Comparing Hesiod's Theogony: Similarities Between Religion And Literature

Cultures and religions are known to have similar, parallel features, large or small depending on a multitude of factors. In the Ancient Near Eastern region, land was consistently ruled by different leadership and kingdoms, which allow the mixing of its peoples’ culture and religion. Based on Kirta, Aqhat, and Theogony of Hesiod, Canaanite religion and literature has similarities with ancient Mesopotamia, ancient Greece, and ancient Israel literature and religion. The Canaanite religion and literature, Kirta, shows similarities with ancient Israel literature and religion. In the story of Kirta, Kirta is depressed because he doesn’t have any children. He prays to the Bull god and he blesses him with a wife who gives him many children. Kirta’s son, Yassubu grows up and beleves Kirta is unfit to be king. As stated in the text, “So descend from your kingship, I will reign, from your dominion, I, yes, I, will sin on your throne. Yassubu the lad went off, entered his father’s presence.”
Hesiod’s Theogony is a creation story about how the world was constructed and how all the gods came to be. The story focuses on Zeus is the god of the sky and the son of Cronos, the creator of all, whom is defeated and over thrown by Zeus. “Hades trembled where he rules over the dead below, and the Titans under Tartarus who live with Cronos, because of the unending clamour and the fearful strife… when Zeus had conquered him.” This plot is identical to the plot of Mesopotamia’s creation story, Enuma Elish. In the Mesopotamian creation story, Marduk is the god of the, similar to Zeus, how battles and defeats his father, Tiamat, who resembles Cronos. “Marduk, Tiamat's conqueror, was glad; the bargain was good; he went on peaking his arrogant words explaining it all to the gods.”(Enuma Elish) They both battle to create order, and both overthrow their parents to