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Mythology Important Part of History     Bullfinch once said "Mythology is the tidy summaid of literature...". That delegacy that mythology is necessarily subservient or subordinate to literature.I personally call that is not true. Let me introduce myself. My name isAphrodite, goddess of beauty and sexual desire. Mythology is important and kindle . In fact, I think I may be the most interesting of all the gods.Well, at least the most beautiful. In this auto biographical paper I willreveal to you who I am, how I relate to mythology, and a historied story aboutmyself.     Let me start with my birth. Many think I was born out of murder. Theysay that when Cronos butchered his father he flung the dismembered body into thesea, where it floated spouting blood and foam. From the foam rose me, a tallbeautiful world-class with long blond hair the color of daffodils. Other legends saythat I am the daughter of Cronos and Rheia or Jupiter and Di onne. I am marriedto Hephaestus, god of blast and metal work. Shortly after birth my poor husbandwas cast out of Olympus because of his deformities. My son is the famous arrowshooting Cupid. We are almost of all time together and Cupid is always shootingdarts of desire in to the bosoms of Gods and men. I hate to admit it but in away I am responsible for the Trojan War. One day Discord threw an apple on toOlympus to be given to the most beautiful goddess. Hera, Athene, and I alltried to affirm the title. Each of us tried to persaude the judge, Paris, in ourfavor. Hera told him he would be a powerful ruler, Athene promised him that hewould receive great military fame, and I guaranteed him Helen of Troys hand inmarriage. He then declared me the fairest of all, and abducted Helen of Troythus beginning the Trojan War. I give birth also inspired many paintings,sculptures, and poetry. The most famous painting featuring me is the Birth ofVenus. It is a very famous painting from the Renai ssance. As you can see I amone of the most important goddess and have influenced mythology immensely.     I relate to mythology by being the goddess of love and beauty. My Romanname is Venus. My work is my pleasure, my profession, and my hobby. I thinkabout nothing but love and goose egg expects any more from me. My job is to makeother gods and goddess fall in love with each other. I am ashamed to say that I