CLST 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kumarbi, Erinyes, Parthenogenesis
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Zeus and his siblings and his children. The last children become the next king. Comes on the scene when there"s family"s blood spill. The worst crime is brothers killing sisters, sons killing mothers. They appear when ouranos" dick was cut off because his son did the deed. Kumarbi attacks his father and bites his father"s dick off and swallows it and gets pregnant. Goddess of love and control over life and death. Concerned producing farm animals, crops, and children. Looks sweet and has a nasty temperament. Greek myths based on near eastern myths. It means explanation of where does thing come from. And how does it fit into our society. Gods of heaven vs gods of earth vs gods of the underworld. Male creates female (pandora) to defeat another male. Zeus gives cronos this drug thus making cronos vomit. The last thing shall be the first thing. Cause rheia is a titans so obviously the olympians are fighting her.
