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    In the Greek myths‚ the beginning of the world‚ or being that began the world was Chaos who Gaia or Ge sprang from. Gaia then mated with Uranus‚ the sky‚ and the rest of the earthly creations were begot. Amid the Maya creation stories‚ everything came from the “silent sea and sky‚” except for the creator‚ Heart-of-the-Earth-and-Sky. Heart-of-the-Earth-and-Sky

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    finally mankind to rule over all the others. Everything starts off as a dark‚ empty void much like in the Greek Myths. In Mythology there was a lot of chaos to begin until Tethis the first mother mated with an endless river to create Gaia‚ Tartarus‚ and Eros. After that‚ Gaia (Mother Earth) mated with Ouranos (the sky) and created the Titans. The Greek God’s created all the living beings on Earth because they were bored and had nothing else to do. Unlike God it did not take seven days to create all. The

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    (Earth)‚ Eros (Procreation) and Tartarus (Underworld)? From our source‚ Classical Mythology: Images & Insights‚ Hesiod tells his version of the origin of the gods. In his story we learn of how “in the beginning there was only Chaos‚ the Abyss / but then Gaia‚ the Earth‚ came into being” along with Tartarus and lastly Eros (Theogony‚ 116-117). These four primal entities are important because without their existence Zeus‚ the patriarchal father the Greeks admire‚ wouldn’t have been born. Yes‚ correct‚ almighty

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    influenced by the planet Mars. Scorpios are fierce‚ love a good fight‚ strong‚ dedicated and loyal‚ and ambitious. The scorpio originated from the myth of Orion and the scorpion. Orion wanted to kill all of the Earth’s wild animals‚ and Gaia was not pleased by his intentions. Gaia sent a giant scorpion to kill Orion.Orion tried and tried to defeat the scorpion but could not‚ so he tried to escape. When he tried to escape‚ the

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    agricultural‚ fertility‚ sacred law and the harvest. Demeter symbols that represent her is cornucopia‚ wheat‚ torch‚ and bread. Her father was “Kronos Deposed Titan-King of the Gods‚ son of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth”. Her mother was “Rhea Former Titan-Queen of the Gods‚ daughter of Ouranos the sky & Gaia the earth.” Demeter was unmarried but she had one daughter named Persephone who was abducted by the god of the underworld Hades. Demeter endlessly searched for her‚ preoccupied with loss and grief.

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    have on the establishment of the human kind. According to Hesiod‚ three main rudiments obtain part in the commencement of formation‚ Chaos‚ Gaia‚ and Eros. It is supposed that Chaos provide origin to Erebos and Night at the same time as Ouranos and Okeanos pounce from Gaia. Each youngster had a precise function‚ and Ouranos’s responsibility was to look after Gaia. Later the two became a pair and were the earliest Gods to imperative the earth. They had 12 offspring who were acknowledged as the Titans

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    concerning the gods. Hesiod’s creation story describes the beginning of the universe as being covered in darkness. This darkness was the first Greek god‚ Chaos‚ a shapeless‚ mixed-up‚ dark entity. It was from Chaos that five divinities came into being; Gaia (the mother Earth)‚ Tartarus (the underworld)‚ Erebus (the darkness that covers the underworld)‚ Night (darkness that covers the Earth)‚ and Eros (Love). These divinities are classified as the first generation of gods and they organised the muddle

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    Philosophy versus Cosmology A Comparison of Creation in Hesiod’s Theogony and Ovid’s Metamorphoses By Catherine Franklin To fully understand the poems; Metamorphoses and Theogony‚ one needs to understand more about the writers. Hesiod was a greek poet‚ who lived around 700BC‚ and was inspired by muses to write epic poetry. Theogony is considered one of earliest works and concerns itself with the cosmogony‚ or the origins of the world and theogony‚ or the gods‚ and pays specific detail to genealogy

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    important god is Crius. Crius is the Titan god of constellations and is one of the twelve titans of Greece. Crius‚ Titan god of constellations‚ was one out of the handful of gods that were worshiped by the Ancient Greeks. He is the son of Uranus and Gaia and is the brother of eleven other siblings. Crius was married to Eurybia and had three children‚ Astraeus‚ Pallas and Perses (Woodard 86-87). In addition‚ Crius was one of the elder titans and was part of a powerful race of giant gods. .Many myths

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    EASC 2112 Earth System The lively Earth: important features make the Earth unique Name: Leung Ho Nam‚ Banson UID: 2011712579 Introduction: The Earth is one of the eight planets in the solar system. The planet Earth is emphasized as “the rare Earth” in numerous literatures because of its unique physical conditions and the complicated interactions among all biotic and abiotic systems. Isotope dating indicates the earth was formed approximately from 4.53 to 4.568 Ga‚ according to isotope

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