Originally posted by King Kandy
Wha? Greek myths are QUITE different from Egyptian ones.In my opinion Chinese mythology is the best by far.
umm, Herodotus wrote in Histories, whilst relating his knowledge of Egypt, about how the Greeks learned about the Gods from the Egyptians, and appropriated them as they saw fit.
the Romans took the whole pantheon from the Greeks and made it convincingly their own, why is it difficult to understand that the Greeks did that with Egyptian materials.
The Egyptians in their turn, are said to have got a few ideas/concepts from the more ancient Hindu civilisations by and around the Indus and the deccan. quite fascinating stuff.
still, my favourite God is Janus... he sheltered Saturn from Jupiter (Chronos from Zeus, in their Greek representations) and basically doesn't pre-exist the Romans.
Same question others have asked.
Favorite mythology?
Norse.
Best mythology?
No way to define that. Best written? One I like best?
Who would win in a fight?
I don't know. Ares would run like s**t the moment he realized his opponent had a fighting chance. Athena vs. Thor would be interesting.
Greek Myth was much more outward looking.
Zeus: "Hey let's watch this war and decide who to cheer for or watch this guy slay a monster. I think I'll be his patron. He's brave and heroic."
Norse Myth was much more inward looking.
Odin: "I think I'll go tear my eye out, hang on this tree and gain wisdom."
I read some of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. But I couldn't derive any real power levels from it.
Even the Greek gods could die contrary to this idea that's gotten around that they were unkillable. Ares was once captured by Hephaestus and it was said he would eventually whither and die of he went too long without ambrosia, the food of the gods. That's very much like Norse Myth where the gods would die without the apples cared for by Idunn.
I don't know enough about most mythologies to say who would win a war. I suspect most people will say Greek or Norse, but that's only because of familiarity with Greek and Norse and knowing squat about the others.
Originally posted by SupremeMan
Same question others have asked.Favorite mythology?
Norse.
Best mythology?
No way to define that. Best written? One I like best?
Who would win in a fight?
I don't know. Ares would run like s**t the moment he realized his opponent had a fighting chance. Athena vs. Thor would be interesting.
Greek Myth was much more outward looking.
Zeus: "Hey let's watch this war and decide who to cheer for or watch this guy slay a monster. I think I'll be his patron. He's brave and heroic."
Norse Myth was much more inward looking.
Odin: "I think I'll go tear my eye out, hang on this tree and gain wisdom."
I read some of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. But I couldn't derive any real power levels from it.
Even the Greek gods could die contrary to this idea that's gotten around that they were unkillable. Ares was once captured by Hephaestus and it was said he would eventually whither and die of he went too long without ambrosia, the food of the gods. That's very much like Norse Myth where the gods would die without the apples cared for by Idunn.
I don't know enough about most mythologies to say who would win a war. I suspect most people will say Greek or Norse, but that's only because of familiarity with Greek and Norse and knowing squat about the others.
I would agree with most of that.