus, the Greek equivalent of heaven, purgatory, and hell), and the Erebus (darkness/shadow). Gaia begat Uranus, who then fertilized the earth, giving birth in turn to the Titans (six males and six females: Oceanus--oceans, Coeus--intelligence and Crius--the Ram and Hyperion--observation and Iapetus, Theia--sight and Rhea--motherhood/earth/fertility, Themis--law of nature/judge and Mnemosyne--memory, Phoebe--brilliance & moon and Tethys--seas/rivers, and Cronus--harvest), then the one-eyed Cyclopes, and finally the Hecatonchires or Hundred-Handers (sounds like a bad date, doesn't it?). Cronus, the youngest, wiliest, and most ambitious of the Titans, castrated his father and assumed the position of king of the gods, taking his sister, Rhea, as his wife and making his fellow Titans into his court. Being also paranoid, Cronus imprisoned first his other siblings in Tartarus, then his children--the Olypians, in order to prevent being overthrown. WOAH, I was taught Tartarus was the Greek version of Hell, and that the Elysian Fields was Heaven and the Asphodel Fields were purgatory-esqe. Except it was more like Elysium was for great people, Asphodel for mediocre, and tartarus for horrid people. Cronus was eldest (because power always fell to the eldest boy), and I don't ever recall him locking up his siblings. I know that he ATE his children, just as Uranus shoved his back into Gaia.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:56 pm
Ok, honestly, I think someone should RENAME the thread (should've seen that one coming... lol) and we DIVIDE the myths among us.
Then we correct each other, lol.
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:02 pm
To rename the thread all you have to do is edit your first post.
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