I love learning about all religions in general, but as for mythology, definitely Greek.
I just love the stories, i love how everything is connected and how real they make the god's. They almost make the god's sound more human than themselves, and its just so vast its almost impossible to learn it all.
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I've got a soft spot for Greek mythology… I went and toured Greece a few years back, got to see the Delphi oracle and the Parthenon and all those other lovely places. I actually spent 6 months cramming as many greek language lessons as I could, and almost every elective I've taken in uni has had something to do with Greek history.
It's a beautiful place, I'd reccommend that anyone with the funds/time/inclination to see it should do so.
really? I heard it was really, really polluted…and had much in pick pockets.
Japanese mythology - particularly shinto - is always fun.
… and they have a demon (of sorts) that sucks out the soul and organs of a horse (and other animals including humans) through its anus. Now if that's not enough to entice someone into liking japanese mythology, I don't know what is!?
In Norse the first man and woman came out of a giant's armpit
There's something similiar to that in the Iroquois creation myth. One twin wanted to be born normally, and was, the other wanted to be born in a special way, and came out of his mom's armpit, killing her. The twins became the night and day.
I've seen some stuff on the Slavic myths… I wonder if they have any of the Celtic in them, since the Celts had settlements there once upon a time. -people tend to simply associate them with the British Isles but that was really just their last port of call.
I'd be careful about the "pagan" label too since it classically means non-Christian, and these days it refers to religions that aren't part of the big 5. So almost all myth is "pagan". :(
Any mythologies that have any corelation with Aliens. I've studied many but my favorites would have to be ancient egyption and Aztec. They both saywere were visted by strangers from the stars, Their pyramids and temples are almost shaped similarly to what we call "Flying Saucers". Also Ra, the sun god, come on the sun is in the sky!
well is aztec the one that has the whole "destruction of the world 2012?" thing or is that another south american thing? I'm curious what logic is behind that.
It's a Mayan/Aztec thing. Basically the Aztec beliefs grew somewhat out of the Mayan ones. The Mayan calendar, which was incredibly accurate and had a whole leap year kind of adjustment and everything, predicted eclipses and stuff, just … STOPS at December 21st, 2012. It's a big circular thing, and it just runs out. That years is also the end of one of the Aztec 5000-some year cycles where the world is supposedly destroyed and reborn again (I can't remember exactly but the year is called something like "13 boktun")
I'm not so eloquent at 1:00am :/ Anyway if anyone's really interested, "2012: Return of Quetzalcoatl" by Daniel Pinchbeck (or is it David? i can't remember) is quite an interesting exploration of mythology, psychic phenomenon, religion, psychedelics, all centered around the 2012 prediction. Crazy shit, but compelling.
I'm not so eloquent at 1:00am :/ Anyway if anyone's really interested, "2012: Return of Quetzalcoatl" by Daniel Pinchbeck (or is it David? i can't remember) is quite an interesting exploration of mythology, psychic phenomenon, religion, psychedelics, all centered around the 2012 prediction. Crazy shit, but compelling.
Hey I read that book ^-^…..I found it pretty…..Oh man whats the word, um "AWESOMESAUCE?".
(stuff concerning Greece)
really? I heard it was really, really polluted…and had much in pick pockets.
Well I live in Greece, Athens, and I can tell you it's as clean as any other city (been to others as well) and as for pick pockets, they are few and far between. (as long as you don't leave your wallet lying around on its own on a bench for more than 5 minutes).
In summer, it's a great place to be as Athens empties to the islands and it is quiet and up for the taking ;)
dante's inferno http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%27s_Inferno
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