Ebook The Student's Mythology

These subjects keep their place to some extent in modern art, and mythological allusions are so frequent ih bur literature that an acquaintance with classic fable is considered a necessary part of a liberal education. Ques. Did all the heat-hen nations worship the same deities? Ans. The mythology of different nations varied as to the names and attributes of their divinities. There are, nevertheless, so many points of resem blance, that it is believed by many that the princi pal mythical systems had one common origin. To trace these analogies, and the developments which gave rise to so great a diversity, is the pro vince of comparative mythology.