Greek mythology or Norse mythology

[SL JediKnight]

So I used to love reading about Norse and Greek mythology but I think I like Norse mythology better Norse mythology with very wild and interesting a lot of very interesting things about it different Realms and creatures like frost Giants fire Giants and I think thunder giants then things were nasty light elfs and dark elfs and Lord of the Rings was based on it which is very cool

 

[BrokenBoy]

Greek mythology is superior. Seriously some of that stuff was lulzy.

 

[Mia]

Think I find Norse mythology more insightful and less authoritarian, much less about battles and wars between gods fighting for power. Rather norse mythology is somewhat more creative as well as imaginative. It doesn't have the same hero mentality as the greek myths or as much of the idealistic master and follower relationship.

They were meant, these stories and mythologies to indicate to the common folk, morals and values. To teach them how to act, and who to look up to, to influence them, when most of the the world's population were unable to read.

 

[Isadoorian]

I personally enjoy both, alongside Roman and Egyptian Mythology.

The Percy Jackson books, Kane Chronicles, Magnus Chase, Heroes of Olympus, and Trials of Apollo books written by Rick Riordan are some of the best I've read that revolve around these Mythologies.

 

[china autie]

Yeah I like lots of the old myths as well as new fictions being written based on them.

 

[Judge]

Rather Norse mythology is somewhat more creative as well as imaginative.

Indeed. Interesting to consider how Composer Richard Wagner co-opted Norse Mythology in his own way and that later Adolf Hitler came along to co-opt Wagner.

Reminds me of hearsay that was likely never an actual quote: "For one to truly understand National Socialism, one must understand Wagner".

 

[Mia]

Indeed. Interesting to consider how Composer Richard Wagner co-opted Norse Mythology in his own way and that later Adolf Hitler came along to co-opt Wagner.

They lost most of their own early indigenous mythology from the iron age and onward to christianisation by the middle ages. There was little left to find when they did attempt to discover it, so they helped themselves to scandanavian mythology and claimed it as the north germanic, west germanic, anglo-saxon and continental german tribes mixed.

There was so much migration during and after the decline of the roman empire that they could later pick and choose from many mythologies to create epics like 'Der Ring des Nibelungen.' Norse mythology with stories of vikings, valkyries, giants, valhalla, dragons and the like appealed. It was of course used to manufacture a new history.

 

[Judge]

It was of course used to manufacture a new history.

In the examples I mentioned, I can only say one thing. "BINGO".

Funny though, once Hitler gained absolute power he no longer had much use for Norse Mythology. On the other hand, Heinrich Himmler was obsessed with it to a point where Hitler chided him about it.

 

[Tom]

Mythologies have never appealed to me of themselves. To me, they seem mainly absurd silly stories too far beyond belief. I am interested in the real events that might have inspired some of them, for instance was there a real war leader named Arthur in Dark Age Briton and what did he actually do. Was there a Helen or Achilles or Hector and did the Greeks seige Troy for 10 years or 10 days, etc.

 

[Adora]

I love both but I think I like Greek a little more,I also love Celtic and Egyptian myths aswell.