Eros Creation Story

It is said that in the beginning, there was Chaos, the silent and dark abyss. Out of Chaos, all things came into existence. According to the Theogony of Hesiod, Chaos created the

No matter what back ground a person comes from, there is always an in the beginning. My experience is that the in the beginning was God created from nothing in six days, the seventh being a day to catch his breath. While the beliefs we are studying here in this class may differ from my teachings, there is the common thread that something came from nothing/chaos. A common ground that the world should recognize and build upon.

In the beginning there was emptiness called Chaos, as well as Earth, Hell, and Love named Eros. Eros was half girl half boy and created the earth named Gaia. Gaia, out of her own fertility, created a male companion named Ouranos, sky (Stone 39). Ouranos and Gaia would begin to create all other creatures of the universe including the massive Titans. Some of their offspring were giant rats and lizards, some only had one eye in the center of their forehead, and others had fifty heads and one hundred arms. Ouranos was disgusted by these deformed creatures and hid them away deep within the earth. Gaia did not agree with this decision and vowed to get revenge upon him. She turned to the Titans for help and promised if one of them would use an adamant sickle against their father they would assume his role as the master of the universe and king of the Titans. Kronos, the largest of the Titans, stepped forward. That same night Kronos snuck up behind his father and cut off his genitals. Kronos raised the genitals in victory spraying blood everywhere. Some of the blood hit Gaia and seeped into her womb (Stone 40). Other drops dripped into Tartarus, the deepest part of the underworld, and created the Furies. Finally, drops would become the Giants of the Earth which would be impervious to death, even by the hands of a god. Although Kronos was now king of the Titans he was told by his mother and father that he would be

They all had dark bloody eyes and their size was at least three times bigger than the normal boars and squirrels. An icy shiver ran down my spine as I thought of all the terrifying beasts that colonized the forests and the way they were willing to claw another creature’s body without a second thought. The beasts were roaring and making its way towards me like a furious lion. They attacked the sturdy trees with devastating power. As it came towards me I could see blood flowing like a waterfall from its teeth.

Not a moment later, a hideous troll crosses the leaf littered path; it’s as macabre as a ghoul, if not more. It grumbles to itself, and scratches it’s extensive, blotchy stomach. With it comes a hideous stench of methane and decay (only the Gods knew what it had been up to). It suddenly stops at the edge of the path. Every animal holds it’s – perhaps – final breath. The grotesque creature then plunders on; animals begin to sing gleefully again, and the wind whispers vociferously once more.

The goddess of nature named Aura, who created light and darkness as a balance. As darkness eroded over light, evil, pain and suffering inhabited the world along with humans and creatures such as giant spiders and lizards in which it represents fear. The goddess realized that this isn’t what was planned. The war between the goddess and the creatures who upset the equilibrium between light and darkness. As the goddess began to balance light and darkness, she traps the excess darkness into a sacred diamond surrounded by her divine powers. As that happened, the ginormous creatures shrunk to resemble the declension of darkness. The goddess next plan were to put the diamond in an area where the sequence of the sacred hierophany in a human form who

According to various accounts of the creation of the world. Hesoids version describes that in the beginning, there was only Erebus, or darkness, Nyx, or night, and Chaos, who has been interpreted as the opening form which the other ancient characters arose. Then appeared Gaea, or mother earth, personified as the solid foundation of the world. Next, was Tartarus who is usually confused with the residence Hades, but was depicted as the father of some of Gaea’s children. Also appearing after Chaos was Eros, the source of sexual love/attraction that brought beings together to produce more children.

Some beasts slithered, some walked on all limbs while others flew and swam. There was also a very odd pair of beasts that had no fur or scales and walked on 2 limbs that would gibber and

In the beginning of time there was nothing but darkness and chaos but then miraculously a being emerged from the empty void called Erebus and night. All was dark, empty and silent until love was born bringing order with it, light was born along with Gaea, the earth from love. Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the sky, and he became her husband surrounding her on all sides. Together they created twelve Titans, three cyclops 's and three Hecatonchires (hundred-handed ones). Uranus did not like the Hecatonchires so he hid them in a secret place in the earth which angered Gaea so greatly that she plotted against him. When she asked her children to aid her in taking revenge against Uranus all of them were too afraid to challenge their father except for the youngest Titan named Kronos. Gaea and Kronos planned their revenge and castrated him as he slept. Uranus disappeared after promising Kronos that the Titans would be punished for what he had done. Kronos was then named ruler, married his sister Rhea and locked up the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes in Tartarus. When Rhea and Kronos had many children Gaea and Uranus prophesied that he would be overthrown by a child of his. To solve the issue Kronos ate all but one of his children in hopes of changing his fate. The child that was not devoured by his father was hidden by Rhea and was named Zeus. Zeus grew up and made a plan to get his siblings back and defeat Kronos. He decided on getting a potion to make

goddess, deep deep down to the frightful underworld, to be seated by the King of the Dead,

“According to the greek creation myth, from Chaos -or nothingness- Night and Darkness (Nyx and Erebus) Emerged. Then Love (Eros, order) formed and Day and Light were created. from these states two entities were formed, Gaea (Earth) and Uranus (sky and Heavens)” (Hamilton 77).

As more and more ancient Near East literature becomes discovered and gains popularity, so too does their creation myths and how they compare to the creation myths from many of the widely practiced religions of today. Two such Near East religious traditions are that of the Mesopotamian tradition and the Egyptian tradition. An examination of each one and how they compare to the Bible-Canaan tradition will elucidate upon the fact that there are a large number of similarities that exist between all three of the aforementioned traditions in terms of their creation myths.

A herd of wild Graluv's ambled by, their calves ran back and forth between the long triad of furry shaped legs.

The egyptian underworld was a dangerous region that one’s spirit had to go through in order to reach afterlife. Throughout the underworld journey, the deceased’s spirit would have to contend with gods, strange creatures and gatekeepers to reach Osiris and the Hall of Final Judgment. There, they would implore their case for entry into the afterlife. The underworld is ruled by the god Osiris. He was believed to be the god of the dead, after being murdered by his own brother Seth and being revived again. For this reason he came to symbolise the hope for eternal life that every Egyptian held. The hall of judgement is the final destination after the trip through the underworld. To enter the afterlife, a soul must stand before the 42 define judges

A shadowy figure, Nyx stood at/or near the beginning of creation. Erebus her brother and companion had two children Aether (Light) and Hemera (Daylight). Later on she had Moros(Doom), Keres(Violent Death), Apate (Deceit), Dolos (Trickery), Nemesis(Revenge), Moirai (Fate), Hesperides (Sunset), Oizys (Misery), Momus(Blame), Oneiroi (Dreams), Hypnos(Sleep), Thanatos(Death), Philotes (Friendship), Geras (Old Age), and Eris(Conflict).