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Thalia_of_the_Graces Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 8/30/02 7:41am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	I just had to post in this because that's where I got my screen name. We're reading a large book on mythology in my Intro to Comp. class, and I have to learn the 12 gods/goddesses and some of the lesser gods by the end of the weekend. -- Cringe -- At least I like Greek mythology. -----signature----- REBEL!! "I find your lack in schmoozing disturbing." -- The Real Darth I was rejected from theforce.net's archives and all I got was this lousy t-shirt!
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Valiowk Registered: Apr '00	Date Posted: 8/30/02 10:15am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	I_J: But isn't it true if you enjoy the Myths of a certain country you must enjoy the culture. Not really. I enjoy the myths of Greece, Egypt and Scandinavia very much, but I cannot really say that I enjoy Egyptian culture. In fact, there are times when I simply think that Egyptian culture went overboard.
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WormieSaber Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 8/30/02 12:02pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	For the time being, I'm studying Roman Mythology. I used to really be into greek myths...which in this case the Romans burrowed many Gods from the Greeks and made them their own. I loved the story of Cupid. -----signature----- "Award winners don't push brooms" -- Turbo
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Wild_Huntress Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 8/30/02 3:15pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	I love how a lot of mythologies are connected and if you look closely, you'll see the similarities between the gods of totally different cultures. Well this works 'specially well if they're all Indo-European cultures. Also love how pagan mythological traditions are still with us today, like Halloween or St. Brigid, after Brighid the Irish mother goddess and stuff. -----signature----- Currently boycotting theforce.net because of their homophobic and unfair policy regarding romance in fan fic. Support equality: http://jedicouncil-ssr-petition.cjb.net
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Iwishiwasajedi Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 8/31/02 4:17am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Well Valiwok, The Egyptians just prayed to the dead. Once a Pharoh died he or she became a god. There also were some regular gods that were before the pharohs. -----signature----- Ask not what the JC can do for you, ask what you can do for the JC.
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WormieSaber Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 8/31/02 5:35pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Some of the Roman Emperors became Gods too. -----signature----- "Award winners don't push brooms" -- Turbo
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Master Salty Registered: Apr '99	Date Posted: 9/26/02 10:19pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	The cool thing about Roman history is that Rome itself was founded by a god. -----signature----- Spires of Andriel http://www.tirlannon.net/
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Auraveda Registered: Jun '01	Date Posted: 9/27/02 9:29am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Can anyone reccomend any good sources for ancient German and Austrian myths/religion? That's where the bulk of my ancestors are from so I'd like to learn a little more about the myths from that culture. -----signature----- OM
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Terr_Mys Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 10/11/02 9:17am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	I'm looking into a similar subject, Auraveda, except I'm searching for French/Gaulic mythology, where most of my ancestors were from. I've tried searching about.com, but I can't find much in particular about mythology other than Greek, Roman, Norse, Egyptian, and Celtic.... -----signature----- Many Bothans died to bring us this information... http://verseau.wordpress.com/ http://flickr.com/photos/verseau/collections/ All Hail Cliegg's Blue Leg!
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obi-wannabe_1138 Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 10/11/02 5:12pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Auravada: Well the ancient Germanic peoples were, I think, similar to the Norse peoples, so it might be under Norse mythology, which is fascinating, though I'm not exactly sure. I hope I can be of SOME help though. -----signature----- Currently boycotting theforce.net because of their homophobic and unfair policy regarding romance in fan fic. Support equality: http://jedicouncil-ssr-petition.cjb.net
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nashira Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 10/11/02 5:32pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	obi-wannabe_1138- I think you're right that most of the old Germanic myths were similar to the Norse mythology. Has anyone seen 13th Warrior (or read Eaters of the Dead by Crichton)? That's a good intro to Norse mythology. hmm...Gallic mythology is intriguing...I've never looked into that before.
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waheennay Registered: Sep '00	Date Posted: 10/12/02 10:22am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Alan Moore wrote a hilarious story in his TOP 10 comic which is about a police precinct set in a city where everybody has superpowers. The cops are called in to investigate a homicide at a bar called GODS where the Norse God Balder is killed by a metal dart that was magically transformed from mistletoe and his relatives Odin, Freya, Thor and Loki are all questioned! The ending is great.Neil Gaiman wrote a very good version of the Orpheus myth in his SANDMAN comic series. Really tragic. -----signature----- U2's Sweetest Thing; "A blue-eyed boy meets a brown-eyed girl Oh oh oh the sweetest thing"
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Wild_Huntress Registered: Jul '02	Date Posted: 10/12/02 6:25pm Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	Norse myth is fascinating because their immortals, their gods, aren't really immortal at all. Someday they're going to all kill each other off at Ragnarok and Valhalla will burn. I don't know as much as I'd like to about Norse mythology, but the little I do know about is really cool. -----signature----- Currently boycotting theforce.net because of their homophobic and unfair policy regarding romance in fan fic. Support equality: http://jedicouncil-ssr-petition.cjb.net
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Jedi_Master_Mom Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 10/13/02 9:20am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~
	The Celtic people inhabited a wide geographic area ranging from the upper reaches of the Danube River in Eastern Europe to France and Spain, and then slowly migrating to England and Ireland (being the last stronghold of Celtic Culture). The Greeks distinguished the oriental Celts (Galatians originally from Gual) and the Celts of Western Europe as the Keltoids. The Romans made a further distinction by naming the French Celts Galli (Guals) and the British Celts Belgae (originally from Belgium) and Britanni (Britons). Most of the prehistoric European culture was Celtic and during Caesars’ rule they became a conquered. -----signature----- *All Hail Blue Yoda!* Blue Yoda Society/Knight The Crackbrained Lunatic of Bawdy Blueness and Underpants
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Master Salty Registered: Apr '99	Date Posted: 10/27/02 1:25am Subject: RE: ~~Mount Olympus Mythology Palace~~ - Date Edited: 5/6/07 2:15pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	I've seen the movie "The 13th Warrior". I'm not sure what exactly the movie makes reference to, but the movie over all was really good. -----signature----- Spires of Andriel http://www.tirlannon.net/
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