[ CLCV 115 ] PRE-QUIZ #2 Ethnotheogonology PDF

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This is an assignment on ethnotheogonology regarding CLCV 115....

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PRE-QUIZ #2: ETHNOTHEOGONOLOGY 1. An immediate similarity that came to mind was that both Hesiod and Ovid’s creation myths began with the formless entity, Chaos. In both stories, she is described, quite simply, as nothingness. Both myths mention Aether – however, in Ovid’s narration, is another entity who formed the heavens; whereas, in Hesiod’s Theogony, Aether is an air god and the offspring of Erebus and Nyx. Like Hesiod, Ovid mentions an Earth and Sea, as well as the air gods Zephyr and Boreas. Towards the end of the story, Prometheus is mentioned and credited with forming the first man from clay (in Ovid’s Metamorphoses; however, in Hesiod’s Theogony, he is painted as a ingenious trickster who receives divine punishment for his crimes). 2. In both Theogony and Genesis, the Earth was formed from nothingness (in Hesiod’s creation myth, by Chaos; in the biblical narrative, by God). In both stories, the universe was made in succession – first came the Earth, then the heavens/skies, and lastly, the seas. A woman is created; however, in Theogony, she was seen as a curse; in Genesis, the creation of woman was a natural blessing. Both narratives also depict the creation of rivers, but in Genesis, they are neither deities nor are they personified. 3. Like all other creation myths, Enuma Elish illustrates a world formed from nothing. The succession of creation is similar in both Enuma Elish and Genesis; sea, land, then sky....