The Atlantean Myth

Mythology Annotated Bibliography Wickersham, John. “Isis.” Myths and Legends of the World, Volume 3. Isis was the sister and wife of the god of Osiris.

In ancient Greece, Greek mythology was passed through each generation and is an important part of daily life. It was believed that the powerful gods and goddesses were responsible for everything, such as weather, emotions, agriculture, entertainment, and the creation man and Earth. Myths are traditional stories that teach lessons that have been retold many times. which had created multiple versions of each myth. By comparing any two versions, many similarities and differences can be found. There are many similarities and differences between the versions of Phaethon’s myth.

The Athen Civilization was one of the greatest examples of what a flourishing city-state could be. During the Golden Age, Greek civilization was destroyed by an enemy of the city the Persians. At that time, the people of ancient Greece produced amazing architecture. The Parthenon was one of many amazing things created by ancient Greeks. This building was constructed to be a grand symbol of Athens. This building and the surrounding architecture stood for the representation of Greek culture. Some ancient Greek values, beliefs, and skills that are represented by the Parthenon are the belief in being strong, having the most beautiful and grandest architecture and, having the most logical philosophy.

Since the Neolithic Age, gender specific roles were put into place. Men held all the occupations that required constant intellectual power and muscles, while women did all the laissez-faire work that would not put their lives in jeopardy. Men were perceived to be better than woman in every aspect of life in the beginning ages of the world, and even today in the 21st Century. This long going battle of the sexes is seen all throughout history, and illustrated in many forms of literature. “The Myth of Atalanta” is an insightful tale that has been around since the ancient times of Greeks and Romans with a clear message of gender issues. The story illustrates the message through the character’s actions, significant events, and the use of symbolism.

In many cultures there are flood myths that normally pertain to angered Gods who release their anger by flooding the world to cleanse whatever caused the anger in the first place. In the Roman culture, one of the flood myths mentioned states that Jupiter had been angered by the evil that came with humanity and had wanted to burn the Earth. However, Jupiter had feared by doing so Heaven would be set ablaze as well and thus, with Neptune's help, flooded the Earth. The hero Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha had been the only two to survive. Jupiter had recognized their religious lifestyle had let them live and retracted the flood. Deucalion and Pyrrha had then repopulated the world by throwing stones behind them. In the Murato culture, there is a myth in which a man had been fishing in a lagoon of the Pastaza river, a crocodile had swallowed the fisherman’s bait and the man killed the crocodile. The mother of crocodiles had been angered by this and had slashed the water with her tail creating a flood in the area and drowning everybody except for one man who had climbed up a palm tree. After the flood had subsided the man climbed down from the tree, cut off a piece of his flesh, planted it in the soil, and had grown a woman. He had then married the woman and begun to repopulate the world.

Athena is the ancient Grecian Goddess of wisdom, law, courage, the arts and strength (among many others) in the religion and mythology of the ancient Greeks. She is the patron god of the magnificent city of Athens. Her Roman mythical equivalent is known as Minerva. As Athena is revealed to be the special patron of Odysseus, she is a crucial character in the classic epic poem The Odyssey, most commonly attributed to Homer. As the centuries have passed from the origins of the Odyssey and the Greek Myths at large, so have the presentations of the Gods.

Another puzzling technology that proves the superior skill of the Atlanteans was the “orichalcum” that Plato mentions as covering the walls of Atlantis (Santos). Orichalcum means to brass or use an alloy copper and zinc that is like gold. They probably got it from Atlantis, where else? (Santos). According to Plato’s account in Timaeus, the ocean where Atlantis used to be was nearly impassable by boat due to mud and debris from the island (Hodge).

Every author inserts their own beliefs and ways into their books, sometime they are engraved in more subtle ways, other times, they are not as subtle. Sophocles and Homer are two ancient Greek authors who wrote two great pieces of literature in ancient Greece, Oedipus the King and the Odyssey. In these works of literature, the characters have a direct correlation to the gods, the gods affect the lives of the main characters and the people around them. The works exemplify how Sophocles, Homer, and possibly even how the Greeks saw the gods and how they interacted and felt towards humanity.

The Ancient Greeks believed in many gods and heroes during their time. Each one had a sole purpose in a mortal’s lifetime. Greek mythology had a huge impact on religion in Ancient Greece. The Greeks performed rituals in order to honor their gods. Mythology affected the Ancient Greeks in many ways. The origins of mythology, the influences of mythology through a human’s lifetime and lessons taught in the ancient myths will be examined.

On the Island of Atlantis, there were two twins that were very jealous toward one another. The twins’ jealousy was inherited from their father Hades. Their names were Haper, “The Goddess of the Harp,” & Aquamarina, “The Goddess of the Shipwrecks.” Both sisters owned part of the island of Atlantis. One part called Neptunus was owned by Aquamarina, and the other part Apollomus was owned by Harper.

The god that I found the most interesting was Atum from the Egyptian myth. There are a number of things that I found interesting about them, the first was that they are neither female nor male. I can't think of many myths where a god is genderless. The second thing that I found interesting about Atum was the way in which he had his children. Typically, a god has a mate with whom he makes children with but Atum joined with a shadow. It was also really interesting to me how he gave birth to his children, he spit out his son and vomited out his daughter. I think that a lot of people who are parents in our society can relate to Atum. Most  parents love their children to no end and they would do anything for them. When Atum's children were lost

Together modern archaeology and geology provide and unambiguous verdict: There was no Atlantic continent; there was no great civilization called Atlantis (Radford,

"A myth is a collective term denoting a symbolic narrative in religion, as distinguished from symbolic behavior (cult, ritual) and symbolic places or objects (temples, icons)". (The New Encyclopedia Britannica. Vol. 24)Mythology is a collection of myths meant to explain the universe. Mythological stories were told in many different cultures and civilizations. The existence of myths is known in every society. Many different myths were conceived to explain occurrences that happened in nature.

In my opinion, I do not think that it is important to study ancient myth. I feel that it is more so for the sake of entertainment because myth essentially offers explanations for things we already have in society. The stories behind how we have the institutions that we have today are interesting however not vital to further developing our knowledge. Furthermore, I do not think that our modern society can still gain from its study because of the way that we already have these institutions and studying ancient myth would not enable us to make further advances in society.

Not all mythology comes from ancient cultures. People all around the world continue to create new myths and rework existing ones. Modern technology such as movies, publishing, telecommunications, and the internet allow folktales, rumors, and myths to travel faster around the world. A feature of some modern legends is that they originated as artistic creations. Modern legends offer images of the best and worspect aspects of mankind. Modern myths suggest that good behavior can be rewarded while greedy and foolish behavior will be punished. While modern mythology is different from ancient mythology they are similar in that monstrous and scary partly human creatures still fascinate people today. Vampires and Werewolves are examples of modern mythologies most fascinating monsters. Modern mythology spawns from life’s wonder, excitement, mystery, and fear.