Comparision of Greek Myth of Prometheus and Judaeo-Christian Adam and Eve

Dated back to the 10th century B.C., the story of Adam and Eve is told in Genesis chapters 2 and 3 of the Christian Bible. The creation is the main focus of chapter 2 and their fall and punishment is the main focus in chapter 3. God creates Adam in his image from mud, he blows to his face and gives him life. God presents all of the animals of the land to Adam and he is not satisfied, so God created Eve out of Adams rib as a companion and helper for him, and he is satisfied with Gods work. God commands Adam and Eve to not eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. But, the serpent persuades Eve to eat the forbidden fruit, and she persuades Adam to do so as well. After they eat the forbidden fruit they realize they are naked

The narrative of the creation of the world in Genesis mirrors elements of other ancient creation stories, including that of the ancient Egyptians. This should hardly be surprising for two reasons: The first is that Egyptian culture (including its religion) remained one of the most important influences in the world at the time during which the earliest versions of Genesis were being

This paper, is an in depth comparison of the similarities and differences between the Bible characters Adam and Noah. Furthermore, this paper will examine the lives of both men as well as God’s influence in their lives. In addition, this will allow the reader to come to the conclusion that Noah is “A Second Creation”, a new beginning of mankind.

The humans were created through trial and error. The gods began their experimentation in creating humans. The first humans they created were made from mud. This left the gods without their creations since the humans kept falling apart. The human faces were lopsided and they would dissolve when they came in contact with water. This

Most certainly all theologians and readers of the Bible interpret Genesis' story of the creation of Earth's first human couple, Adam and Eve, as one of comedy-turned-tragedy, being that their blissful lives were shattered when Satan tempted Eve with the promise of knowledge by eating the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, the one tree in the garden that God designated as untouchable. However, Genesis does not fill-in the missing background information as to the reasons why man and woman came to be the first rational, mortal creations of God's divinity. Moreover, most believers in the Bible do not know the specific similarities and differences regarding the two humans' characteristics, and how their relationship impact each other as

Creation in Ancient Egyptian religion can be much different than the creation account taken from The Bible. Genesis has a set description of “The Beginning” while there are several different versions and variations in Egyptian mythology. The versions range from a “one god” myth (Ptah; see picture) to the more common creator out of Nun, which in itself has several derivations.

According to greek legend humans formed when Promethues, a son one of the mighty titans who chose not to fight with the titans, shaped man out of mud and Athena, the goddess of wisdom, civilization, and justice, breathed life into the clay figure that became man. Promethues gave humans qualities much like the gods and also gave them the gift of fire and for that he was punnished. To punish Promethuses Zeus imprisioned him and created the first Woman, Pandora, who was decieful and

1: 5-10), God gave the same authority to Adam to name the leaving creatures that were Gods creations. He even named the woman created from the bone of his rib (Gen. 2: 22-23). Also, the command of not eating from the tree of life and the tree of knowledge was given to Adam without the presence of woman (Gen. 2: 16-17), meaning the male had the important role of passing this message to the female.

The conclusion of the Titanomachy, the war between the titans and the olympic gods led to the creation of man as two spared titans Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus shaped man out of mud as Athena the goddess of wisdom breathed life into the clay figures. With the creation of man and animals, prometheus assigned Epimetheus to give the creatures of earth various qualities such as Swiftness, cunningness, strength, fur and wings. However as he got to man, all the good qualities where taken leading to Prometheus giving man the ability to stand upright like the gods and the power of fire. Prometheus began to favor man more then the olympians as Zeus demanded man to sacrifice portion of each food to the gods leading to Prometheus tricking Zeus.

One of the creation myths describes Adam and Eve as the first human beings. The myth is found in the book of Genesis, which is the first book in the Bible. The Christian myth describes Adam and Eve as the origin of humanity. Adam was created by God from dust. Then after making Adam, God removed one of his ribs and created Eve to be his companion.

Prometheus trickery of Zeus directly questions the established authority. Prometheus acts on behalf of those without power against the authoritarian establishment of Zeus’ influence. This is done through the unfair division of the sacrificial offering where Prometheus is said to have entered into a contest with Zeus over the guidance of men. Prometheus honored men through giving them the best parts of the ox, depriving the gods of what was rightfully theirs, reversing the hierarchy between gods and men. This is a direct act of defiance against Zeus’s power resulting in the immediate punishment of men, through the removal of fire. This removal of fire rendered men to the level of beasts, as it was what marked mans existence as superior. Fire along with the technology it gave man, was the source that founded

Throughout history, there have been many versions of the creation story. The Christian story, the islamic story, the roman story, and the greek story all have similarities and differences to each other. In the Greek Creation story, the creator Chaos gave birth to the earth, the night and the day. The earth’s name was Gaea. Gaea gave birth to Uranus.

Adam and Eve, however, possess a greater disadvantage in that they do not have the knowledge required to simply identify Satan. As stated earlier, the wise angels were not able to discover the true identity of Satan. Eve is, therefore, destined to do the same. Although the narrator of the poem and God never discuss the true nature of Eve, Adam perceives her as a beautiful but “inferior in the mind/and inward faculties” (Paradise Lost, 7.541-542). Regardless of her true nature, it is clear that both Adam and Eve do not possess the equivalent amount of knowledge as the angels.

It is described as a creation as a result of Satan’s rebellion. Earth, like Heaven and Hell, demonstrates a hierarchical arrangement, too. We can say that there is a hierarchy but this hierarchy is obscure like the one in Heaven and Hell. On Earth, Adam is the superior one. God created him first, and Eve was created from his rib. God also creates Adam above Eve in terms of intellect and authority. Besides, Eve is more beautiful, but she is still slightly inferior to Adam. Adam and Eve together are above the animals in rank. In other words, they are superior to all other creatures on Earth. Also, Raphael's speech starting at line 473 in Book V sheds light to the fact that all creatures on Earth can be arranged in hierarchical order by saying there are ‘various forms, various degrees/Of substance, and in things that live, of

The most important characters in the epic poem, “Paradise Lost”, are Satan and Eve. These two characters are most responsible for the development and progression of events within the poem. Satan is the main figure throughout the vast majority of the plot. “Paradise Lost” follows Satan’s ultimately successful attempt to destroy God’s perfect creation, humanity, by forcing Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden. In creating humanity, God set expectations and put in place boundaries for Adam and Eve, yet they were not particularly restrictive.