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Topic	How come nobody talks about mythologies other than Norse, Greek and Egyptian?
ElatedVenusaur 07/23/19 10:54:45 PM #12:	Frankly, its because the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans wrote a lot, and some of that writing survived. The latter two enjoyed cultural importance in the west. The others are not as well attested, either because those cultures werent big on writing, or their writings didnt survive for whatever reason. Often that reason was Mongols, but the Romans, as a general rule, looked down on mythologies that werent theirs or Greeces. <cite>ElatedVenusaur posted [p:925100197] in How come n... [t:77885183]...</cite> <quote>Frankly, its because the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans wrote a lot, and some of that writing survived. The latter two enjoyed cultural importance in the west. The others are not as well attested, either because those cultures werent big on writing, or their writings didnt survive for whatever reason. Often that reason was Mongols, but the Romans, as a general rule, looked down on mythologies that werent theirs or Greeces.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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