Analysis of Popol Vuh
“And so they fell, just an experiment and just a cutout for humankind. They were talking at first but their faces were dry. They were not yet developed in the legs and arms. They had no blood, no lymph. They…
Theogony Analysis-Richard Taveras
“Chaos was born first and after it came Gaia the broad-breasted, the firm seat of all the immortals who hold the peaks of snowy Olympos, and the misty Tartaros in the depths of broad-pathed earth and Eros” Theogony is…
Evolution or Warning ?
” And so they fell, just an experiment and just a cutout for humankind. They were talking at first, but their faces were dry. They were not yet developed in the legs and arms. They had no blood, no lymph….
Analysis of Popol Vuh
And so they accomplished nothing before the Maker, Modeler who gave them birth, gave them heart. They became the first numerous people here on the face of the earth. Again there comes a humiliation, destruction, and demolition. The manikins, woodcarvings…
The role of Gaia in HESIOD, THEOGONY
“Chaos was born first and after it came Gaia the broad-breasted, the firm seat of all the immortals who hold the peaks of snowy Olympos, and the misty Tartaros in the depths of broad-pathed earth and Eros, the fairest of…
HESIOD, THEOGONY
“I begin my song with the Helikonian Muses whose domain is Helikon, the great god-haunted mountain; their soft feet move in the dance that rings the violet-dark spring and the altar of mighty Zeus. They bathe their lithe bodies in the water of Permessos or of Hippokrene or of god-haunted Olmeios. On…
Popol Vuh Analysis
“And the earth was formed first, the mountain-plain. The channels of water were separated; their branches wound their ways among the mountains. The waters were divided when the great mountains appeared.” “Talk, speak out. Don’t moan, don’t cry out. Please…
Theogony Hesiod Analysis
“With their divine voices they first sing the glory of the sublime race of the gods from the beginning, the children born to Gaia and vast Ouranos and of their offspring, the gods who give blessings.” Zues’ daughters sing of…
Hesiod, Theogony
Here are the words the daughters of aegis-bearing Zeus, the Muses of Olympos, first spoke to me. “Listen, you country bumpkins, you pot-bellied blockheads, we know how to tell many lies that pass for truth, and when we wish, we…
Analysis of Theogony Hesiod
“Blessed is the man whom the Muses love; sweet song flows from his mouth. A man may have some fresh grief over which to mourn, and sorrow may have left him no more tears, but if a singer, a servant…
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