Question

What is greek mythology?

Answer 1

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and the nature of the world, the lives and activities of deities, heroes, and mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths in an attempt to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.

Answer 2

Greek mythology is a religion, a set of beliefs that the Old Greeks believed in. Like today we have Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and many other religions, so did the Old Greeks have their own religion, or something we refer to as mythology nowadays.

Their mythology was polytheistic, meaning they believed in many gods such as Zeus, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, etc. and many different beings such as Medusa, Pegasus, Minotaur, etc.