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There are many numerous mythologies that existed. The interesting part about them is their origin. There some mythologies that are alike, but out if them come different parts of the world and different time periods. Three of the more prominent mythologies are Greek, Norse, and Egyptian, all of which are more ancient and classic mythologies. Egyptian, Greek, and Norse mythologies came from very different origins and time periods. Although they are all unique in their own right, they contained some very basic similarities such as structuring of certain important gods, a dominance in ancient cultures and specific functions for their gods. Some of their differences include their outlook on life, their locat
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Norse mythology, compared to Egyptian and Greek had a much darker, pessimistic view on life. They were either gods of good or evil. All
of these mythologies had gods which controlled parts of life and nature, like the power of the sun.
Even though all of these mythologies have sun-controlling gods, not all of them had bright outlooks on life. Some of the differences included their views on after life location and the ways they viewed they gods. He had the body of a man, and the head of a dog. ion in the world and the way they viewed their gods. An example of this would be Anubis the god of death. Greeks built many temples for the gods, such as the Parthenon not as actions of worship, but types of bribery or payment to a god. Of course Egyptian mythology originated in Egypt in the Northwestern region of Africa. Its gods were humanlike in appearance, but there behavior
and beliefs were not. It is more difficult to grasp than Greek and Norse because of its early development.
Egyptian myths originated and developed like many others.
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