The idea is that the world is ruled by a multitude of gods, each with special powers and responsibilities. It is ruled by many gods who each had special powers that control a different part of the world. A Greek god is Athea.
You should understand that what we describe today as Greek mythology was the religion of the ancient Greeks; to them it was not mythology, it was reality. The gods of ancient Greece were thought to actually exist, and to live on Mount Olympus, and to watch over and meddle in human lives, as described by Homer, and so forth.
Greek gods. The ancient Greeks believed in gods that lived on mt Olympus.
Nature myths, Beginning of the world myths, Mortality myths
Polytheism.
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Greek gods. The ancient Greeks believed in gods that lived on mt Olympus.
They took gods from Greeks, Egyptians and the Levant.
The concept of citizenship, religious beliefs and language.
The concept of citizenship, religious beliefs and language.
They were polytheistic and believed the gods controlled everyone and everything for a reason.
concept of citizenship, religious beliefs, and language
They believed, much like the Greeks and Native Canadians that there was a creator for everything (sky gods, sea gods etc.). Their religious beliefs were also centred around the Pharaohs who, even though they were human, were believed to have descended from the Gods.
The temples were the most important type of building, and the main religious beliefs were that there was a physical embodiment for everything in nature, and for things such as weather, natural disasters, and other things they couldn't explain.