Greek Pantheon and Myth as History

The prime function of myth is to codify, support,

and validate the traditional belief and behavior

. . . knowledge of the mythical past gives incen-

tive and justification for rituals and moral action,

and also guides to the correct performance of sacred

Mythology includes the whole body of myths of a nation; myths are folklore stories, historic tales setting forth the processes of nature: "Folklore, as a term, puts the spotlight on older tale traditions of popular character. . . ." Myths are folklore stories, dealing with beliefs about religion, custom, tradition, heroes, and divinities. These differ from mere fable. Mythology is basically a religious development via the imagination, and because of this origin, such history as primitive man possessed soon became myth, and the myths assumed the form, approach, and intent of history:

Liberated by local independence, the religious

imagination of Greece produced a luxuriant mythology

and a populous Pantheon. Every object or forc

. . .
nts and journeyed to Boeotia. There he did kill his father, accidentally, later, the Great Sphinx, and for a reward was given the hand of his real mother, Jocasta. Thus, he became the husband of his mother, and the tragedy unravels to the bitter end from this juncture. As previously stated, the first written reference of Oedipus appears in Homer's Odyssey. Akhnaton is held to have been born in 1466 B.C. Velikovsky hold the Greek legend of Oedipus is over 27 centuries old, or backwards from the 20th century, to be dated circa 700 B.C., thus, following the Akhnaton period by seven centuries. In that time, seven centuries, and, in view of the many crossings of the Mediterranean of known fact, and in view of archaeological finds in Greece or Egyptian artifacts, it is quite apparent there is no doubt to doubt that along with other imports, the Akhnaton legend was brought across the Sea and passed along to the Greek storytellers. It must also be remembered that to the Greeks of that time, Egypt was held to be the source of all great knowledge - its enormous antiquity was well recorded then and today to the modern world. In this manner, the Egyptian history became the source of the Greek Theban legend. If source be too strong
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