COMPARATIVE EDO MYTHOLOGY

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COMPARATIVE EDO MYTHOLOGY

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NAME/POSITION	BENIN	YORUBA	BABYLONIA	GREEK	ROMAN
King of the gods	Osa-Nobuwa	Olorun	Marduk	Zeus	Jupiter
God of the Sun and Youth				Apollo	Apollo
God of War	Ogie-Uwu Osanorie - Evbee Rio Ikpakpa	Ogun	Mars	Ares	Mars
God of the Sea	Olokun	Olokun		Poseidon	Neptune
Messenger of the gods			Mercury	Hermes	Mercury
Blacksmith for the gods	Ogun	Ogun		Hephaestus	Vulcan
God of Wine	Osa - Nokumanyan			Dionysus	Bacchus
God of Love				Eros	Cupid
God of the Underworld				Pluto	Pluto
God of Time				Kronos	Saturn
Queen of the gods				Hera	Juno
Goddess of Agriculture				Demeter	Ceres
Goddess of Moon and of Hunting	Osayuki			Artemis	Diana
Goddess of Wisdom				Athena	Minerva
Goddess of Love and Beauty			Ishtar	Aphrodite	Venus
Goddess of the Home				Hestia	Vesta

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