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Irish and greek myth A lot has happened on this earth, stuff that we could not even imagine,

stuff that our ancient ancestors faced and stuff we don't even realize affect us. In the Irish myth it speaks of the ages of the world and how all the generations struggled to keep their land. Each generation still strives to think of other methods to claim their land knowing that invaders will go at war with them. this is somewhat similar with the greek myth. The Irish and Greek myth share similarities in theme. oth themes have to do with determination. They !oth knew their actions would come with a penalty or risk !ut !oth were determined and followed there gut and did that they thought was right for them. "or e#ample in the Irish myth in all ages of the world invaders were always trying to con$uer their land, !ut people still moved there and fought in war for their land. In the Greek myth %rometheus !rought fire to the people to make their lives a lot easier knowing that zeus would get mad, !ut he still did it to help others !ecause he knew it was the right thing to do. Although the irish and greek myth have many similarities, they also differ in its details in structure. "or e#ample in the irish myth several people get punished throughout each age of the world. &illions would die at war to claim their land. In the Greek myth only %rometheus was the one who had to suffer the penalty from 'eus for diso!eying him. Also after prometheus(s actions it had a permanent change after one try and in the irish myth it had to take a!out five ages of the world to !e a!le to achieve their goal. Those Are the differences in !oth myths. That is how !oth myth are similar and different. They are similar !ecause !oth themes had determination. They are different in details !y !oth suffering a longer penalty than others.

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