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Greek Afterlife Research Paper

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What if the Greeks borrowed the Egyptians' Gods? The Egyptian Mythology influenced other religions because it created an understanding of how things work in the world.
A huge relation between the Greek and the Egyptian religions are the similarities between there afterlife's. In the Egyptian afterlife it is called the afterlife the God that rules the afterlife in Egyptian religion is Osiris. In the Greek afterlife its called the Underworld the ruler is Hades.
The only way someone could get into the Egyptian afterlife is if their body was intact. The way they kept their bodies intact was mummification. The way people were mummified was based on their social class. Mummification is so important in the Egyptian afterlife because if …show more content…

Another similarity is that you can get good or bad. In the Egyptian Afterlife you were eaten by Amit if you did not pass or you would make it into the paradise. In the Greek Afterlife you could go to Tantalus, or Sisyphus the horrible places that your soul gets tormented in forever. You could also go to the Elysian Fields where it was good.
Next there are many similarities between the Gods. For example, Osiris and Hades or Anubis and Hades. They all have to do with the afterlife and to do with death. The God of love in Greece is Aphrodite the parallel with Egypt is Hathor because they both have to do with love. The Egyptian parallel to Apollo would be Horus because they both have to do with the sky and the sun.
Then there is Amun to Zeus, they are both the most powerful Gods in their Mythology. There are also other reasons. Amun and Zeus both rule over the other Gods, Another big clue is a story from Theban Zeus. He was with Hercules and was tested he used a goat to beat Hercules. Zeus was then represented by a ram. Amun is represented by a Ram headed Sphinx. That is a big clue that Greek may have been influenced by

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