CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Theogony, Erinyes, Anthropomorphism
24 Mar 2015
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Cosmogony: the coming into being of the universe (greek kosmos: order") Theogony: the coming into being of the gods (greek theos: god") Early stages of creation: cosmogony=theogony are the same process. Principal physical components of universe personified as gods and goddesses. Cosmogony: first generation gods: chaos: void", chasm. The first to appear, capable of asexual reproduction, brings into being other beings: The sacred marriage between gaea and uranus produces erinyes and giants (from blood of. Personification of the earth, solid foundation of the cosmos", never loses ability to reproduce, capable of asexual/sexual reproduction, source of life, feminine. From the coupling of tartarus and gaea, we have typhoeus (terrible figure, essence of opposition towards order and civilization, enemy to zeus: tartarus. Beneath hades, the oubliette" of the universe: eros: love" (two genealogies) Powerful god, necessary for sexual union and reproduction. Reflects qualities of chaos (as does nyx) Also: death, sleep, dreams, doom, nemesis, etc.
