CLASS 310 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Erebus, Theogony
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A void lack of anything at all, an empty space to be filled up later with the things that come into being. Produced 5 primordial deities: gaea - earth the first 3 manifestations of nature: ourea mountains, pontus sea, & Uranus sky: tartarus - closest thing to hell, eros - lust, erebos - darkness, nix - night. Gaea & uranus mate through heiros gamos (sacred marriage when uranus rains onto from this, 6 titans & 6 titanesses are conceived: Hyperion & theia, who give birth to helios sun, selene moon, & eos dawn. Mnemosyne memory will beat the muses, who inspire artists to creation. Cronus cutter & rhea flow (menstrual flow, nature goddess) Iapetus will sire prometheus forethought; foremost champ of humans. Theogony is a creation myth (dealing with the universe) that turns into a succession myth (dealing with the 3 stages leading to zeus" becoming king)
