Which European mythology do you find most interesting?

[TheOldNorth]

Nordic/Germanic Mythology historical sources are are very very scarce.. so it is impossible to really know what was the religion of the celts and germanic.. Most of what we know ( ( in addition to the ancient Roman ones ) about nordic mythology was collected by Christian Monks.. Sagas were recorded in high medeival times with christian moral purposes ( written to make fun of those who were not yet Christians ).

Saying this it is clear that it is foolish to consider religion the parody written by Christian monks to mock non-Christians ..

Furthermore, the medieval accounts are contradictory...

It makes sense to tell that the Historical sources of norse religione are MARVEL COMICS...

Don't forget that Christian Monks ( whose purpose was to make fun of those who were not Christians ) could also have taken inspiration from the writings of Tacitus and Julius Caesar because ,probably, the very scarces oral traditions ( if they still existed ) were not worthy of any attention ..

Christian monks often respected or at the very least were forced to adapt the previous traditions and stories of their own people, the very first irish and norse christians believed christ was one of many gods, but simply the new most important, though of course that quickly changed, the other gods often became fused with earlier biblical characters in name, or were turned into saints or heroes. Not saying what they wrote down was 100% accurate to the pagan beliefs, but it certainly was far closer to 100% then many would like to believe.

[Grace O'Malley]

Christian monks often respected or at the very least were forced to adapt the previous traditions and stories of their own people, the very first irish and norse christians believed christ was one of many gods, but simply the new most important, though of course that quickly changed, the other gods often became fused with earlier biblical characters in name, or were turned into saints or heroes. Not saying what they wrote down was 100% accurate to the pagan beliefs, but it certainly was far closer to 100% then many would like to believe.

Irish and Scandos were peripheral to the Romans so didn't get direct Christianity from them. This is why they sort of did their own thing. For example in the Celtic Church Saturday was the Holy Day not Sunday.

[renaissance12]

irish monks had a great appreciation for the previous gods, and like the Norse began seeing them as historical figures rather then gods, or in some cases turned them into saints or angels, St Brigid is an example, and so to is the many kings and saints named for Lugh even after pagan times. The church of Ireland was isolated from the catholic tradition and therefore was almost a continuation of the previous religious order of the druids (though they dropped some practices that were incompatible with the bible's teachings). Christianized sources for European mythology weren't as distorted as most think, like if you look at the poetic edda, rune stones depicting exact and specific scenes from the book can be found, though Snorri changes the origin of the gods to merely be the descendants of kings from Anatolia.

You are wrong.. there is no mention of any pagan gods in almost every Christian Monk's saga regard Northern mythology..
.The poem Beowulf is not a source for Viking beliefs...

[renaissance12]

Christian monks often respected or at the very least were forced to adapt the previous traditions and stories of their own people, the very first irish and norse christians believed christ was one of many gods, but simply the new most important, though of course that quickly changed, the other gods often became fused with earlier biblical characters in name, or were turned into saints or heroes. Not saying what they wrote down was 100% accurate to the pagan beliefs, but it certainly was far closer to 100% then many would like to believe.

What you claim has no historical sources.. Please don't waste your time in order to change the facts..

[valentinavalley2]

Greek stuff was a little more original, most Roman literature is just commentary on Greek literature.

Greeks stole most of it from the Phoenicians


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[renaissance12]

Irish and Scandos were peripheral to the Romans so didn't get direct Christianity from them. This is why they sort of did their own thing. For example in the Celtic Church Saturday was the Holy Day not Sunday.

In any religion what is important is the THEOLOGY ON WHICH RELIGION IS BASED ( In simple WORDS to change Christmas from 25 December to 10 July doesn't change THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION )... Norse/Northern religion/mythology had and has nothing similar to any kind of THEOLOGY/METAPHYSICS....Norse mythology is PURE FANTASY.. you can update any time..like MARVEL COMICS...

[Maintenance]

In any religion what is important is the THEOLOGY ON WHICH RELIGION IS BASED ( In simple WORDS to change Christmas from 25 December to 10 July doesn't change THEOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION )... Norse/Northern religion/mythology had and has nothing similar to any kind of THEOLOGY/METAPHYSICS....Norse mythology is PURE FANTASY.. you can update any time..like MARVEL COMICS...

A big difference between Greek and Norse mythology is that the gods in Norse mythology are a lot closer to mankind. They get hungry, they get hurt, they die; whereas Greek gods have very little physical connections to mankind. Norse gods also interact with humans a lot more than Greek gods. Zeus would pretty much only head down the mountain to sleep with human women. While In order to get around the nine worlds of the Norse, the gods had to interact with humans and even rely on them

[renaissance12]

A big difference between Greek and Norse mythology is that the gods in Norse mythology are a lot closer to mankind. They get hungry, they get hurt, they die; whereas Greek gods have very little physical connections to mankind. Norse gods also interact with humans a lot more than Greek gods. Zeus would pretty much only head down the mountain to sleep with human women. While In order to get around the nine worlds of the Norse, the gods had to interact with humans and even rely on them

The big difference between Greek/Romans mytholoy are the quantity of written sources.... few lines written in a contradictory manner by the Christian monks of the Middle Ages ( to make fun of those who were not Christians ) against thousands and thousands of pages written from 500 BC onwards.

[Sarmatian]

Greeks are great storytellers and greek mythology is unrivaled in its complexity.

Rather the most preserved due to developed writing.

[Batman]

Ελληνική μυθολογία.