AR201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Enûma Eliš, Ullikummi, Abzu
14 Feb 2018
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Creation myths are etiological- explain how the world came to be. Creation myths are also cosmogonies- provide an account of universe"s physical origin and organization. Genesis: 1st account- attributed to priestly writer, in 6th cent bce, referred to god as. "lord: an account of his creation of mankind first-1st adam then eve was made from. Adams rib, as his helper: tree of knowledge of good and evil- world tree yggdrasil in icelandic myth, eve takes fruit from the tree of knowledge committing the first sin, problems of mankind blamed on this act. Inspired by the 9 muses to write theogony. Gave him a laurel (bay) staff - laurel is a symbol of apollo, god of poetry. Muses: divine patronesses of the arts, 9 daughters of zeus and mnemosyne (memory) Act of castration permanently separates the earth and the sky. Blood from castration produced erinyes (the furies) Birth of aphrodite from the sea around severed phallus.
