I've always loved Irish Mythology, though I'd call them old Irish folk-tales. For some reason, whenever I think of mythology I think of Greece, and their mythology.

Cuchulain and Finn were so cool. I've probably memorized the story of the Hound of Ulster by now, and I love getting books of old Irish myths/stories.

Welsh mythology? How interesting! I want to read it!

Wow, thanks LadyHaleth, for that info. Might use it in our History subject.

We studied Greek mythology is English class and it's really the only kind of mythology I'm familiar with. Is there a huge difference between mythologies? Just curious.

That's a strange questions. Most mythologies have some core similarities but there are many, many differences between mythologies (some more than others). Think about it this way. How different is Indian culture to American culture? Different religions and beliefs stem from various cultures.

All of these can be traced back to the first few chapters of Genesis. I find that fascinating.

I also find this is one of the things I Love about Mythology! As stargazer said earlier

“Lewis might call this reflections of the True Myth”

Here are a few examples of myths that I found similar to the stories of the Bible.

In Greek Mythology:

Deucalion and Pyrrha
Bible Comparison: Noah’s Ark
Source: Wikipedia

When Zeus decided to end the Bronze Age with the great flood, Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, were the only survivors. Prometheus (who had been imprisoned for giving man kind fire) could see the future and had foreseen the coming of this flood he told his son, Deucalion, to build an ark so they could survived the flood
. During the flood, they landed on Mount Parnassus, the only place spared by the flood.
Once the flood was over and the couple were on land again, Deucalion consulted an oracle of Themis about how to repopulate the earth. She told them to throw rocks over their shoulders. They threw the rocks behind their shoulders, which soon began to lose their hardness and change form. Their mass grew greater, and the beginnings of human form emerged. The parts that were soft and moist became skin, the veins of the rock became people's veins, and the hardest parts of the rocks became bones. The stones thrown by Pyrrha became women; those thrown by Deucalion became men.

Pandora’s Box
Bible Comparison: The Garden of Eden
Source: Wikipedia

Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Pandora was created upon the command of Zeus to Hephaestus, the god of craftsmanship. Hephaestus created her using water and earth, while other gods granted her many gifts (for example, beauty from Aphrodite, persuasiveness from Hermes, and music from Apollo).
After Prometheus stole fire from Mount Olympus, Zeus sought reprisal by handing Pandora to Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus. At the same time, Pandora was given a jar that she was ordered not to open under any circumstances. Despite this warning, overcome by curiosity Pandora opened the jar. Upon doing so, the evils contained within escaped into the world. Scared, Pandora immediately closed the jar, only to trap Hope inside, as was Zeus' will.
In other versions, Hope does come out though the main purpose of the myth of Pandora is to address why evil exists in the world. Many interpretations of the story overlook the fact that Pandora's Box contained all things evil that would plague mankind and Hope was inside this box, thus completely missing this second lesson of the Myth.

Bellerophon
Bible Comparison: Joseph, and David’s son Absalom
Source: Wikipedia

Bellerophon's brave journey began in the familiar way, with an exile: he had murdered either his brother, whose name is usually given as Deliades, or killed a shadowy "enemy", a "Belleros" (though the details are never directly told), and in expiation of his crime arrived as a suppliant to Proetus, king in Tiryns, one of the Mycenaean strongholds of the Argolid. Proetus, by virtue of his kingship, cleansed Bellerophon of his crime. The wife of the king, whether named Anteia or Stheneboea, took a fancy to him, but when he rejected her, she accused Bellerophon of attempting to ravish her. As punishment, Bellerophon was sent on a mission that was deemed impossible: to kill the fire-breathing monster the Chimera, living in neighboring Caria. The Chimera was a fire-breathing monster whose make-up comprised the body of a goat, the head of a lion and the tail being a serpent.

Garden of Hesperides
Bible Comparison: Garden of Eden
Source: Wikipedia

The Garden of the Hesperides is Hera's orchard in the west, where either a single tree or a grove of immortality-giving golden apples grew. The apples were planted from the fruited branches that Gaia gave to her as a wedding gift when Hera accepted Zeus. Ladon was the serpent-like dragon that twined and twisted around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples. He was overcome by Heracles.

Knowing now how the Greeks viewed things and their Myths, I find Acts 14:8-20 in the Bible interesting to see from their point of view, when the Greeks thought that Paul was Hermes and they thought Barnabas was Zeus, after Paul healed a cripple.

I don’t know as much Norse as I do Greek Mythology but here are a few thing I find interesting one is Ragnarök, its always reminded me of the Book of Revelations, in the end times.

Sorry for such a long post.

^It's okay . I am learning a lot from this thread huh! I just am so happy learning new myths! .

Well, in History, we are discussing Ancient Rome. Their religion with the Greek ones are the same right? Only the names are the ones that differ. Mostly are named from planets, but does anyone know the reason why Hera is Juno? and Athena is Minerva? They aren't planets right?

Ancient Roman and Greek mythology have many similarities but I'm not sure how many differences they have.

I've just begun to read The Ancient Egyptian 'Book of the Dead'.

Warrior, Roman's basicly borrowed most of their mythology from the Greek.
good name