Comparing Women In Mythology And The Bible

to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you,to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears,and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters." Genghis Khan, much like the Hebrew Bible during certain points, regards women as objects. However, to write the Hebrew Bible off as fully misogynistic would not do the ancient texts justice. From Genesis to Judges 2, the Hebrew Bible objectifies women, uses them as scapegoats, but during certain points rises them to the level of highly admired Prophets and warriors. This essay attempts to explore the various undertones of femininity depicted throughout the Hebrew Bible.

Gender inequality has been a controversial topic for numerous religions and cultures throughout history. Women were commonly regarded as the subservient gender, an idea that was no different in Ancient Greece. Throughout Greek mythology, women were considered inferior and troublesome symbols, while men were known for courage, leadership, and strength. While there is no argument of the flagrant sexism that is illustrated in Greek mythology, it can also be claimed that women were given a situated position of freedom, necessity, and power as well. Many popular Greek plays and myths contain several complexes and well described female characters. These goddesses themselves, partook the role of victim, heroine, and villain as it illustrated the diversity of characters in which women were portrayed and seen in both Ancient Greek society and mythology, allowing us to question “Were the women of Ancient Greek mythology equally represented as free and superior?” The creation of the Greek mythological universe, the creation of multi-gendered goddesses or deities, and the free and superior personalities accredited to women in Ancient Greek mythology to answer the question that women were fairly represented as powerful in Ancient Greek mythology.

actions of Eve God placed a special curse on the female race, “Unto the woman he said, I

In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Genesis and the Greek play Medea, by Euripides, contain female characters that can be seen as complex and have significance and meaning in the text. There are many interpretations involving the female characters, some characters may be portrayed as weak and irrational or strong-willed and wise. I will argue that, women are portrayed in the Hebrew Bible and Medea as irrational and senseless, in order for the men to be portrayed as superior and for women to be seen as inferior. This idea of the female characters being irrational and senseless can be seen in Genesis 4, Genesis 18, Genesis 29, and throughout the Medea play.

Pandora- Pandora was a beautiful girl who was molded out of earth by Hephaestus for Zeus to send her down to earth and release an evil upon man for having fire. She was given a box that had all the evil of the world, which with the curiosity that she was built with curiosity, enticed her to open it. When she opened it all the evils spread all over the world. In nervousness she closes the box leaving only hope inside. In myth it sands that she represents the evil that woman bring upon the world.

Thesis: The Ancient Greek myths that we learn in school portray woman as misogynistic, the stories of Medusa and Persephone are two examples on how gods treat these beautiful young woman like lesser

Women in literature have often been the target of aggression and oppression, illustrating the lack of importance of women and the suppression of the gender by their male oppressors. In myth, and in religious practices as well, women have been used as examples of beings bent upon distraction and destruction of the proper and God-abiding male gender. Examples of this gender bias are evident both in myth, such as in Bacchae which is an ancient Greek myth which has been translated into English by Paul Woodruff, and in religion, such as is illustrated in the book of Genesis of the Christian Bible.

Across Greek Mythology, women are represented unusually. Diverse issues and problems haunt these women, pushing them to different extremes. In these myths, we often see women as either victims or the ones responsible for men’s demise. It could be argued that Greek mythology sheds light to every day female struggles, “even though so few options in life seem to have been available to Greek women the Greeks did not hesitate to give "equal time” to the description of the problems of human existence from a women’s point of view” (Lefkowitz, 1985 p. 215). Although we see women struggling with serious matters that affect their lives and those around them, it is important to understand that these women are written by men, it is men who are giving them

In the Bible, there is a common theme of deception. Very few characters in the Bible are not involved in some form of a deceptive plot. This article examines the relationship between women in the Bible and deception stories in the Bible.

Greek mythology are stories in which the Ancient Greeks revolved their life around. By studying these myths in the modern world, one can learn much about their society. When reading these myths, one can easily notice that women were not treated as an equal. Despite the fact that women were looked upon as inferior to men, the myths about Athena, Artemis and Hera show the modern reader that these goddesses had both power and influence over the mortal and immortal world.

To begin, there is a strong difference in the way that men treated women in Greek mythology to the way that men treat women today. The way that men treated women in Greek Mythology was very poor and a woman’s main job was to supply her husband with a baby. An online source states, “the top priority of these women was to get pregnant and bear healthy babies for their husbands” (Frederick John Kluth, “The role of women in ancient Greek art”). This quote shows how men mainly used women for children and that is all. While women were pregnant in Greek mythology, female servants were hired to do all of their cooking and cleaning.

Eve has been considered as the mother of femmes fatales. Karen L. Edwards, in “The Mother of All Femmes Fatales: Eve as Temptress in Genesis 3” argue that “allusions to the story of the fall regularly assume Eve to be the archetypal femme fatale: she tempts Adam to participate with her in a divinely forbidden act in order to gain illicit knowledge, thus luring him to death, and with him the rest of human kind” (35). Another good illustration of the fatal woman is Lilith, who has been dismissed from the Garden of Aden after claiming her equality with Adam in terms of sexuality and desires. Moreover, Lilith is seen as a destructive women who brought death to humanity by murdering children. This turns her into an evil woman in the masquerade

Greek myths either explain a creation, or tell a moral. The most interesting myths are the ones that have the most interesting story or moral. These myths can explain creations such as the woman, or great wars such as the Trojan War. These myths generally have interesting stories that lead up to what the myth means. Examples of the best myths are Pandora’s Box, Deucalion and Pyrrha, and the Trojan War.

Ancient Greek mythology is filled with allusions to powerful men who overcame kingdoms, fought for their personal liberty and did not hesitate to annihilate. However, there are also numerous powerful and strong women who became recognized for their ruthlessness and devious ways. These women are fierce, powerful characters, however, simultaneously, appealing women. They are the most powerful and detrimental women of ancient Greek mythology. The femme fatales.

According to Christianity, woman was created second and it was her that brought up sin to man as she could not resist temptation. Such negative ideas can be found in stories such as ‘Adam and Eve and Pandora’ which has a woman as a perpetrator of sinfulness. However, one must not forget that these stories were written by man,