A mythology is an important feature of many cultures. A myth is a sacred story that explains how the world and humanity came to be in their current form. In a broad sense, it can refer to any traditional story. The function of a myth is to provide a model of behavior and to offer a religious experience. By reconstructing myths, societies get closer to the divine. The main characters in myths are usually gods, supernatural heroes and humans. Some legendary creatures have their origins in traditional mythology and are considered real creatures, for example griffins, dragons and unicorns. In this essay I will focus on Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, there is no single text presenting all the characters and stories of the myth, because the myths were part of an oral tradition that gradually developed into the written literature of the Archaic and Classical periods. Homer's epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are the oldest. known Greek literary sources. They focus on the Trojan War and its aftermath. Throughout the poem, Homer depicts the gods intervening in human affairs and thereby changing the destiny of human life. Because of the intervention, the gods start the war between the Trojans and the Achaeans and the reason for the war causes them to take sides. Homer represents the gods in many aspects; as humans, having miraculous actions, a super-being, controlling, life-saving and disguising. Around 700 BC, the poet Hesiod's Theogony wrote the first cosmogony, or origin story, in Greek mythology. The poet tells the story of the universe's journey from nothingness to being, and details a family tree of gods and goddesses who evolved from Chaos and descended from Earth, Sea, Sky and the Underworld. The pantheon...... middle of paper ...... asked the other gods what was wrong. The gods replied that during mating, Izanami spoke first and that according to them, a woman should never speak before a man. They decided to reunite once more. And the other union succeeded. From this union were born the Oyashima or the eight great islands of Japan. Dragons are another important part of Japanese mythology. Japanese dragon mythology is based on stories imported from Korea, India and China. Dragons are serpentine creatures with clawed feet; they have three claws on each foot. They are large and wingless. Most Japanese dragons are associated with bodies of water and precipitation. They are considered aquatic deities. The dragon is one of the four divine beasts in Japanese mythology (the other three being the kirin, the phoenix and the turtle). It is frequently the emblem of heroes and emperors.