The Three Myths 9

Roman Divinities

This myth mentions a basis of the gods in which the greeks and romans believed in. It explains the story of how it all began with the titans who ruled the universe, specially Cronos, and how the rest of the gods came to be. It helped me reflect on the differences between their religion and ours. The one which I believe to be the most important is that the Greeks and Romans completely created their gods, making them have a human aspect. Their probably just trying to show what a human with no fallacies would be like. It´s been proven though, that these gods never existed, and nobody believes in them any more. In the other hand, I´m a catholic, and my whole religion was created centuries before I was born. I believe in one God and scientists are still trying to prove if he really existed or not. Maybe the Greeks felt the same way about their gods in their time, as I feel about my god now. Who knows if there will be another religion centuries from now who will think of me the same way that I think of the Greeks.

Endymion

This myth was about a very attractive man who fed his flock on Mount Latmos. The whole story talks about how the gifts that this man recieved just for his beauty and youth. I have noticed that physical appearance has played a very important role in most myths I´ve read until now, specially among the gods and mythological creautures. These beings were supposed to be superior to humans, but in the end, they demonstrate very humanlike characterstics. Outer beauty is something that average people would pay attention to, but gods, who are not average, should instead look at the inside.

Orion

This myth is about the gian Orion who chooses to marry Diana, Apollo´s sister. Unfortunatley, Apollo doesn´t approve of this and tricks Diana into shooting and killing him while the giant was taking a swim. Once again, the Greeks show another human characteristic in the God Apollo. This characteristic is a mixture of jealousy and stubbornes which is the reason why Orion gets killed. His memory though, is still remembered in the stars witht he constellation that Diana made for him.