What Are Some Examples of Classical, Medieval, or Modern Mythology in Today's Society??
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Classical - words like mercurial, jovial, saturnine relate to roman gods\n\nMedieval - walking under a ladder is bad luck - the wall, ladder and floor make a triad - thus reflecting the three forms of God, the father, the son, the Holy Ghost - to walk through was to break the trinity.\n\nModern - Hmmm....Lord Of The Rings? Tolkien's attempt at a story reflecting a mythological world.
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mythological figure created by people to avoid facing facts
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here are wikipedia's information.\n\nwikipedia mentions only a revenant in historical information as a Medival Revenant and there are a few pieces of documentation about it.  Whatever the ideas of a "revenant" in today's language might be, in these examples a revenant was nothing more than a zombie.  Someone brought back to life to serve a purpose of some kind.  A good example of a revenant is the comic story adn movie based on "The Crow".  After his purpose was fulfilled he left.\n\na lich on the other hand goes back to old english folk lore if not further as the accepted definition of a lich in historical mythology is based on placing one's life essence in a jar of some sort to keep them ancored in the "real world".  This might suggesst lore dating back to Egypt, such as wikipedia states.
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I think you're referring to Norse mythology, which was sort of a religion.  Here's a link to give you a good bit of info.
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Greek mythology distinguishes itself from the others in many reasons, but the most interesting fact to me is that these gods we´re not in an unreachable plane. They descended among the humans and participated directly in their choices and actions, deciding the path of history for them in numerous cases.
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yes i have heard the story and i'm british. but all these tales are myths that appear in all ages of man. currently this tales is repeated in mexico, south texas and arizona the aztecs had versions of it and hernandes cortes had heard of it. in spain there are versions of it and malaysia has similar tales.
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I would say yes and no. Mythology is basically religious and/or spiritual stories meant to teach, which is basically what everything from the Bible to the tales of Zeus, Jupiter, Odin, etc. etc. are.  But folklore is not always religious, so that I would not put under Religion and Spirituality, necesarily. If you did split them up, I would put Mythology under Religion and Spirituality and Folklore maybe under Books and Authors.
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Some examples of "Gothic Literature" include:\n\nMary Shelly's "Frankenstein"\n\nJane Austen's novels\n\nCharlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"\n\nCharles Dickens' novels\n\nEdgar Allen Poe's works\n\nSteven King's works\n\nLord Byron's works\n\nand many others...\n\nGothic Literature refers to literature composed by the writers of the "Romantic" era during the time period of 1764 - 1840.  It also encompasses ghost stories, supernatural literature and horror from any time period.
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Post this in the Mythology section, or maybe Entertainment.\n\nMaybe someone will be amused.
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The many versions of creation stories are probsbly the easiest ones to find.  Also Santa/St.Nicholas stories should be easy.  I can't refer you to books by name, but many fairy tales particularly have several versions.\n\nLittle Red Riding Hood is a tale that has changed a lot in its history and development.  There are a number of versions of Beauty and the Beast - I guess even Shrek is a version of it.  The Twelve Dancing Princesses is another that has many versions.\n\nThe websites I've attached should help you.  Good luck with this project.
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http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html has a few versions of folktales from different countries.\n\nI recommend going to the library, there are some nice collections of folktales and myths out there.\n\nThe most famous Irish "myth" is the story of the Tuatha de Danaan, and there is some speculation that it is actually an embellished adaptation of the history of how one group took over from earlier people, since the Children of Danae came in with superior weapons and looks and had great battles with the Fir Bolg.  I wouldn't call any of these stories "myths" around Irish people though, we tend to get a teensy bit defensive most of us, ingrained thought that even the most fantastic story has at least a grain or two of truth in it.  What's interesting is that most of the old gods had "saint" tacked on and kept most of their attributes - "St. Brigid (sometimes Brid or Bride)" is a prime example.\n\nFor German stuff, check out http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ger1500.html which is a college course's site but has some good links.  If you're not already familiar with the Norse gods, you might check out http://www.dickinson.edu/~eddyb/mythology/Creation-1.html first for the basic creation story.  Keep in mind that there are places still where the norse gods are still honored as an active religion, not myth, so it would be nice if you kept this in mind.\n\nHope this helps, but I can tell you that you're going to find better resources in a print library for something like this.\n\n\nBy the way, the "banshees" mentioned above is an anglicized spelling of Ban Sidhe - try looking that up!  A lot of Americans, even those of Irish descent, seem to have a strange opinion of all things Irish, including songs and stories - I suppose I should blame Americanization efforts of parents along with things along the lines of "Darby O'Gill & the Little People."  It's fine to laugh at your stage paddy, I'm the first to howl at those sorts of jokes,  but know what being Irish really means too.  We gained a lot by coming to this country, but it seems the wild geese may have lost more than we gained.
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Edith Hamilton's 'Mythology' is an excellent source for Greco-Roman myths.  It also has some stuff about Norse mythology  It's a good-sized book, too....not just some little picturebook.
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sure there are, the first group would be creation myths, then there are myths to illustrate the why and wherefor of natural phenomenon, such as pele the goddess of volcanoes, and the third is hero stories which spur on the normal man to try to live a good or brave life.
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You'll find one here> \nhttp://www.politicallyincorrect.me.uk/fairytales.htm  :D
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Take your question to "books and literature". Frankenstein isn't folklore or mythology. No civilization has expressed a shared reverence for Frankenstein.
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Thousands, possibly tens of thousands or more. One I'd suggest is the Mythologica. It has Roman and Greek and loooots of others but I haven't found another that I like as much. It seems to be the most thorough as well, though I've only ever had small town libraries to search through.
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My favorite has always been Shakespeare. There's lots of help on the web for it, and it's just classic. To understand Shakespeare will give you lots of laughs especially with these new teen movies out that rip him off :) Plus it's just cool to read the stories that have inspired people for hundreds of years.