Friday, October 29, 2010

How did man come into existence in greek myths?

I will tell you the answer but I would have to start from the start. I can now tell you Athena(Goddess of Wisdom and warfare) and Prometheus(God of Fire),created mankind. This is how the story starts:
Prometheus and Epimetheus were spared imprisonment in Tartarus because they have not fought with their fellow Titans during the war with the Olympians. They were given the task to creating man. Prometheus shaped man out of mud and Athena breathed life into his clay figure. Prometheus assigned Epimetheus the task of giving the creatures of the earth their various qualities such as swiftness,cunning,strength,fur and wings. Unfortunately,by the time Prometheus got to create man,Epimetheus had given all the good qualities out and there were none left for man. So Prometheus decided to make man stand upright as the gods did and give them fire. Prometheus loved man more than the Olympians,who had banished most of his family to Tartarus. When Zeus decreed that man must present a portion of each animal they sacrificed to the gods,Prometheus decided to trick Zeus. He created two piles,one with bones wrapped with juicy fat,the other with the good meat hidden in the hide. He then baded Zeus to pick. Zeus picked the bones. Since he had given his word,Zeus had to accept that as his share and future sacrifices. In his anger over the trick,he took fire away from man. However,Prometheus lit a torch from the sun and brought it back again for man. Zeus was enraged man had fire again. He decided to inflict a terrible punishment to man and Prometheus. To punish man,Zeus had Haphaestus to create a mortal with stunning beauty. The gods gave the mortal many gifts of wealth.He then had hermes to give the mortal a deceptive heart and a lying tongue. This creation was Pandora,the first woman. A final gift was a jar Pandora was forbidden to open. Thus,Zeus completed Pandora and sent her to Epimetheus who was staying amongst men. Prometheus had warn Epimetheus never to accept gifts from Zeus but Pandora's beauty was too great so he allowed Pandora to stay. Eventually,Pandora's curiousity about the jar she was forbidden to open became too great.She opened the jar and out flew all the manor of evils,sorrows,plagues and misfortunes. However,the bottom of the jar held one good thing-hope.
Zeus was angry at Prometheus for 3 things:being tricked by sacrifices,stealing fire for men and for refusing to tell Zeus which of his children will dethrone him. Zeus had his servents,Force and Violence,seize Prometheus,take him to Caucasus Montains,chain him to a rock and chain him with a unbreakable adamanite chains. Here he was tormented day and night by a giant eagle tearing at his liver. Zeus gave Prometheus two ways to get out of this torment. He could tell Zeus who is the mother of the child that will dethrone him. Or meet two conditions: First,that an immortal must volunteer to die for Prometheus. Second,that a mortal must kill the eagle and unchain him. Eventually,chiron the centuar,agreed to die for him and Heracles killed the eagle and unbound Prometheus.

How did Greek Titans come about?

Look,some of you guys might be wandering how did greek Titans come about. Titans are indeed created by something. According to the myths,in the beginning were primodial forces. Gaia,the great mother of Earth,sprung into existence at the same time as Eros and Tartaros. Gaia,mated with the heavens(Ouranos) and the sea(Pontos). From her union with Ouranos,came the hecatonchires(Hundred-Handers:Kottos,Briares and Gyes),the three Cyclops(Brontes,Sterope and Arges),and the Titans(Kronos,Rhea,Cruis,Coeus,Phoebe,Oceanus,Tethys,Hyperion,Thea,Iapetus,Mnemosyne and Themis).The Titan Kronos later killed his father and mated with Rhea and created the first Olympian Gods.