To explain how things happen
The Greek.
Homer used mythology by explaining the creation of the world and human beings
God of War does a very good job in keeping the mythology correct, it could even be used to teach mythology, that's how well it does.
Loki killed Baldr with a mistletoe arrow. This is in the Norse mythology.
In Greek mythology, the person who used the navigation string (Ariadne's thread) to find his way out of the labyrinth after defeating the Minotaur was Theseus.
yes it was
The mythology IS the beliefs and customs of the people. The mythology was used religiously to keep people within a certain moral standard, mush like we use religion today.
Greek and Roman mythology influenced renaissance, baroque and neoclassical sculpture and renaissance and baroque painting, which sometimes used classical mythology themes as their subjects. European literature also sometimes took up themes from classical mythology.
They used gold drachmas.
People then used mythology to tell stories. Like if they wanted to know why the sun came up every morning they would probably refer to a mythological story to explain why.
In Greek mythology, Hermes is often associated with Aphrodite. Marriage in mythology seldom existed however, and the term Consort is more often used.
In Mythology fate wasn't used as a word but a creature three to be exact. To represent Fate they used a ball of yarn. One sewed (birth), nitted (problems,life) and snipped (death).