Yay, Greek mythology for the win!pimppeter2 said:Greek...
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Danish here... Soo... Borrowing your link^^Jaqen Hghar said:I hail from mighty Norway! [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology]
Sadly, I don't know that much about our mythology really. I know many of the names and some stories. But I wish I knew more. So I think I will read through that wiki page myself tomorrow when I got time
Anyway, it's about Odin and stuff. And, you know... THOR!
Depends on how you look at it. Odin and Wodan are the same things and it's obvious that Wodan is a 'Dutch dialect' version of Odin, though Wodan is actually written as Wodan as well - they are different words. It's not simply that we 'pronounce' Odin as Wodan.TooMiserableToLive said:Yeah, that's why I said I wasn't sure.Mozared said:I wouldn't call Sinterklaas mythology. The only real mythology we have is the Saxon mythology which is basically the Norse mythology except that we call Odin "Wodan" and have some more similar Dutchified names for stuff.TooMiserableToLive said:I live in holland, and I have no idea what kind of mythology we have here... If we even have any. Though there's this which almost replaces christmas: (I hope this'll work) Sinterklaas. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas]
And: wait, we have that? Isn't that the same as calling God God, but in a dutch-sounding-way?
Yeah, I know, but I was merely mentioning that we 'translate' the names of lots of stuff, like what the romans did to Zeus, Jupiter's the same guy. It just doesn't really make it feel like "our" mythology.Mozared said:Depends on how you look at it. Odin and Wodan are the same things and it's obvious that Wodan is a 'Dutch dialect' version of Odin, though Wodan is actually written as Wodan as well - they are different words. It's not simply that we 'pronounce' Odin as Wodan.TooMiserableToLive said:Yeah, that's why I said I wasn't sure.Mozared said:I wouldn't call Sinterklaas mythology. The only real mythology we have is the Saxon mythology which is basically the Norse mythology except that we call Odin "Wodan" and have some more similar Dutchified names for stuff.TooMiserableToLive said:I live in holland, and I have no idea what kind of mythology we have here... If we even have any. Though there's this which almost replaces christmas: (I hope this'll work) Sinterklaas. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas]
And: wait, we have that? Isn't that the same as calling God God, but in a dutch-sounding-way?
Im preeeeeeetty sure it was theese guysrazerdoh said:another common american myth is that Christopher Colombus discoverd america, that is wrong, it was this guy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson]
A Viking! Vikings are awsome
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KalevalaSpitfire175 said:Well, Finland has Kalevala. It's about as good as national epics go.
Hey, I'm Greek! Too bad that the modern Greek people can't hold a candle to those ancient dudes.pimppeter2 said:Greek...
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What about John Henry, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, Bigfoot Wallace, and Pecos Bill? That is just to name five. There are tons of these old Folk tales.Irridium said:Well, I'm from the U.S.
We don't have any legends that I'm aware of...
Wait, do both Roswell and Area 51 count as mythology and legends?
You know, because they are both very alien heavy, and shrouded in secrecy?
Or do you mean mythology and legends like stories?
Because thats what we don't have a lot of.
Most Norse mythology folk tales come from Scandinavia.You know Yous,me,Swedes,Norwegians and Fins.Hawgh said:I can't really say anything on folk tales however, I always get confused on which part of europe they're from.