Mythology Comparison Contrast
In my essay I will analyze my chosen creation myth. Then I will compare and contrast other creation myths. I am trying to find a myth that has many similarities to mine, as well as utilize other myths that have differences to mine. I will summarize Greek mythology, then I will tell why the myths that I am comparing and contrasting my myth towards are alike or different from my original myth. In Greek mythology, the creation starts out like many cultures creation myths do. Although it may start out the same, this myth is actually quite different and a lot more exciting than most myths. In the beginning there was only chaos. Then Erebus appeared, a space where Death and Night dwell. Love was then born, which brought a start to order. Love then produced Light and Day. Next came Gaea, the Earth. Erebus and Night mated and gave birth to Ether, which was the heavenly light. Night was the one who produced, Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and all other darkness.
So Cronus became the next ruler, and married his sister Rhea. To avoid his overthrowment he swallowed each of his children as they were born. Zeus flung his lightning bolts and was able to kill it. When the egg broke the universe was split into Yang, heaven, and Yin, Earth. When he died his body became the animals of the Earth. The piece of mud then started to grow and became big land structures. Cherokee mythology is very contrasting towards Greek mythology. Then another god, Gong-Gong breaks the world only to be fixed again by Nunga. Together they produced the three Cyclopes, the three Hecatoncheires, and twelve Titans.
Common topics in this essay:
Cronus Titans,
Greek Mythology,
Rhea Gaea,
Olympus Cronus's,
Earth Nunga,
Titan Cronus,
Titans Uranus,
Yin Earth,
Dreams Nemesis,
Death Night,
greek mythology,
land structures,
creation myths,
cyclopes hecatoncheires,
ambushed cronus,
creation myth,
cherokee mythology,
gaea birth,
egg chaos,
piece mud,
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