Greece | Ancient Rome | Ancient Egypt | Ancient Greece | Ancient Greek | religion | Bad Religion | ancient Rome | French Wars of Religion | Dean (religion) | ancient Egypt | ancient Greece | Religion | Provost (religion) | Olympia, Greece | And did those feet in ancient time | Zagora, Greece | The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews | Primate (religion) | National Bank of Greece | Marathon, Greece | Kingdom of Greece | Constantine I of Greece | Ancient Order of Hibernians | Ancient Macedonians | The Rime of the Ancient Mariner | Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments | Myrina, Greece | Mycenaean Greece | Constantine II of Greece |
Prior to the Games, a group affiliated with the Societas Hellenica Antiquariorum called the Greek Society of the Friends of the Ancients and a Hellenic polytheistic group called the Committee for the Greek Religion Dodecatheon, devoted to the preservation of ancient Greek culture, sued over the mascots, claiming that they "savagely insult" Classical Greek culture.
These myths are chosen from all across the world including Babylonian, Judeo-Christian, Aztec, Maori, Ancient Egyptian, Australian Aboriginal, Nordic, Hellenic, Chinese, Japanese, and other traditions.