Mythology is an important feature of many cultures. A myth is a sacred narrative 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 provide a religious experience. By recalling 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 believed to be 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 that introduces 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 represents the gods intervening in human affairs and thereby changing the fate of human life. Due to the intervention the gods start the war between the Trojans and the Achaeans and the reason for the war leads them to take sides. Homer represents the gods in many aspects; as human-like, with miraculous actions, super-beings, controllers, lifesavers and disguisers. Around 700 BC, the poet Hesiod's Theogony wrote the first cosmogony, or origin story, of 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 the earth, sea, sky, and underworld. The pantheon... in the center of the card ...told the other gods what had gone wrong. The gods replied that during the mating Izanami spoke first, and in their opinion a woman should never speak before a man. They decided to reunite once again. And the other union was successful. From that union the Oyashimas or the eight large islands of Japan were born. Another important part of Japanese mythology is dragons. 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 water deities. The dragon is one of the four divine beasts of Japanese mythology (the other three are the Kirin, the phoenix and the turtle). It is often the emblem of heroes and emperors.