Zeus vs Odin
Through out the ages there have been many different religious beliefs. Most of the early mythologies were simply the way that they explained natural phenomenon. They usually always had a father sky god and earth mother. For the Ancient Nordic people their sky god was Odin. But for the Ancient Greeks their sky god was Zeus. Although these gods were from very different places and cultures; they have a lot of similarities but they do have their differences. In this essay I am going to discuss the lives of these two gods and point out the similarities and the differences between them. The Nord was a warrior race and worshiped the sky god Odin. He lived in a castle/city called Asgard where he was the leader of all of the gods and people that lived there. To the Nords it was an honor to die in battle and the only way to get to Asgard was to die in battle. According to Norse mythology in the beginning of time the first world was named Muspell, a place of heat. Beyond Muspell was a dark void called Ginnungagap, and after that was the cold realm of Niflheim. The moisture and ice all came from there and when the cold air mixed with the extreme heat from Muspell; it created a giant named Ymir. One night, while Ymir was asleep he fell into a sweat. Then under his left arm grew a man and a woman. And one of his legs begot a son with the other. This was the beginning of the frost giants. Thawing frost then became a cow called Audhumla. Four rivers of milk ran from her teats, and she fed Ymir. The cow licked salty ice blocks. After one day of licking, she freed a man's hair from the ice. After two days, his head appeared. On the third day the whole man was there. His name was Buri, and he was tall, strong, and handsome. Buri begot a son named Bor, and Bor married Bestla, the daughter of a giant. Bor and Bestla had three sons: Odin was the first, Vili the second, and Vé the third. But Odin was different from the others he was the most popular and after killing