I grew up in Germany and I don't remember any mention of mythologic literature outside things like "this, but the way, is when the Iliad is set". The optional r

I grew up in Germany and I don't remember any mention of mythologic literature outside things like "this, but the way, is when the Iliad is set". The optional religion classes of course were full of mythologic literature, but no Iliad there either (geographically it wasn't that far off). There was a series of youth entertainment books that retold the stories, that were very widely read. Think Lord of the Rings, but kids would then talk of Achilles instead of Aragorn. Fallen out of favor I think, because the good/evil dichotomy, where it appeared, was almost as seeped in racist ideas as in LotR, just without being able to hide behind "yeah, this is middle earth, where wildly different hominid species just exist and look how good some of them can get along anyways"