CLAS 1P95 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theogony, Anthropomorphism, Oceanus
23 Mar 2018
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Children of night (nyx) - more abstract things than gaia"s children. Even though kronos actually cuts gaia and ouranos apart, it is the action of eris. With ouranos on top of gaia, there was no space for life to grow, so. Kronos" actions created space between them allowing things to grow. *all of the children are slightly scary, but are necessary for the universe to function. Nereus - the old man of the sea. Like all sea gods, nereus has countless children (incredibly fertile) Ancestors of monsters (where we get physical monsters from) These two coming together create various monsters and serpents. Has children with other monsters typhaon and orthos. The three or 50 headed dog of the underworld. Only with gaia do we see a real attempt to control this through thought and action. Ouranos gave them this name after his castration.
