Mythologies always remind us of epic stories. There are many mythologies involving gods, each serving a different purpose. Mythologies, which were the religious beliefs of some people in the past, are now the subject of books, movies and theater plays. Although we, living in modern times, know these mythological stories as religions believed many years before us, we are actually much closer to these mythologies than we think, with the words we use in our daily lives.
Greek mythology, one of the most popular among them, has added many words to our lives even if we are not aware of it. Many words in Greek mythology have evolved over time into words we use in daily life. Today we will look at where many words from Greek mythology such as “hygiene, hypnosis, typhoon” actually came from.
Words we use in daily life evolved from Greek mythology
Hypnos (Sleep god) – Hypnosis
Typhon (Volcano god) – Typhoon, Flood
Pan (Country god) – Panic
Pan used to appear in front of people in the countryside and scare them, thus inspiring the word “panic”
Nike (God of victory who runs very fast) – Shoe brand Nike
Eros (God of love and sex) – Erotic, erogenous, erotomania…
Phantasos (Dream god) – Fantasy
Adonis (mortal with whom Aphrodite fell in love) – Adonis muscle (980070) 2)
Morpheus (Dream-god) – Morphium (Morphium)
Europe (Zeus’ lover abducted to the European continent) – Europe
Phobetor (Nightmare god) – Phobia
Khronos (Time god) – stopwatch, chronicle, chronology
Narcissus (character punished by the gods for falling in love) – Narcissus, narcissism, narcissism
Hygieia (Health goddess) – Hygiene
Nectar (drink that immortalizes the gods) – Nectar
Khaos (god before order) – Chaos
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