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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俄耳甫斯

Anthropology; Mythology

俄耳甫斯在古希臘宗教和神話的傳奇音樂家、詩人和先知。主要的故事他居中上他的能力，所有生活的事情，甚至石頭與他的音樂；他嘗試從冥界；檢索他的妻子，姣好的魅力和他手下那些聽不到他神聖的音樂的人的死亡。 ...

獨眼巨人

Religion; Mythology

在古典神話中，一個獨眼巨人是種族的一個原始的巨人，每一個都有它的前額在單一的圓眼的成員。他們是傳說中居住在西西里島，並協助在瓦肯星下的埃特納火山的講習班。獨眼巨人被認為是兒子海王星和安菲特律特。名稱獨眼巨人是指"驚詫"或"圓眼睛"。他們被認為是危險的。的最著名的早期文學提及的獨眼巨人的時候在荷馬的奧德賽》中奧德修斯在他回家的旅途獨眼巨人島上登陸了從特洛伊戰爭。他遇到了獨眼巨人斐，被困奧德修斯 ...