One of my favorite myths is the story of Io, which is also the story of how peacocks got the eyes on their feathers, the origin of the expression "cow-eyed Hera", and how cairns came to be. I'm kind of bad at storytelling, but a basic summary is Zeus cheated on Hera all the time and one of these times was with the princess and/or priestess of Hera, Io, who Zeus turned into a cow to save her from Hera's wrath when she tried to catch the pair red-handed. He made the excuse that the cow's eyes reminded him of Hera's. She asked for the cow as a gift, to separate them as a sneaky piece of revenge, and he reluctantly agreed, because to decline would be suspicious. Some versions say that Hera herself transformed Io, but either way, Hera placed Io under the care of Argus, a servant of hers who had a hundred eyes that were never all closed at the same time. Zeus didn't like this arrangement and sent Hermes to free the girl-turned-cow, which he achieved by approaching Argus in the guise of a shepherd, gaining trust and affection by telling stories and making music, and literally boring him to death by telling a never-ending story. Some sources say the story only put Argus to sleep and Hermes dispatched him by other means, but anyway, Io was freed and Hera was enraged. She did three things: sent a gadfly after Io to torment her, put Argus' eyes on the tails of her peacocks, and called Hermes to trial. At the trial, the two made their cases and the vote was cast by each jury member throwing a stone at the feet of whoever they supported. Hermes got so many vote stones that he was buried up to his head in them. Big jury, apparently. Travelers later made it a custom to make cairns, piles of stones, along trails to mark the way, believing that the god stood inside them and protected those who used the paths. The gadfly was eventually called off, although I forget the circumstances.

I'm very curious about Finnish mythology if anyone here knows about it. 

This is a cool idea! I will have to think of a retelling of the Illiad and tell it here.

Ooh, cool! I'm actually developing a religion for a world I'm building, so I might post the creation myth I wrote!

I love that story, Viola! In some versions, it says that in the end, Io ran into Egypt and became a cow/heifer goddess there. And Gared, good luck with your Illiad retelling. That would be hard, since it's so long. I read the Illiad last year for school.

I have a really cool book of creation myths. It's called In The Beginning, told by Virginia Hamilton and illustrated by Barry Moser. If you have a library close to you, I would definitely recommend ordering it.

Has anyone read some original Norse myths? Some of them were reeeealy weird. Loki was also responsible for 99% of the problems. Seriously, it was pretty bad. The gods would make him fix anything that went wrong, and he generally made it worse in the process. 

I am completely obsessed with mythology. I've loved mythology since like third or fourth grade. My favorite myths would be Jason and the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece, and The Trojan War.

Has anyone read the D'aulaires (spelling?) Book of Greek Myths? It's SO good. I recently bought a copy at a used book store for like $1. It's for children, so the explanations of the myths are very simple, but they cover everything, and there's great artwork to go along with it. I've read countless mythology books, but that's probably my favorite.