The Real Scoop On Myths

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The Real Scoop On Myths
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Mythology

• There are six reasons of mythology
• (1) explaining the creation of the world,
• (2) to explain natural phenomena,
• (3)to give a story form to ancient religious
  practices,
• (4) to teach moral lessons,
• (5)to explain history, And
• (6)to express, as dreams do, the deepest fears
  and hopes of the human race.

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Explaining Mythology (Cont)

• We will be looking at four major civilizations
  that shared traits of mythology. And
• We will be comparing and contrasting these traits.

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Egyptian Mythology

• Egypt was a place of mystery and beauty. You just
  have to think about their pyramids, gods and
  their legends.
• There were many Egyptian gods. The chief god was
  Amen-Re or, for short, Ra. This god was the sun
  god ,the most powerful of all the gods.

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Amen-Re

• There were many different gods in ancient Egypt.
  Amen-Re was the son of Nut, and being the most
  powerful, was the chief god and god of the sun.
  But wait! were not done! There are more!

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Other Gods

• There were over two thousand gods and goddesses
  alone in Egypt. To name a few
• Osiris and Isis- husband and wife Osiris was the
  god of the underworld. Isis was the goddess of
  motherhood and children
• Horus- falcon headed, son of Osiris and Isis
  killed uncle, Set, for killing father. Protective
  eye of Horus is used for the protection of the
  slit made during mummification

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Greek and Roman Mythology

• The stories of ancient Greece and Rome are
  stories about gods and goddesses. The gods and
  goddesses were powerful beings, often identified
  with a natural force. The Romans were so
  impressed with the Greek culture that they took
  in the Greek myths into their own religion.

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Greek Mythology
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Grecian Gods And Goddesses

• There were many gods and goddesses in ancient
  Grecian religion. To name a few
• Cronos
• Zeus
• Hera
• Ares
• Poseidon and
• Apollo

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Roman Mythology
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Rome Wasn't Built in a Day

• Roman beliefs came from and were modeled after
  Greek beliefs. After the Romans came into Greece
  they saw that most of what Greece had was good
  and they adopted the Grecian beliefs. The gods
  Greece had were also adopted by Romans. All the
  Romans did was change the names of the Grecian
  gods.

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Roman Gods and Goddesses

• Rome adopted the Grecian beliefs. Their gods were
  the same beings with different names. To name a
  few of these gods (in the same order)
• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Juno
• Mars
• Neptune and
• Apollo

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Norse Mythology
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Ah the Vikings

• The Vikings, or Norse, were a very war like
  people that came soon after the fall of the Roman
  empire. They had very interesting gods and
  goddesses, some of which were the same beings as
  the Roman and the earlier Grecian gods had.
• Odin- chief god of all Viking beliefs

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Norse Gods and Goddesses

• Some of the many gods and goddesses were
• Freya- Goddesses of beauty, love and war.
• Skadi- goddess of winter
• Hemidall-gold-toothed guardian of Bifrost, the
  rainbow bridge leading to Asgard, the home of the
  Gods.

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Influences on Today's Everyday Life

• The ancients created many things we use today,
  one of the most important being the alphabet.
• They also created our styles of government,
  mathematics, our sciences, our agriculture, and
  our fashion and entertainment.
• The ancients pretty much had a huge effect on
  todays modern life.

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The End of Our Journey

• Well the sad end has finally come. We hope this
  was educational and entertaining.
• We created this slide show for your viewing
  pleasures and hope you learned something at the
  same time.
• Please give credit to Kadie Faulkner and Nicki
  Crawford for making this slide show and gathering
  information.

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The End!!