2014 Comparing and Contrasting: The almighty gods, Odin and Zeus Norse and Greek mythology, both some of the most divine and complex mythologies in todays world. Being that they are rich in story, we have learned a lot about their mighty gods and amazing worlds. Norse and Greek mythology share a lot similarities, as well as differences. Their biggest gods, Odin and Zeus are great to compare and contrast, being that they share some of the same Supreme Deity traits
a social leader and warrior and Noah just an ordinary man or a man of common status. While Gilgamesh is so fierce that, the gods need to maintain control of him, whereas the Torah states that Noah is an honorable man. There is a fighting instance between Gilgamesh and a demon. In the Torah story, there are no demons . Gilgamesh has a phobia of being killed like so many people in the flood, but Noah is fearless and trustworthy of the ways of Yahweh. The goal that Gilgamesh epic main character is seeking
The similarities among these myths can easily seen fives main points: the purpose of the story to explain how world is created in three stories, the number of steps to create the world along with the way of creating the world in the Enuma Elish and the Genesis, also the same characteristic of main protagonists and the reason of telling these stories in the Enuma Elish and the Theogony. Although the Genesis and the Theogony don’t share critical similarities, they still aims at describing
be as well as how it functions. In the Native American myth, The World on the Turtle's Back, the creation story is portrayed through a very different light then what is seen in the Greek creation myth. By doing a comparison of these myths, any similarities or differences can be easily seen. These two myths, as well as several others around the world, begin in a similar fashion. Both myths begin with no world being present. Instead, each universe began as a void, a vast emptiness with only darkness
mythology. What is not always clear is how similar the two truly are. This is because the Romans adapted much of their mythology from the Greeks, who had developed theirs first. They often focused on the same gods and heroes, but with different names. Similarities and differences can not only be found within the gods and heroes, but also in their myths of creation, mythical creatures, and afterlife. To the Greeks, creativity was more important than physicality, and it shows in their mythology. Their myths
into the afterlife. By looking at the grave objects and architecture, Woolley knew that it was revolutionary (Ryan and Pitman 53-54). Woolley concluded that this first civilization that he had discovered was the Third Dynasty of Ur and had ruled between 2409 and 2301 B.C. (Peake 83). With this conclusion, Woolley kept digging until he eventually reached the very first settlers of Mesopotamia, at the time of which Ur was only a small marsh village. Here, he encountered silt covered houses and temples