Benefits of a map is that it can help direct you to were you want to go
The gods are important because of all the mysterious things happening in that time they made the gods to be responsible for that. Example: Poseidon god of horses and the sea, see the ocean is very mysterious in the way that it works so they made Poseidon the one that controls it.
hope this helped:) btw you dont need to reword this because i wrote it:)...lol