The Mythology Thread
Talk about your favorite mythologys here! There is no mythology that is too silly or too serious to be put on here!!! Mythology is meant to be shared with the world, so here's the thread that will share the mythologys that have been forgotten!!!
Favourite mythology - norse mythology
Mythology I know about - greek, roman, aztec, saxon, norse, Polynesian, celtic and Egyptian.
Generally I love mythology and history and studying different religions
Favourite mythology books- Neil gaimens norse mythology, gospel of Loki and the riordan verse, in which my favourite series is Magnus Chase.
Oh and favourite gods.
Greek- Apollo
Norse- Loki
Roman- apart from Apollo Pluto
Egyptian - set
Celtic- lugh
Polynesian - pele
Least favourite.
Greek- Hera
Norse- freya
Roman- Minerva
Egyptian - Osiris
Celtic- Aengus
Polynesian - Ku.
Love Herakles Not a fan of theseus. With norse sigurd is great and so is Beowulf so I can't really choose.
Hmm I don't know much about that mythology but it sounds really Good so I will check it out.
Also I agree with Jason, he was really awful but I don't agree with what madea did to the kids like they where innocent. Jason's death is really funny though.
My feeling toward Journey to the west is a mixture of apreciation/interest and slightly over it lol after having to work on so many projects about it within the same yearํ. You'd be surprise how many Movies/games about Sun Wukong came out in a year despite China has so many myth (tho previous years they did focus on Nezha and some other deities). I remember having to red the Character bible about them and everytime Sun Wukong is written like the most op characters ever. That being said I'm still drawn to its myth and have fun listening to people talk about it. It's a wild fun tales.
It's also a little interesting to see the similarity between Wukong and Indian's Hanuman. Both are very strong monkey deity leading the monkeys army, can shapeshift into gigantic size, born from the wind, serving the avatar of the religeous figure (Budha/Rama) and is the most popular from their myth despite not being the main character of said myth.
I think the myth I can talk about would be the South Asian/Southeast Asian ones. Though it's a little murky because while originating from Indian, the Thai version is a little different and I believe the adpation is probably different through out Southeast Asia so I don't want to say what I know/learn of it is the one true version.
Someone talk to me about Zoroastrianism ;____;
Ohhh thanks for mentioning Journey to the West! I keep forgetting I literally have the books somewhere in my house. I'll see if I can find them, and maybe I'll finally have a crack at them.
Um I know like nothing about mythology but I thought I could learn something here lol I've learned a little bit just by reading it.
Beowolf is freaking awesome! I'm with you on theseus too. He was a mega jerk tbh. And Jason from Greek mythology is just messed up. Medea had every right to take revenge on him.