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A Comparison Of Greek And Norse Mythology

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Today, we have knowledge about different types of mythology from different regions of the world. However, when comparing these mythologies, it is noticeable that they are more similar than different. An example of this is that both Greek mythology and Norse mythology present struggle between the gods and the titans, in Greek mythology the fight is represented by Zeus against Cronos, in the Nordic the fight is represented by Odin against Ymir. Another example of this is that in mythologies, overall, there are presence of supernatural characters, some examples of it are the gods and creatures that appear in these mythologies. The final example of this similarity is the creation myths, which generally presents the creation performed by god and

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