Eros vs. the Old Man Under the Moon
Eros vs. the old man under the moon
Ever mythology contains a god controls moral love relationships. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, while her side kick, Eros is in charge of let morals felt in love with each other. In Chinese mythology, the old man under the moon control marriage and love between the morals. As we can see, Aphrodite’s sphere of influence is much wider than the old man under the moon, that is because comparing to Greek mythology, Chinese mythology gods and goddess has narrower sphere of influences. Even though both the old man under the moon and Eros are in control of the same sphere of influence, there are some difference between these two immoral gods. The two difference is the way they make morals fall in love and the appearance of these two people. Eros make moral people felt in love by shooting an arrow. There are two different arrows, if he uses the golden arrow to shoot someone, that moral person will feel in love, however, if he uses the arrow made by lead, the moral person will not fall in love but feel disgusted. One of the famous story contain Eros arrow shooting is the story of Apollo and Daphne. In the story, Eros shoot the golden arrow toward to Apollo, while shot the lead arrow to Daphne. Apollo felt in love quickly, but Daphne doesn’t have feelings for him so in the end she turn in to a tree in order to escape from Apollo. In the Greek mythology, Eros is a handsome man, he felt in love once too with Psyche. In the story, Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of mortal princess Psyche, as men were leaving her altars barren to worship a mere human woman instead, and so she commanded her son Eros, the god of love, to cause Psyche to fall in love with the ugliest creature on earth. But instead, Eros falls in love with Psyche himself and spirits her away to his home. Their fragile peace is ruined by a visit from Psyche's jealous sisters, who cause Psyche to betray the trust of
Ever mythology contains a god controls moral love relationships. In Greek mythology, Aphrodite is the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation, while her side kick, Eros is in charge of let morals felt in love with each other. In Chinese mythology, the old man under the moon control marriage and love between the morals. As we can see, Aphrodite’s sphere of influence is much wider than the old man under the moon, that is because comparing to Greek mythology, Chinese mythology gods and goddess has narrower sphere of influences. Even though both the old man under the moon and Eros are in control of the same sphere of influence, there are some difference between these two immoral gods. The two difference is the way they make morals fall in love and the appearance of these two people. Eros make moral people felt in love by shooting an arrow. There are two different arrows, if he uses the golden arrow to shoot someone, that moral person will feel in love, however, if he uses the arrow made by lead, the moral person will not fall in love but feel disgusted. One of the famous story contain Eros arrow shooting is the story of Apollo and Daphne. In the story, Eros shoot the golden arrow toward to Apollo, while shot the lead arrow to Daphne. Apollo felt in love quickly, but Daphne doesn’t have feelings for him so in the end she turn in to a tree in order to escape from Apollo. In the Greek mythology, Eros is a handsome man, he felt in love once too with Psyche. In the story, Aphrodite was jealous of the beauty of mortal princess Psyche, as men were leaving her altars barren to worship a mere human woman instead, and so she commanded her son Eros, the god of love, to cause Psyche to fall in love with the ugliest creature on earth. But instead, Eros falls in love with Psyche himself and spirits her away to his home. Their fragile peace is ruined by a visit from Psyche's jealous sisters, who cause Psyche to betray the trust of