Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures Essay
Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures
Michelle Rine Luna
Hum/105
World Mythology
November 11, 2014
Prof. David Rodriguez Sanfriorenzo
The habitants of the world have always been curious of where they came from, how did the first man and women came to exist in the world. Even further back, how did the universe began. People have come up with different ideas each having their own idea of how everything began. Such ideas created the different cultures and different faiths that are known today. The people that agree on how the world began grew together and generation through generation taught their beliefs. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the universe. This is found in the Cristian Bible. In the beginning for the Greeks, three immortal beings came to life from an emptiness. Gaea was mother earth, Tartarus the ruler of the underworld and Eros, who was love and was the inspiration to create many gods to come. Gaea gave birth to her children without a partner, Uranus (Father Sky), Ourea (Mountains) and Pontus (Sea) and so the world began. Uranus and Gaea were equals and married each other. They had their children, which were three Hundred-Handed Giants and three Cyclopes. Uranus feared his children and band then into the deepest part of Gaea, who is technically the Earth, until they were trapped in Tartarus, the underworld. For this Gaea looked for revenge quietly and patiently. Gaea and Uranus kept conceiving children. The next ones born were the thirteen Titans who later will become the oldest generation of the Greek gods. The Titans were Helios, god of the sun, Oceanus, god of the river, Themis, goddess of prophecy, Rhea, goddess of the earth, who married her brother Cronus and later became the parents of the Greek gods, Atlas, the strongest god who held up the sky so it would not fall, Prometheus, most intelligent and clever, Epimetheus who married Pandora, the first mortal woman. Gaea finally knew how she would get her revenge on
Michelle Rine Luna
Hum/105
World Mythology
November 11, 2014
Prof. David Rodriguez Sanfriorenzo
The habitants of the world have always been curious of where they came from, how did the first man and women came to exist in the world. Even further back, how did the universe began. People have come up with different ideas each having their own idea of how everything began. Such ideas created the different cultures and different faiths that are known today. The people that agree on how the world began grew together and generation through generation taught their beliefs. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the universe. This is found in the Cristian Bible. In the beginning for the Greeks, three immortal beings came to life from an emptiness. Gaea was mother earth, Tartarus the ruler of the underworld and Eros, who was love and was the inspiration to create many gods to come. Gaea gave birth to her children without a partner, Uranus (Father Sky), Ourea (Mountains) and Pontus (Sea) and so the world began. Uranus and Gaea were equals and married each other. They had their children, which were three Hundred-Handed Giants and three Cyclopes. Uranus feared his children and band then into the deepest part of Gaea, who is technically the Earth, until they were trapped in Tartarus, the underworld. For this Gaea looked for revenge quietly and patiently. Gaea and Uranus kept conceiving children. The next ones born were the thirteen Titans who later will become the oldest generation of the Greek gods. The Titans were Helios, god of the sun, Oceanus, god of the river, Themis, goddess of prophecy, Rhea, goddess of the earth, who married her brother Cronus and later became the parents of the Greek gods, Atlas, the strongest god who held up the sky so it would not fall, Prometheus, most intelligent and clever, Epimetheus who married Pandora, the first mortal woman. Gaea finally knew how she would get her revenge on