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The Journal of the Royal Institute of Thailand Vol. 33 No. 1 Jan.-Mar. 2008 174 ¡“≈‘ ∑— µ æ√À¡∑— µµ‡«∑’ ∫√√≥“πÿ °√¡ ¡“≈‘ ∑— µ æ√À¡∑— µµ‡«∑’ . ‡∑æπ‘ ¬“¬∑’Ë ‡ªì πæ◊È π∞“π ¢Õß«√√≥§¥’ . °√ÿ ߇∑æ¡À“π§√ : ”π— ° æ‘ ¡æå ¡À“«‘ ∑¬“≈— ¬√“¡§”·Àß, æ.». ÚıÙ¯. Ames, Delano. tran. Greek Mythology. ¡’ √ À«“πÕ√à Õ¬ „§√‰¥â °‘ π·≈â «®–§ß §«“¡‡ªì πÀπÿà ¡‡ªì π “« º‘ «æ√√≥ ºÿ ¥ºà ÕßÕ“¬ÿ ¬◊ 𬓫π“ß≈–‡«ß‡ªì πºŸâ æ∫ ·≈–°‘ πº≈‰¡â π’È ‡¢â “‰ª π‘ ¬“¬ª√— ¡ª√“À√◊ Õµ”π“ππ— ∫«à “ ‡ªì πæ◊È π∞“π‡∫◊È Õßµâ π¢Õß«‘ ∑¬“»“ µ√å ª√–«— µ‘ »“ µ√å »“ π“·≈–«√√≥§¥’ „π ¡— ¬∑’Ë ¡πÿ …¬å ¬— ߉¡à ¡’ §«“¡‡®√‘ ≠æÕ ∑’Ë ®–‡¢â “„® ‘Ë ßµà “ßÊ √Õ∫µ— «‚¥¬Õ“»— ¬ ‡Àµÿ º≈À√◊ Õ¢â Õ‡∑Á ®®√‘ ß¡“æ‘ Ÿ ®πå ‡Àµÿ ∑’Ë ‡°‘ ¥π‘ ¬“¬ª√— ¡ª√“À√◊ Õµ”π“π¢÷È π¡“°Á ‡æ√“–¡πÿ …¬å 欓¬“¡À“µâ πµÕ«à “µ— «‡Õß ‡°‘ ¥¡“®“°‰Àπ ∑”„Àâ ‡°‘ ¥‡√◊Ë Õß√“«∑’Ë ‡°’Ë ¬«°— ∫°“√ √â “ß‚≈° ®— °√«“≈ ·≈– ¡πÿ …¬å ¢÷È π¡“ à «π§«“¡æ¬“¬“¡∑’Ë ®– Õ∏‘ ∫“¬À√◊ ÕÀ“‡Àµÿ º≈„Àâ ·°à ‚≈°∑’Ë ‡√“ Õ“»— ¬Õ¬Ÿà ∑”„Àâ ‡°‘ ¥‡√◊Ë Õß√“«∑’Ë æ¬“¬“¡ Õ∏‘ ∫“¬ª√“°Ø°“√≥å ∏√√¡™“µ‘ ‡™à π ·ºà 𥑠π‰À« ¿Ÿ ‡¢“‰ø√–‡∫‘ ¥À√◊ Õ¿“«– ∑’Ë ‡°‘ ¥¢÷È πµ“¡∏√√¡™“µ‘ ‡™à π‡√◊Ë ÕߢÕß ƒ¥Ÿ °“≈‡ªì πµâ π ·≈–§«“¡‡™◊Ë Õ∑’Ë «à “¡’ ∂“π∑’Ë ‡©æ“– ”À√— ∫„Àâ √“ß«— ≈À√◊ Õ ≈ß‚∑… °“√°√–∑”¢Õß¡πÿ …¬å ∑”„Àâ ‡°‘ ¥‡√◊Ë Õß√“«‡°’Ë ¬«°— ∫ «√√§å π√° ºŸâ ¡’ Àπâ “∑’Ë „Àâ √“ß«— ≈À√◊ Õ≈ß‚∑…¡πÿ …¬å √«¡∑—È ß‡√◊Ë ÕߢÕß™’ «‘ µÀ≈— ߧ«“¡µ“¬¥â «¬ London: Paul Hamlyn Limited, 1963. Avery, George. Christian Mythology. Feltham, Midlesex: Hamlyn House, 1970. Christie, Anthony. Chinese Mythology. Feltham, Middlesex: Hamlyn House, 1968. Davidson, H.R. Ellis. Scandinavian Mythol- ogy. New York: Paul Hamlyn, 1969. Ions, Veronica. Indian Mythology. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967. MacCana, Proinsias. Celtic Mythology. New York: Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1970. Whitaker, Cleo. ed. An Introduction to Oriental Mythology. London: The Apple Press, 1989. Zimmerman, J.E. Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1964. Abstract Comparison between Important Myths of Various Nations Malithat Promathatavedi Associate Fellow of the Academy of Arts, The Royal Institute, Thailand This paper aims to explain the meanings and origins of mythology and present important Eastern and Western myths in a comparative method to see their similarities and differences, and the reasons for the similarities. Key words : myths, creation of the world, deluge, the end of the world, independent development