1. How important were the gods and goddesses to mythological beliefs?these gods and goddesses were very much important to these mythological beliefs. The reason why i say that is because all of the beliefs that i read about had to do with the creation of people and civilization with the structuring of their hands and thoughts.
2. How do the mythological themes in mythology differ among belief systems? Most of the time you think of mythological you end up saying that it not true while with a belief system that is what u believe in and may have believed in it because you saw it with your own eyes.
3. What are the similar characteristics of the various gods and goddesses? The way these gods and goddesses are similar to each other is that they …show more content…
All the societies discussed in this unit had public places of worship for their mythological gods and goddesses, such as the Greek temples and Aztec pyramids. Why do you think these were important to these civilizations? The reason why these were important to these civilizations was because it is the root of how they came to be, and there culture, there beggining. Every family and group of people have a story to where they began, so all those temples have a story to how their ancestors lived and died believing in what they did.
2. Why do you think the Aztecs and Greeks both used games to honor their gods? I believed the reason why the greeks and aztecs use games to honor their gods, was to show that they have pride in being there creations. I am pretty sure the gods did not create humankind for no reason but for a much deeper purpose. I feel the gods wanted humankind to feel and live a life to where they could at least be happy to have that life within them. The honor of their gods was gonna be taken serious, but also with …show more content…
Many of these mythological stories were filled with violence. Why do you think this is? I believe these had all kinds of violence because, that is how us humans learn. Most of the time people need to learn the hard way and after all the chaos, we learn from our mistakes. It could be that back then humans were not as sophisticated and 2017 thin king mindset, but i do know that if there is something good about to happen, that there will always be something trying to get in the way.
4. For many of these myths and legends, we only have one or two sources left from ancient times. Without them these ancient myths and legends would be gone forever. Why is it extremely important that we preserve the stories of our past? I think that we need to know our history. The reason why is because, we could learn from our past mistakes, and also just have the thought in mind that, we humans have so little time. To understand the past could give us a better visual of our future if we just so happen to know how to shape
2. How do the mythological themes in mythology differ among belief systems? Most of the time you think of mythological you end up saying that it not true while with a belief system that is what u believe in and may have believed in it because you saw it with your own eyes.
3. What are the similar characteristics of the various gods and goddesses? The way these gods and goddesses are similar to each other is that they …show more content…
All the societies discussed in this unit had public places of worship for their mythological gods and goddesses, such as the Greek temples and Aztec pyramids. Why do you think these were important to these civilizations? The reason why these were important to these civilizations was because it is the root of how they came to be, and there culture, there beggining. Every family and group of people have a story to where they began, so all those temples have a story to how their ancestors lived and died believing in what they did.
2. Why do you think the Aztecs and Greeks both used games to honor their gods? I believed the reason why the greeks and aztecs use games to honor their gods, was to show that they have pride in being there creations. I am pretty sure the gods did not create humankind for no reason but for a much deeper purpose. I feel the gods wanted humankind to feel and live a life to where they could at least be happy to have that life within them. The honor of their gods was gonna be taken serious, but also with …show more content…
Many of these mythological stories were filled with violence. Why do you think this is? I believe these had all kinds of violence because, that is how us humans learn. Most of the time people need to learn the hard way and after all the chaos, we learn from our mistakes. It could be that back then humans were not as sophisticated and 2017 thin king mindset, but i do know that if there is something good about to happen, that there will always be something trying to get in the way.
4. For many of these myths and legends, we only have one or two sources left from ancient times. Without them these ancient myths and legends would be gone forever. Why is it extremely important that we preserve the stories of our past? I think that we need to know our history. The reason why is because, we could learn from our past mistakes, and also just have the thought in mind that, we humans have so little time. To understand the past could give us a better visual of our future if we just so happen to know how to shape