Why are roman and Greek Gods exactly the same?
The Roman and Greek gods are the same gods, and they were originally only Greek. When Rome conquered Greece, they started worshipping theses gods, but for some reason, they decided to give them new names that don’t sound anything like the original names (with a few exceptions, for instance, both the Romans and Greeks called Apollo by that name). I don’t know about the Norse and Germanic gods, though.
They’re not exactly the same, and both pantheons are way different than the Norse gods by the way. There are many gods who share the same functions, like the god(dess) of fertility, or of war, or of the heavens – because these are common factors in human existence which are beyond human control. But go read the Aeneid and then come back and tell me the pastoral, family-oriented deities of Rome are exactly the same as the tempestuous Greek deities. Rome obviously copied some of their myths from Greece – just as all societies are influenced by their neighbors. But the Roman gods have a vastly different personality than the Greek gods, in spite of what they teach you in comparative mythology class. Peace to you.
Because the Roman Empire had a habit of adopting the Gods of the nations they conquered. That’s why there is so much Christianity mixed with Paganism in the Roman Catholic Church -they acted like an amoeba and wrapped themselves around Christianity the same way, adopting their traditions and customs and mixing them with whatever pagan ritual they already had. It was second nature to them, it was their way. So that’s one reason why Christians like me are against what they teach. The Roman Catholics are victim to tradition, and they fall for it until something happens, God usually gets some out of it. The seated statue of Jupiter, for example, has been named Peter the Apostle. The hat that the Pope wears is Dagon, the fish god. The opening on the hat is the mouth. The rosaries are a pagan practice from ancient ancient times, and is practiced as far away as China, where Buddhist monks use them the their prayers. The mother and child statues are raised throughout the pagan world, and had b
