Monday, October 19, 2009

Theo Notes

Myth: A story of the Gods and ancient heros, which Symbolically alludes to forces that affect the lives of human beings.

Myths of creation in Babylon:

Atrahasis epic: Humans were created to be the Slaves of the Gods, providing offerings to the Gods. So that the Gods would not have to work.

EnumaElish: Marduk killed Tiamat and divided her corpus to form the dome of heaven and Earth.

- Genesis1:1 and Babylonian myths of creation have these qualities in common: Chaos is present before creation; the Earth is flat; and the Sky is a dome.


Etiology: A story set in the distant past that explains the origins of an aspect of humans living in the Present.

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