Lane Cervantes Pre quiz 3 Ethnotheogonology 1 There are a number of similarities between the creation myth told by Hesiod and the one told by Ovid For example They both start with Chaos the formless void After that it is explained that the Earth and the Sea come However Chaos Earth and the Sea are all personified by gods in the Hesiod myth whereas in Ovid s myth they are not 2 The similarities between the Genesis creation myth and Hesiod s creation myth include that they both describe the universe as being in a state of formlessness as well as the creation of the earth and water and eventually men However it is not as clear when humans come into being in Hesiod s version and the formless state in Genesis is attributed to the earth 3 Both involve something existing in the beginning as opposed to creating something out of nothing And like the other myths among the first things created in Enuma Elish are water sea the sky and earth 4 a 15 January 1962 b It contains a poem attributed to Orpheus c It is likely one of the oldest books in western tradition
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