his account I will point some things that a monotheist may disagree with thus establishing the gap between the philosophical and religious views on the origins of the universe. After hat is established I will then proceed to
             Hesiod's Theogony is his own account on how the existing world order arose, and how the gods, and generations of men into being. Hesiod's tale starts with a description of what was before things came into being. Before the world order was established there was Earth and Heaven which was in distinguishable, one entity. Between Earth and Heaven there was gap that began to open up and separate the two, this was said to be caused by the creation of Chaos. Chaos allowed for there to be a distinction between Earth and the Heaven and although no explanation is given as what actually caused the separation, it is this severance that marks the beginning of the creation of the world order. After this separation begins follows the creation of the first generation of Gods. Before I proceed, I must point out that in this myth Heaven is masculine and Earth is feminine. From the rupture between Earth and Heaven, Love is born which brings about the desire of male and female for one anot!
             her. With the birth of Love and the manifestation of the aforementioned desire, Earth is impregnated by Heaven and from this union springs the first generation of gods. The story then shifts its focus to Zeus, the father of the Olympian Gods. Zeus is the son of Cronus, who is the son of heaven, also the only child of Cronus not to be eaten upon his birth. Cronus devoured his children to try and avoid a prophecy that predicted that his own son would displace him, but upon the birth of Zeus Cronus was given a stone to swallow instead, while Earth hid Zeus away. It was only a matter of time before the prophecy fulfilled itself and Zeus forced Cronus to disgorge each of his children. The newly reborn children of Cronus led...