Legions Influence On Greek Culture

Legions, myths, and fairy tales are all big parts of a places religion and culture. How are these a big part in Greek culture though. Legends are based on history but is embellished. Myths are are stories based on religion can include supernatural being and gods and demigods. Fairy tales are stories based on history and includes blatant mistruths but there are some truths. Legions entail history of their history nothing is false. Talls entail history but with a little bit of untruths. Finally myths entail religion there can be supernatural beings. Some Greek tends to favor is mythology because of their gods and Demons. Greek folklore impacts the culture because of the stories that are passed down and passing those stories down the history of …show more content…
Culture shapes folklore because it’s the people in that culture that tell the folklores and so the folklores are shaped around how they tell it. Oral traditions helped folklore evolve because when one person tells a story then others tell the same story till many know it. Oral traditions are important for the growth of a community because it teaches the people of the community about their culture and keeps the traditions going. Without oral traditions, culture would change because the teachings through those stories help keep their culture similar to their original culture. If the Greek didn’t have folklore’s there culture would lose their beliefs, history, and religion. Folklore and oral traditions relate to the culture that I currently live in because every state in the United States has their own religions, history, and ways of doing things. The legend I found in m research was “Odysseus and the Cyclops”. This legend is about a man named Odysseus who traveled with his men to a cyclops cave and ate his food when the cyclops came back he found them and ate 2 men for …show more content…
In the Mythology of Arachne, Arachne was a young girl that was known for spinning the finest threads and when people started noticing it she got more confident and would boast on how good he is at it and one day she said she is even better then the gods well that mad the god of wisdom and crafts Athena was angry that she degraded the gods so she challenged her to see who was really the best when Arachne won the Athena became feriouse and turned Arachne into the first ever spider to remind her of her human forms gift. This myth reflects the Greek culture because it involves the gods that Greek is known for. The values that are evident is that boasting never ends well and appreciate what you have when you have it cause you can lose it faster then you got it. The oral tradition contributes to the widespread belief that gods walk among man because every person hears of these gods and what they do would make sense if you didn’t believe in something