RELI 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cyclops, Dikti, Physis
10 Apr 2018
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Earth was flat, and in a sphere that was the sky with water all around and the underworld would be underneath that. Chaos was the first force, in a void or chaos itself. Have children that are monsters 12 titans, cyclops, hecatonchires (100 hands) 12 titans- cronos wanted to kill uranus (first titan to be born) and ripped uranus" genitals off and tossed them. Blood from genitals turned into the furies, giants and ash tree nymphs. His genitals continued to fly into the sea and turned into foam and aphrodite was born (married love and good love) Erebus and night = hemera (day) and aether (god of upper world) Hypnos and thanatos twins sleep and death you poke them to see if death or sleep. The furies (come after u if you murder your mother or father) Charon, the ferryman takes you to the underworld. Metis ( goddes of wisdom) mother of athena.
