|
|
| Zeus |
Like Zeus, the major god of Greece, who lived in Mount Olympus, was well-known. He’s the god of lighting. I think
the Greek didn’t pick him as their main god because of his thunder hurling ability, but he’s the best among his
brothers, Poseidon and Hades. Poseidon the sea god was too reckless, he had once defeated by Athena. However, Hades was the
god of death, and the death god rarely becomes the major god.
Odin
|
| Odin, Munin & Hugin |
In Norse mythology, there were two kinds of tales telling different major god. Odin, the god of war, was mentioned often in
Nose mythology as the major god; but some of the historical remains said that Thor, the god of thunder, was the major god.
Norse people always choose the war chief as their mightiest god, and in later records, Thor started to compete with
Odin to become the major god.
Amun Ra
|
| Ra |
Ancient Egyptian admired the mighty sun, so they worshiped it as their major god, Ra. Ra was a god with a bird, and he’s
same with the son of Osiris, Horus. A sun always hanged on his head as his symbol. He was often appeared with Osiris, the
god of death in early carves.
However, proper religions’ major gods are their ancestor. Whoever started a religion,
he’s the major worshiped god. Middle America’s civilization has a few details for us to discover their myths.
Until now, we only know that their worshiped the sun god. It’s similar with Egyptian, and the origin of the American
(or Red Indians) maybe the Egyptian.
Not every major god has the best quality, like Norse gods,
they fight with each other to get the first place. Egyptian and Greek goddesses give birth of half-breed or kill their children…
|
