Myths Vs Japanese Myths

While I was reading these interesting stories, each story had some qualities that where similar, but there were also many differences. Which wasn’t really a huge surprise since the setting of each story happened during different times, and on different parts of the planet. All the stories involved a special child, and everyone knew he was gifted. A few characters in these myths have powers, but some do not. Sikhism and Christianity seem to be based on Monotheistic viewpoint, but Buddhism and Shinto seem to be based on a polytheistic viewpoint. Each story was either about a god, or a prophet spreading his new found message to the people.

After reading through quite a few myths from different cultures and parts of the world, I notice some similarities. For one, most of the myths center on some type of hero or god. Hercules, of the Greek myths, and Cuchulainn, of the Celtic Lands myths, for example, were both at least partly mortal heroes in their stories and are described as brave and strong. Each hero had battles to win and become insane in the myth that is told. The theme of animals is also popular among the myths I read. For instance, South America, which had Jaguar, the Master of Fire. Others include India, with the buffalo demon Mahisha and Africa’s Hare. Many times the animals are powerful and sometimes even a god. They also often are influenced by the culture, for the

Another similarity is that they also are thought are higher being that rule the world where mortals would live and there are twenty-one gods and goddesses. The people that worshiped the gods and goddesses would bring the god or goddess that they worshipped a meal or the gods or goddesses symbol which could be a bow and arrows for the goddess of the hunt or even a herald's staff

There are many similarities in the Babylonian, Egyptian, and Genesis stories. In all the stories one god creates man and explains how all things on earth come to being. They also set up their calendars and show examples of evil within each story to set up moral rules for man to live by. How do these elements compare between each of these stories?

One obvious similarity between the two tales are the antagonists. The serpent is the antagonist in Genesis, as he coerces Eve into betraying God, and her husband. To convince Eve to commit

The next comparison between two stories is that of Norse mythology and Greek mythology. Both stories have very similar ideas and ways of telling their stories of how their world came into being. Norse has their giants, who gave birth to the original three gods that created Midgard. The Greeks have the Titans who bore the Greek gods who overthrew them as well to control the Earth. Both myths contain the presence of creatures in their stories, beasts who helped shape their respective worlds to move the culture’s creation stories further along. Creatures within these worlds would be the dwarves, the serpent Nidhogg, and demons of Norse myth and the Cyclopes, the furies, and Typhon of Greek origin Furthermore, the children of some of these creatures were divines, who ended up overthrowing their elders to lead the creation of their own worlds, to rule over their own creations as well. And speaking of the world, both myths have multiple layers to their

The first similarity is the story of creation and the control of forces of nature. Sumerian gods were worshipped in order to invoke good fortune and fair conditions, in nature and social life. Then, in the Hymn to Ra it said, “the Earth is glad when it beholdeth thy rays; the people who have been long dead come forth with cries of joy . . .” This is referring to Ra, the sun god, journeying through the afterlife, which represents the passage of the night. When he emerges from the afterlife, it becomes day again, and he starts the sun’s journey across the sky.

In the beginning of both stories there were many gods or god-like beings that decided to go forth on vast land and create something they could control or govern. Each world creation was started from a single god coming forward and starting each chain of events.

However, despite the minor differences there are many similarities between the two stories. Indeed the similarities have led some to speculate that these ancient flood stories were

The Kojiki myths serve to legitimize the Yamato rulers by articulating the family relationship between the Yamato rulers and ancient deities and the creation of the primitive Japanese Island. Illustrated in the myth, Japanese imperial family is actually the descendant of gods, Izanami and Izanagi, who create the islands of Japan. Since deities use supernatural power to bring Japanese islands into existence and gods have reigned the area for such a long time, it is natural for Japanese to accept that the Yamato rulers, the offsprings of gods with magical power, have undeniable reasons to reign over Japan.

There are thousands of myths, fables, and legends that exist in the world today. The stories differ based on their origin and the storytellers over time. For example, the West African myth of Obatala and the Greek myth of Eros and Nyx both suggest alternative ways of how the world was created. There are many similarities and differences between the setting, characters, and culture of Greek and West African creation stories.

Mythology is mainly about storytelling in both mythology and storytelling have been an esstiental art form since the dawn of time. They are bound to have some common similaritys in themes.

Classic Chinese and classic Japanese mythology are quite similar, in fact, they have more commonalities than differences. As examples, one can compare and contrast the two mythologies in terms of characters, form and structure, creation myths, and mythology’s relevance to life. Animals and dragons also appear repeatedly in Chinese and Japanese mythology. In this paper it will be shown that Chinese and Japanese mythologies are more similar than different.

If myths were written and told by different groups, is it possible for myths to have similar concepts? There were two groups in particular that had similar concepts in their myths: Venezuelan and Hindu. In the Venezuelan myth, Wanadi, the Creator, tells a story of Sky Wanadi’s wish to make humans on Earth, good people on Earth. Sky Wanadi created three copies of himself: Wanadi the Wise, Wanadi II and House Wanadi. When Wanadi the Wise created humans, he also created Odosha, the Master of Evil. Odosha wanted to Master of Earth just like Wanadi the Wise. Odosha made the human do evil deeds, which caused Wanandi to punish them. For years, Wanadi and his three copies spent years trying to bring goodness on Earth,but failed to do so. They left Earth, leaving behind Odosha to rule the Earth and its people. Along with the Hindu myth, it tells the story of the Earth and its endless cycle of life and death. There are four time periods of the Earth’s cycle (Maha Yuga) in which the world changes: Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara

Throughout history many civilizations and cultures have had their own ways of explaining the world and its creation. Each of these civilizations has created unique descriptions and accounts of such events. However, when comparing them to each other, are they really different? Look at the ancient Greco - Roman creation myths as told by Hesiod in his Theogony and Works and Days and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, when compared to the creation myths as seen in the Old Testament’s book of Genesis they may not be as different as one would think. Taking a more in-depth look at both Genesis and Hesiod’s and Ovid’s work more closely, the reader can see that on multiple occasions the myths have almost identical similarities which reflect their views in