Mythology

Mythology

The term mythology can refer to either the study of myths, or to a body of myths. Comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures. In the study of folklore, a myth is a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form. Many scholars in other fields use the term "myth" in somewhat different ways. In a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story.

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警笛

Anthropology; Mythology

在希臘神話中塞壬是島嶼的危險和狡猾的動物，被描繪成婦女妖嬈引誘他們迷人的音樂和聲音的水手將 shipwreck 岩質海岸附近。

特提斯

Anthropology; Mythology

女神的秘密部隊的淡水和贊助人女神的母親和年輕人的護理。

泉

Anthropology; Mythology

女神的景象、金、銀、寶石。

圖集

Anthropology; Mythology

天文學的上帝。認為，從地球的天空作為他的懲罰。

赫利俄斯

Anthropology; Mythology

太陽和丈夫的月宮女神的上帝。

海神號

Anthropology; Mythology

海、風暴和馬的神。他的兒子是天上的雙胞胎、法甲和特裡頓。他的武器是三叉戟的他可以挑起海洋、破壞船隻和水手淹死。

宙斯

Anthropology; Mythology

所有的父親、智慧和光的父親。後殺死他的父親吃了宙斯的兄弟姐妹，但他們的母親的克諾斯神王設法保存宙斯的嬰兒。當宙斯長大的他喂克羅諾斯酒和芥末使他吐了克羅諾斯的胃中長大了他不朽的兄弟姐妹的混合物。宙斯是奧林匹斯山的尺規和神的天空、打雷和閃電。雖然他是已婚的更多，然後一次，他真正的女王是赫拉。宙斯是父親的愛馬仕、 Hephaestus、狄俄尼索斯、雅典娜、戰神、阿波羅和 ...