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This 20 page paper provides an overview of the central features of Classical, Celtic, Norse and Chinese Mythologies. This paper also outlines a comparison of some central components. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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and/or universe was created, provide a deity or deities through which one can understand evil and mortality, and identify means of explaining the inexplicable within a given culture. Classical,
Celtic, Norse and Chinese mythologies use multiple deities to explain natural and theoretical principles. These deities not only demonstrate how the universe was created, but also represent common themes
regarding the conflict between good and evil and changes in the natural world. Classical Mythology Classical mythology, more specifically Greek and Roman mythology, began with the Greek system,
with deities that were linked to every part of daily life. Greek mythology was based in the creation of interactive deities,, all of whom demonstrated human characteristics and lived
on Mt. Olympus. Upon conquering Greece, the Romans adopted their mythology, integrating some of the same gods and renaming others. Zeus, for example, who was the King of
the Gods on Mt. Olympus became Jupiter in Roman mythology. Historians, though, have related the fact that the mythology of early Roman culture was significantly different than that of
Greek culture, and reflected the significance of stories of mythic mortals who played a major part in the history of early Rome.
One of the of the fundamental reasons for the success of the Romans was their ability to adopted the best components of the cultures they conquered, and one of the
things they took from the Greeks was their pantheon. The squabbling gods who lived on Mt. Olympus resembled a dysfunctional family with very human characteristics: Zeus, the King of the
Gods, was a notorious womanizer; Aphrodite, the Goddess of Sensual Love was married to the lame blacksmith Hephaestus, but had a scandalous affair with the dashing God of War, Ares;
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