What is your favorite ancient mythology? And what's so interesting about it

[The Sum of Awe]

For example; Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Celtic, Indian, Aztec.... Or even Judeo-Christian mythology, or Gnosticism, etc. Anything really.

I'm talking about the expanded lore on these ancient religions.

I'm pretty much new to mythology, I know the basic gods of Norse and Greek that's about it. I hear Aztec mythology is pretty interesting but I know nothing about it. After watching the clips on youtube of God of War: Ragnarok I'm fantasizing Kratos fighting other pantheons and mythological beasts

 

[ChristineM]

Romulus and Remus

 

[JustGeorge]

I love all the stories of the Old Gods. Hindu stories obviously have a special place in my heart, but I love all the old stories.

The Mahabharata in particular is probably my favorite 'story' of them all.

There are also some fun stories in Lithuanian mythology of Velnias, when Christianity was starting to get a hold on the region and he went from being one guy to plural trickster spirits.

 

[John53]

Australian Aboriginal. I guess I find it interesting because it's where I live and I can relate to some of the stories.

 

[Rival]

The story of the sweet submissive Hathor becoming angry, fearsome Sekhmet, massacring humanity on Ra's order, Ra regretting this, stopping Sekhmet with beer, and her returning to Ra as the sweet submissive Hathor again.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I like Thor since he was at the bus stop.

 

[Sand Dancer]

For example; Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Celtic, Indian, Aztec.... Or even Judeo-Christian mythology, or Gnosticism, etc. Anything really.

I'm talking about the expanded lore on these ancient religions.

I'm pretty much new to mythology, I know the basic gods of Norse and Greek that's about it. I hear Aztec mythology is pretty interesting but I know nothing about it. After watching the clips on youtube of God of War: Ragnarok I'm fantasizing Kratos fighting other pantheons and mythological beasts

I like the story of Krishna and the gopis.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

I always favoured Greek mythology growing up. I think I just found the narratives cleaner, and more enjoyable from a story telling point if view, moreso than anything else.

As I got older, tracking things like Hercules and related mythology along ancient trade lines, and seeing how these were blended with local myths was pretty interesting in a more academic way.

 

[Ashoka]

I'm Irish on dad's side, so I'm partial to the stories of the Tuatha de Danann (Tribe of Danu).

 

[Tamino]

The story of the sweet submissive Hathor becoming angry, fearsome Sekhmet, massacring humanity on Ra's order, Ra regretting this, stopping Sekhmet with beer, and her returning to Ra as the sweet submissive Hathor again.

That is one of my favorites as well. not sure I'd ever label Hathor as 'submissive', though. Fun fact: the massacre happens BEFORE she transforms into Sekhmet.
But I really like the way that Ra is depicted in the story... asking for counsel, wavering between violence and compassion, and going with compassion in the end. A leader who acts in the way that he thinks he must, encouraged by his council who are telling him that he needs to hunt down the rebels. And then, when it happens, he reconsiders... He recognizes that the killing is getting out of hand and rebels or not, he finds the humans to be beautiful and worthy of being alive. So he seeks a way to stop the raging Sekhmet, and afterwards solves the conflict by withdrawing to the sky.
There's a lot of ways to interprete the story, of course - but I catch myself re-reading it often and I usually find some new detail or perspective.

 

[bobhikes]

Norse would be my favorite, I loved how Loki messed around with the gods and that the gods could die. Greek would be next they have the most detailed stories but I never really connected with the gods, just the Greek hero's but that is what I think the Greeks wanted. Celtic would be next as I am part Irish but I didn't like how the God's had distaste towards humans.

 

[Tamino]

Norse would be my favorite, I loved how Loki messed around with the gods and that the gods could die.

 

[PureX]

I am somewhat fascinated by the Ancient Greek concept of "logos". Of a divine, highly complex and integrated idealization of existence that dictates the behavior of the physical realm of matter and circumstance. "Logos" being a kind of divine logic upon which our physical experience of existence is manifesting. It's both ancient and 'quantum' at the same time.

 

[Kfox]

For example; Norse, Greek, Egyptian, Celtic, Indian, Aztec.... Or even Judeo-Christian mythology, or Gnosticism, etc. Anything really.

I'm talking about the expanded lore on these ancient religions.

I'm pretty much new to mythology, I know the basic gods of Norse and Greek that's about it. I hear Aztec mythology is pretty interesting but I know nothing about it. After watching the clips on youtube of God of War: Ragnarok I'm fantasizing Kratos fighting other pantheons and mythological beasts

Jonah and the Whale. I find it fascinating because there are people today who believe someone can sit in the belly of a whale for 3 days without any air supply; and live.

 

[ChristineM]

Jonah and the Whale. I find it fascinating because there are people today who believe someone can sit in the belly of a whale for 3 days without any air supply; and live.

Don't forget the digestive acid.