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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