CLA204H1 Lecture : Creation of Humans
Document Summary
+ humans grow from earth (an idea inspired from agriculture) + humans moulded from earth/clay by creator-god (an idea inspired by pottery) + biblical account: spirit of god breathed into earth. + blood of kingu, rebel god, threat to marduk, partner of tiamat. + blood of the giants, sent against zeus by gaea. + state of being was close to divine. Separation from the gods result of some fault/sin. Fore-learner (his brother is epimetheus, after learner ) + in aeschylus" play, responsible for just about all human culture. + ovid: prometheus fashioned man from earth and water. Son of lapetus (who was son of gaea and uranus) Titan, but sided with zeus in titanomachy. Prometheus tricks zeus in the division of meat. + zeus"s punishment: takes fire away from man; gives man toil. + prometheus steals divine fire in a fennel stalk and gives it to man. + prometheus chained to a rock; an eagle eats his liver.
