Greek Myth And Serbs: Similarities And Differences

Comparison of myths Myths are not only from Greek culture; they can appear in many different cultures. A myth is simply just a story that had been told over and over again through generations. Classical myth and Serbs do indeed have many similarities. Serbs is a type of myth from the southeastern Europe. A specific myth titled Healing ritual: studies in the technique and tradition of the southern slavs has a few reoccurring themes of dishonesty and misleading of others. In classical mythology Zeus, Danae’s father, and Pandora’s box both include these themes. In the myth for the Serbs, a king married many different times but was never blessed with any children. Finally, one day he was wandering in the forest when he found a strange unknown woman. The King finally …show more content…
In one story Zeus disguised himself as an eagle; he did so to abduct Ganymede and take him away to Olympus where they would become lovers. Another story of Zeus transforming himself was when he saw Europe and decided to seduce her. He turned himself into a bull in which Europe climbed onto. Zeus then decided to swim across a sea where he and Europe would have intercourse and produce children. Zeus sounds like the devil in the myth from Serbs. In both accounts someone disguises themselves to pursue another sexually. Another classical myth that has much in common with the Serbs myth was Pandora and her box. In this story Zeus had Hermes make a beautiful woman, Pandora, from the earth to give to Epimetheus as a gift. Prometheus, Epimetheus’s brother, had told him to never accept a gift from Zeus. However, he did not listen. Pandora had extreme greed and curiosity when she came across a box; the box had been from Zeus as well. When Pandora opened the lid everything terrible and disastrous flooded into the world. In both myths, something was opened that was not intended to be and created harm against the rest of the