As a part of their religion, basically how a Christian would view bible stories about Moses and Jesus and others.
No. The Romans regarded dragons as wild animals. And there were many stories of encounters with dragons where many men would get killed.
It depends on if you are asking if they "have" myths or if they "had" myths. Also, you shouldn't really be talking about the Greek and Native American religions as "myths". In that situation, the Christians, Jewish, Islam, Hindu, Shinto, and every other religion in the world have myths. But mostly, the Celtic people had what you would consider "myths", as did the Nordic Vikings and the Romans.
The Greeks and Romans developed myths because they did not have science to explain natural phenomena, and they needed something to answer the questions people were sure to ask.For example, if you didn't know what caused a storm, would you just keep wondering, or would you form some kind of theory? They chose to create the gods Zeus and Aeolus to explain storms.
well the Greeks and Romans developed differently because of the different people who made up the stories had different theories. The roman grabbed on too what the Greeks Had already made upon how the earth works and added a little bit of how they thought it worked. Some of the stories would be different because the stories are usually there for life lessons so the romans would make up different ones from experience or from there rulers The names of the gods are different because they are too different languages for example mars is Latin and ares is Greek but the both mean the god of battle
The Greeks used myths to explain events that they did not understand.
Well, the Romans didn't so much as make it, as they did help grow it. You see, mythology is like language, it has no creator but millions of contributors These contributors make the myths grew and change into many wonderful things. The Romans Mythology partly grew from Greek Mythology, as well its own homegrown tales. Eventually, the homegrown became inseparable from the Greek myths, until one great large Mythology rich in stories, depth, and history was to be the cultural legacy of the Romans.
The Greeks learned their stories of their mythology in various ways. Entertainers would stage plays that told the stories. Wandering bards or their equivalent would entertain by reciting the stories. Parents would tell the stories to their children. Acquaintances would tell stories to each other (much like people talk about TV shows now or gossip). Religious leaders would tell the stories to the people who came to worship.
ok, i know that mars, in greek would be ares.
The Greeks didn't fear the myths. Their lives were completely centered around the myths. Their myths explained natural phenomena, like why the sun sets and rises, and why there are seasons. They revered the gods, and true that they did fear some of the deities, like Hades, but they feared Hades because they were afraid of death. The Greeks believed that the gods controlled the universe and were more afraid of offending them, otherwise the gods would deliver retribution for the offense.
Yes. Multiple times in greek myths Athena became angry with the greeks. That is the reason of the myth "Pandora's box"
The Greeks worshipped Hestia. She was their goddess of the hearth and home.