For the same reason they do today. to replace the father and or mother that they no longer have. it is also an easy way to explain all the wondrous things around you without going to the trouble of thinking about them.
They are a part of the world's historic religions.
As is the case with all gods, they are real to the people who worship them. To the ancient Greeks, their gods and goddesses were just as real as the Abrahamic God is to modern Christians, Muslims and Jews. They worshiped and prayed to the gods whenever the need arose. They believed that if they offended any of the gods, then disaster would befall them. In the scientific sense, gods and goddesses may not be real, but faith made them so in terms of their effect on people's lives.No, the Greek gods and goddesses are not real. In the ancient times, the Grecian people did not know the reason behind simple events, such as thunderstorms. As a result of this, they made up the gods and goddesses to give meanings to various events, not only thunderstorms, but also drought, famine, and death. It is said that creating these myths gave the people a sense of comfort and knowledge because it showed that everything had a cause that was logical to the Greek mind.
The Egyptian's religion and gods and goddesses was their answering way at looking at life and the why and how of the world they saw around them.
You need not contact anyone, the worship of gods and goddesses no matter their origins is a personal choice.
yes because without people to believe in them they would just fade away
To learn about Poseidon (and the other gods and goddesses too) read all the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Everything you need to know about all the gods and goddesses including Poseidon in these books!!!!
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toastGood, if you are looking for a frivolous answer. Otherwise hindus worship their Gods and Goddesses in temples. Each home has a niche where the idols or images of Gods and Goddesses are kept. This alleviates the need to go to the temples if the person cannot find time.at the lake/river
I love Greek gods! Anyway, No. There are gods/goddesses (Geras- god of old age, Ate- goddess of foolish acts, Mania- goddess of insanity, and Dionysus- god of partying and drinking, to name a few) that are just kinda there and never fight battles or rescue people.
The idea of Gods and Godesses arose because people simply didn't understand most of what was going on around them. They asked questions like: Why does it rain? Why do I fall in love? What makes plants grow? To answer those questions they decided that there must be Gods and Godesses that control all of these things, like a Sky God, an Earth Godess and so on. They basically needed answers. It also helps to believe there is a god watching over you when you are, for example, out hunting. It gives you a sense of confidence that you might not have had otherwhise. A sense of confidence that a creature that thinks as much as a human needs.
Gods are invented by humans to explain things they have no answer for. The progressive development of knowledge about these unknowns from scientific understanding has increasingly reduced the need to have gods and religious explanations.
Hebe is the goddess of Youth: she also acted as the Cupbearer to the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus - thus the Cup is associated with her, and her symbol. Hebe had no need of a weapon.