CLT-3378 Lecture Notes - Theogony, Anthropomorphism, Etiology
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Roman myth: myths that have to do with rome itself. When that god has human shape, personality, behavior, etc: memory (has kids, earth (she carries many children and many gils, night/day characters, chaos, theogony: coming to be a god. Hundred arms: heaven (father) is jealous of his sons that are manlier than him. Heaven (uranus) 1st ruler [dome above the earth] Cronos removes his father"s genitals (castrates him) then he throws it into the sea. Heaven can"t be a ruler or king because he isn"t a male anymore because he was castrated by his son. Cronos youngest child takes over as 2nd ruler. Was cronos justified to castrate his father, heaven (uranus): possibly because he is trying to justify the abuse by heaven. Aphrodite (comes from foam of heaven"s genitals) from hesiod"s narrative. Greek thunderbolt is different shape in zeus"s hand and the eagle.
