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I thought that the world of Greek mythology is a place of terror for the human spirit.

I thought that Zeus was the ruling titan who came to power by castrating Uranus.
I thought that Crunos is the one who summoned the best of the rest, the gigantes and commanded
them to get rid of Zeus.
I thought that the Greeks believe that the gods created the universe and it was not the other way
about: the universe created the gods.
I thought that Gaea had also 6 children to Pontus.
I thought that the Romans have definitely personified gods of their own.
I thought that Zeus is the one who imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecantoncheires in Tartarus.

No god of Greece could be heroic. All the Olympians were immortal and invincible.
The ash tree Yggdrasil is a mighty ash tree, the most perfect and beautiful of all trees and also
the largest.
Greeks made their gods in their own image and their first written record is the Iliad.
The essence of the Shinto beliefs is the deification of nature.
Reincarnation in Brahmanism can happen through several bodies, forms, births, and deaths
before becoming perfect.
Thor is the defender of Asgard and of Midgard.
Every roman family had a Lar, they were never worshiped in temples, but only in the home
where some of the food at each meal was offered to them.

The highest and the oldest of all the gods is Odin.


The indigenous religion of Japan is Shinto and it has contributed a remarkable collection of
stories involving both Gods and mortals.
Gaea is the mother of everything beautiful in the world.
In Japanese methodology, Amaterasu is the goddess of the sun who created the universe, and the
imperial family bears her lineage.
Metaphysical is a central concept to the Brahmanism belief system.
Medusa is one of the several Gorgons and slain by Perseus who cut off her head.
Thor’s weapon is Mjollnir, it is a remarkable hammer and forged for him by dwarfs.

1. Why do Greece and Rome have the same gods?


2. Is Zeus stronger than Kronos?
3. How do the Greek gods and goddesses differ from humans?
4. Is Greek and Norse mythology connected?
5. Did Greek gods act like humans?

Greek and Roman mythology often have the same Gods with different names because many
Roman Gods are borrowed from Greek mythology, often with different traits.
https://www.diffen.com/difference/Greek_Gods_vs_Roman_Gods
Zeus was probably stronger than Cronus, though Zeus had the element of surprise. In the end, it
would probably be Gaea who was strongest, able to manipulate and cause the end of two, Uranus
and Cronus. https://www.quora.com/Who-is-stronger-among-Uranus-Cronus-and-Zeus
They could not age or die. The Greek gods were highly emotional and behaved inconsistently
and sometimes immorally.
https://www.ushistory.org/civ/5c.asp
Yes, Greek and Norse mythology probably originated in the mythology of those who spoke the
Proto-Indo-European language.
https://study.com/academy/answer/are-greek-and-norse-mythology-connected.html
The Greeks created gods in the image of humans; that is, their gods had many human qualities
even though they were gods. The gods constantly fought among themselves, behaved irrationally
and unfairly, and were often jealous of each other.
https://www.ushistory.org/civ/5c.asp

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