Saturday, January 5, 2013

Greek mythology and Japanese mythology


There are myths in the world, regularly. And, the contents are various and much. Greek mythology and mythology in Christianity were one of the most famous mythologies in the mythology, but there are many mythologies in Chinese continent, southeast Asia, Indonesia, and America. Japan has many mythologies, naturally. But when we examine their mythologies, we can finds many strange things. It is similarity points in the episodes. My blog shows similarity points between Greek mythology and Japanese mythologies.

Although many evidences existed, many mythologies were established in same roots.

The first, the story Izanami and Orupeusu. Izanami is God (man) in Japanese mythology. Orupeusu is God (man) in Greek mythology. They are lost their wives. Because they hoped reviving their wife, they went to the other world (hell). The guard in the other world gave them condition reviving their wife. This condition is to not see thire wife. But they broke this condition. They fail reviving their wife.

The second, other world's food. The story adds. When their wife was in other world, wife ate other world's food. Therefore, wife became other world's inhabitant. But guard reluctantly permited reviving their wife. The later, their wife became the other world's queen.

These things are masterpieces. There are many similarity points except the two things. Although Japan is far away from Greece, why is two mythologies similar? The key of the problem is existing Scythian who flourish in ancient central Asia. Scythian is Iranian nomad and Indo European family. So, Scythian told Altai family many mythologies through extent in Eurasian continent (from west to east). The finally, mythology in Skythai is told Japan and Korea by Scythian. As evidence, mythology in Indo European family exists three Gods having three functions ( sovereigh, soldier, and productor). In Japan, three functions also exist for three God's material (mirror, sword, and bead). Each similarity points in mythologies are not general, but partial. Absolute God in Many mythologies except Japanese is man, but absolute Gods in Japanese is woman (Amaterasuokami). These difference points is appeared by different in culture and history.

 

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