In David A. Lemmings book, The World of Myth, I learned more about the importance of the many gods and goddesses. Lemming explains the relationship between the stories of gods and humanity. He states that “their relationship is a human relationship, their family is a reflection of our families, their hierarchies mirror ours” (Pg. 87). Lemming believes that the deities are there to help us learn how to get over problems that we face in our own realities. He also believes that mythology give humans meaning in their search for self-discovery. In this chapter Lemming explains the how gods were recognized by many different cultures.
Lemming begins his explanation with a definition of the term Pantheons. Pantheon is a Greek word to represent all …show more content…
The story of the gods and goddesses of Greece are similar to that of human families. Zeus and his family of gods were the most powerful family in Greece and they were built around pride and mulishness. Mirrors of our humanistic culture of being greedy and non-merciful. As developed by the Homer and Hesiod there were twelve gods that made up the Greek pantheon (Pg. 95). The Greek pantheons were split into two groups the Children of Kronos and Rhea and The Children of Zeus. The Children of Kronos were made up of Zeus’ brothers were Poseidon, Hades and his three sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera (Pg. 96). The Children of Zeus is made up of many gods and semi gods. Zeus had married Hera and had many children with her and many other relationships. Most of Zeus children were also Olympic gods such as Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus (Pg. 98). This family has long been around and exemplifies the Greece culture. After the Greeks came the Roman Pantheons. There are not many difference between the Greek and Roman gods are “personifications of abstractions-love, war, fortune” (Pg. 109) The Roman culture had made their “renamed olmians” (Pg. 109) to influence their religion and politics. Lastly, came the Ireland and Wales pantheons which are split into two groups; of The Family of Don and The Tuatha De Danann. In this culture the most important goddess is Don, the daughter of Mathonwy (the wife of the god of death). After many battles and tales of great warriors the tale ends with Taliesin holding the head of Bran (Pg. 112). The stories of the many “deities that stand to be important figures in the Irish pantheon” (Pg. 114) consist of similar to our humanistic culture of greed and
Lemming begins his explanation with a definition of the term Pantheons. Pantheon is a Greek word to represent all …show more content…
The story of the gods and goddesses of Greece are similar to that of human families. Zeus and his family of gods were the most powerful family in Greece and they were built around pride and mulishness. Mirrors of our humanistic culture of being greedy and non-merciful. As developed by the Homer and Hesiod there were twelve gods that made up the Greek pantheon (Pg. 95). The Greek pantheons were split into two groups the Children of Kronos and Rhea and The Children of Zeus. The Children of Kronos were made up of Zeus’ brothers were Poseidon, Hades and his three sisters Hestia, Demeter, and Hera (Pg. 96). The Children of Zeus is made up of many gods and semi gods. Zeus had married Hera and had many children with her and many other relationships. Most of Zeus children were also Olympic gods such as Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Athena, Aphrodite, Hermes and Dionysus (Pg. 98). This family has long been around and exemplifies the Greece culture. After the Greeks came the Roman Pantheons. There are not many difference between the Greek and Roman gods are “personifications of abstractions-love, war, fortune” (Pg. 109) The Roman culture had made their “renamed olmians” (Pg. 109) to influence their religion and politics. Lastly, came the Ireland and Wales pantheons which are split into two groups; of The Family of Don and The Tuatha De Danann. In this culture the most important goddess is Don, the daughter of Mathonwy (the wife of the god of death). After many battles and tales of great warriors the tale ends with Taliesin holding the head of Bran (Pg. 112). The stories of the many “deities that stand to be important figures in the Irish pantheon” (Pg. 114) consist of similar to our humanistic culture of greed and