Favorite God or Goddess in Greek Mythology?

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It's a common theme found in every part of the world.

Comparative Mythology shows that humans in every country evolve to believe in similar beliefs. Stories of resurrection and redemption are as old as humanity itself no matter which part of the world you are talking about.

That's like monsters too. You can find similar beliefs of monsters in all parts of the world such as the European dragon vs the Greek Hydra vs the Chinese dragon.

But that is what I loved about the Greek Gods because they were very human. They had all the good traits and all the bad traits that we humans have like selfishness and compassion. They were capable of doing horrific things but they were also capable of doing very nice things.

Much like the Hindu deities, too.
I like the Hindu goddess Kali, often depicted wearing skulls and carrying a severed head, whilst trampling the body of her husband, Shiva.
She's the goddess of death and destruction.

Yeah and I think the Egyptian deities were similar too.

Like Anubis was also the God of Death but he wasn't actually good or evil, much like Hades.

I was interested to learn recently that the parables of Jesus weren't original, but taken from stories of the Buddha.
Then there's flood accounts predating the bible's version of the story, but very similar in detail.
I find it all very fascinating.

And I think I've kind of gone off on a tangent.

Yeah like I said humans around the world all evolve to believe in similar myths and religious beliefs. Sometimes they are influenced by other cultures and sometimes they come up with it on their own. But these are some of the core beliefs:

* They all enjoy tales of people seeking redemption after committing an atrocious act.

* They all enjoy tales of the "afterlife" and being able to exist after death.

* They all enjoy tales of divine punishment to those who have done something wrong.

* They all enjoy an explanation of how something they are unable to explain works such as seasonal changes or the rising and lowering of the sun and the moon (you know before science came along and ruined this for everybody ).

^ yep.

I’m good with a giant turtle flying through space with elephants on its back holding up the discworld.

Lol or how about a Mother Goddess giving birth to all life by having incestuous sex with her own children?

Yup I'm talking about you Gaia.

And personally I like stories of redemption too. Rather it's gods or mortals I like the idea of people feeling guilt and regret over doing something wrong to somebody else and trying to make up for it even if it's just giving out a small act of kindness.

Athena -a hot chick dressed like a warrior (kinda like Xena, or the recently reimagined Wonder Woman), who was also the goddess of wisdom.

She was born as an adult. Her dad Zeus, suddenly had a headache, and she just sprang out of his forehead fully formed! Cracks me up for some reason.

I thought she was born when the wife of Zues struck him in the head with a sword and she was born out of the split in his skull? At least that's how I heard it.

Then there's Aphrodite the Goddess of Love who was born from the white foam that formed when Uranus was castrated and had his genitals thrown into the sea by his son Cronus.

Yeah. The person who told me the story probably forgot that part about Hera hitting him on the head with a sword.
Kinda conception in reverse. The wife hits the husband with a phallic shaped object, and then HE then bares their child!

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Or maybe it could also mean that getting struck in the head by an unhappy wife creates wisdom?

Might be.