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William C. Uchtman

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I have done research into gods and goddesses and have written brief descriptions of them. I have attempted to scale out family trees as I have already seen with the Olympian gods. I have tried to condense entire pantheons by attributing extra names or aliases to one deity. I have also made efforts to parallel myths with ancient history. I am not an expert nor do I hold any degrees. I am a self-taught person with a lot of otherwise useless information.

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What do you like about this subject?

I've always been into comic books and strange animals like the Loch Ness Monster. Mythology has always been a combination of the two; the promise and search of beings and creatures greater than anything else. They are history's first comic books.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I am hoping to make the pantheons of other cultures from Aztec to Russian as interesting and as intriguing as the Olympian gods which we seem to know so much more about already.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

I've been trying to put the Greek myths in a timeline, and the Greek Flood seems to occur when the island of Thera (modern Santorini) exploded. Thera has always been a prime candidate for Atlantis. Also, the dating of the flood in the Bible coincides close to the realm of Gilgamesh in Sumeria. This can't be a coincidence.

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kristine	07/26/11	10	10	10	Thank you William!
Randy	06/30/11	10	10	10	Perfect. THANKS
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Recent Answers from William C. Uchtman

2011-11-28 roman mythology:

Since the Roman gods were originally Greek, they would know Ancient Greek, Mycaenaen and Hellenic languages before knowing the Roman languages of their worshippers. They'd possibly be aware of Gaelic and

2011-06-01 Byzantine Civilization and Islamic civilization:

I don't think the Byzantines or Moslems were influenced by Greek Religion at all. By time they moved into Turkey, Greek paganism would have been on the way out. Even the Roman Empire past 300BC would be

2011-05-28 Greek Mythology:

6) Did myths serve as an explanation for the ancient Greeks? Myths were passed down as a way of recalling history or to explain how things happened in the universe 7) How many total gods and goddesses

2011-05-28 Greek Mythology:

1) How were the myths passed down? Myths were passed down orally or by word of mouth. They were not written down until hundreds of years after. For example: Hercules dates to 1250BC but his life and story

2011-05-28 Greek Mythology:

1) How were the myths passed down? Myths were passed down orally or by word of muth. They were not written down until hundreds of years after. For example: Hercules dates to 1250BC but his life and story

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