Greek
Mythology was mostly used to explain things in nature. They believed
that many different gods and goddesses lived high up on Mt. Olympus
and controlled everything. When the Greeks experienced bad weather then
the Gods were mad. When they had a bountiful harvest the Gods were happy.
The
Greeks had a rather strict religion with temples of worship and other
things like some religions of today. They even fought wars for their
gods. They had different descriptions of each god. One God would be
the messenger. Another the war God. In the eyes of the Greeks their
Gods and Goddesses always fought with each other and were quick to punish
humans for even the slightest thing. Most of their punishments were
harsh, like when Prometheus stole fire from the Gods they chained him
to a rock and made an eagle eat his liver every day.
