How did Greek mythology start?
Greek mythology started as how the Greeks thought how the universe came to be. They made up stories of gods and legends to explain why everything is as it is now. For example, they thought the spider was made because Athena, the goddess of wisdom became angered when a skilled mortal tapestry maker boasted when she said she was a better tapestry spinner than Athena herself! The girl, named Arachne, wound a great tapestry mocking the gods, so Athena angrily turned her into the first spider, letting her spin glorious webs draped over buildings. A more famous example is Persephone, The Queen of the Underworld. She was captured by Hades to be his bride. Demeter, her mother, Goddess of Harvest, became angered and beckoned Zeus to bring Persephone back, but since Persephone ate the fruit of the dead, she had to stay for a quarter of a year. So when Persephone was away in Hades, Demeter’s sorrow made Earth’s crops wither away and brought cold days to the once sunny world. But when Persephone r
