Though the Greek creation account presented by Hesoid and the genesis creation accounts differ in being polytheistic versus monotheistic. There are parallels in the stages of earths creation
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Though the Greek creation account presented by Hesoid and the genesis creation accounts differ in being polytheistic versus monotheistic. There are parallels in the stages of earths creation and the creation of people as a whole.
Both cultures (the Greeks and the Hebrews) in order to explain humanity and the world around them needed to explain how the earth they live on exists, how they came to exists, how to explain the sky, and day and night. In Hesoid’s theogony it is depicted the tree of deities that exist in the Greeks world to answer all of these questions. On page 33 in the text book from Hesoid’s theogony, “Chaos was first of all, but next appeared Broad-bosomed Earth, sure standing-place for all The gods who live on snowy Olympus’ peak, And misty Tartarus, in a recess Of broad-pathed earth, and Love, the most beautiful of all of the deathless gods.” (Hesoid, line: 13). Hesoid depicts the tree of deities that simply are earth, death, space, the empty abyss and from those primal deities others like the titans, the giants, and the gods and all their children which spring into the creation of humanity. These deities are created either by asexual or or sexual reproduction like all life on earth today.
Genesis on the other hand has God creating all the universe and humanity. A single being creating humans atop his glorious world. In 7 seven days and on each day creating the earth, the oceans and land, life, the sky, day and night. Certainly different from what Hesoid depicts in his theology but the end result is the same and even the creation of humanity. Hesoid in further detail explains how Zeus creates humans out of the earth as his worshipers. First the gold race, followed by the silver and then the bronze. Each of which becoming more and more turmoiled and troublesome than the last until ultimately after Prometheus gives them the power of fire and to live their own lives undenounced to the gods and Zeus are punished by the creation of pandora. Pandora being a mortal human with a box that contains disease, war, carnage, natural phenomenon, and hope. Essentially what the world consist of and what humans of Hesoid’s time except as a fact of life. Genesis also has a similar story of Pandora, that being Noah’s ark and the first great flood. Humanity no longer worshipped and cared for God (their creator) like they should and so the earth was purged in punishment in being flooded and cleansed of such sin. Thus leaving only a select few humans left to populate the earth again and 2 of each animal species to continue life as it was on earth.
These myths tells us that both cultures were close with their creators and had myths in place to disway the belief in any other acceptance of creation. Both cultures believed in more powerful deities to be thankful for all they have which is life and what it is and an explanation for all the trouble and turmoil’s of life and mankind.
Both cultures also place great pride in woman but had a patriarchal society based on the myths they followed and believed. The greeks had woman to be the cause of many of the more typical problems of life with woman being subservient but also protected for it is they that give life. In genesis it is womans fault that woman have the struggles they have today and mankind as a whole are cursed with for example the troubles from pandoras box. Yet one cannot be without the other. Man needs woman and woman need men.
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