What is mythology?

All of us in the childhood plunged into the mysterious worldmythology. How many different films and literary works are devoted to this topic ... they can not be counted. Some of the characters are familiar to us, we have never heard of some, and are unlikely to hear. Thanks to the school program, we learned about the existence of myths and about the extraordinary characters of mythology. But what is mythology? Where does it come from?

A long time ago, when people could not explain,how do these or other natural phenomena occur, people began to create mythology in their cultures. Of course, if we had a time machine, we would have told them everything about the origin of the rain, lightning, storm, fire ... but we do not have such a device, and the ancient people had to explain everything, as they understood. And when we do not understand something, miracles immediately come to mind. So it was thousands of years ago. People explained thunder and lightning with the wrath of the gods, and the long-awaited rain was the blessing of Olympus.

What is mythology according to history

Mythology historians called the object for theirattention and research. Why such an "easy" definition. The fact is that if mythology were in the culture of only one country, then the definition was more extended and clear, but since mythology is present in completely different countries and cultures, often these cultures are very different from each other. From all of the above, the definition has such an inconcrete meaning.

Examples of mythologies

Greek mythology is an understanding of the environmentof the world by the contemporaries of that time of the territory of ancient Greece. And the inclusion of the gods in the everyday life of the people. This mythology helped people to explain the natural elements, helped to cost the relationship among themselves, gave people a sense of the presence of "mystery" near them. Some of the gods that the ancient Greeks revered: Zeus, Hera, Athena, Hermes ...

Indian Mythology

The Indian is a very ancient mythology. It combines a very complex intertwining of different currents and beliefs, because of that in India there lived the most diverse cultural peoples. And their mythological beginnings were different. Therefore, in this culture there is a very large number of deities. Here are some of them: Prithivi, Soma, Indra Matarishwan.

African Mythology

Mythology African includesrepresentation of the surrounding world by African peoples. This mythology also takes rudiments from antiquity. Under the influence of the people who came to Africa, it varied slightly, depending on the regions, so very often the same myths have different contents. Here are some of the gods in the mythology of Africa: Unculunculu, Ribimbi, Quinto ...

Slavic Mythology

Slavic mythology includes andreligious part. In general, it is a combination of mythological points of view and visions, beliefs, and, to some extent, the cults of the Slavic people. Some of the gods that revered the ancient Slavs: Svyatovit, Mokosh, Dazhbog ... Basically, Slavic mythology, was one before the adoption of Christianity in Russia. After that she had very big changes.