Roman Mythology
...beliefs, but also vast differences. They came from each other
and gave their people a form of morality. It was composed of many meaningful
gods and goddesses that all played a part in the everyday life of the average
Roman and Greek person of that time.
They believed in something called polytheism. It is the belief of many
gods; each given a personality, function, relationship to each other through
family, and to be the subject of many myths and legends that were to be told for
many of years to come. They were to become the basis for a religion that would
last for hundreds of years and would yield thousands of followers to believe in
the made stories of these enchanted people or gods as they were called. (
Grolier)
The Roman mythology was to consist of twelve to thirteen main gods.
Each having a function in the life of the everyday Roman that would require some
sort of worshipping. The Roman gods were taken from the beliefs of the Greek
gods. They are directly descended from their neighboring religion. The Roman
mythology consisted of the high god Jupiter, his wife and sister Juno, son
Vulcan, son Mercury, daughter Diana, daughter Venus, son Mars, daughter Minerva,
son Apollo, sister Vesta, brother Pluto, brother Neptune, and Janus.(www, hunt)
Jupiter was the ruler of the gods. He is also known as Zeus to the
Greeks. He became ruler of the gods through him drawing that lot from his
brothers after they overthrew the Titans. He was the god of sky and rain. He
was the keeper of the thunderbolt which he hurled at anyone that displeased.
That is how he is portrayed through the Greeks, but through the Romans; he was
still the ruler of the gods and used his thunderbolts. They portrayed as the
lord of life and death and he never visited mankind on earth.(www. hunt)
Neptune was the god of the sea. This is the lot he drew from his
brothers. He was...
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