I’ve been interested in mythology for a while and only recently stumbled upon the fact that though many people know it for its grandiose tales of epics and odysseys, it isn’t considered a religion. We seem to call it mythology instead? Why is that? From what I know of it, Gods were worshipped and revered. Tales were spoken of and life lessons learned. It seems to check all the boxes for what a religion should be. Why then is it not considered one? We don’t for example have anyone left(afaik) that believes in mythology as anything other than myths, but back then, it was clear that it had as much power as any civilization’s major religion. Would the Ancient Greeks instead be counted as having no “religion” if Greek Gods didn’t fall under the category of religion?

(This may just be a question of semantics but hey, isn’t everything?)