Mythologies

_Shadow_ · 2018-11-20T10:42:07+0900

It has come to my attention, that the Scandinavian Mythology, you know, the one where you hear words as Thor, Odin, Loki, Hel, Asgard, Ragnarok etc etc, has really nice stories to tell and it has nice similarities with Greek Mythology. Studying deeply the Greek Mythology, I start to see similarities with other civilizations, like the ancient Egyptian, Celtic and Scandinavian. Yeah, I already know, that Roman was almost identical, eventually both civilizations were too close. For instance, Scandinavian deity Odin is the highest deity of all, something like what Zeus ended up being in Greek Mythology. But look at that. Odin had a son. Thor. God of thunder, who would go along human beings against other god's will sometimes. So Thor looks like Zeus too, because Zeus was the god of thunder and lightning. But Thor as a character is most like Hercules, who was son of Zeus. So from one side we got Thor and Odin and from the other side we got Zeus and Hercules. Thor and Hercules both died by poison. Many differences but also many similarities. If you sum up these duos though, it seems that it represents the same thing principles. We might argue that Odin was god of war. But for your information, Zeus enjoyed it when humans were at war. It seems mankind made magnificent lore back then. So I was wondering. I want to really research this rich ancient mythologies and any help would be appreciated. Any place to read stuff briefly or in depth in English? Are you from Scandinavia? Are you from India? Are you from Peru? Are you from Indonesia? Are you from Italy? Are you from ANYWHERE? You got a tale that looks the same with the mythology of another civilization? Why not share? You got a unique tale to share? Even better!!! I would like to see where this thread would go, surely mythologies around the world will have similar stories. We can make this an anthology of them and find out about their similarities. We already know that about the "great Cataclysm" a.k.a flood myth around the World. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood_myth Let's share tales. I start with a link to Greek Mythology in English. I am really surprised by the quality of its content. http://www.theoi.com/

@FreeCake4All haha yeah... to me obscure myths/legends are those that aren't bound to cultures or entire countries but bound to a very specific, small region... Those tend to be unknown to a larger public. But I get what you were saying haha, just couldn't help myself there :D

It's good to look at youtube videos (always better then wikipedia :p) however when concerning the really obscure myths things tend to be misinterpreted or mis-explained often. Always check if the person talking has a reason to be knowledgeable about the myth they're talking about :) (easier said then done I know, internet turns everyone into an expert or so they think haha).

Anyway, I'm starting to rant haha so I'll shut up now. Welcome to this nice little thread and once again thank you for contributing :D

Edit: despite it being Wikipedia and my earlier rant lol I did want to share this as it has a few interesting bits and pieces I think and because Im from here haha
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology_in_the_Low_Countries