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Comparison Of Greco-Roman And Norse Mythology
In summary, Greco-Roman and Norse mythologies both believe that the world came from chaos, primordial matter. Greco-Roman mythologies call this chaos, while Norse mythologies call it Ginnungagap. The Greco-Roman creation myth looks somewhat like this, Chaos created the primordial gods, Gaia:the earth, Tartarus: the underworld, Eros:love, Erebus:darkness, Ouranos:sky, and Nyx:night. From Gaia and Ouranos came Okeanos. It was believed Okeanos was a river that surrounded the entire world. Okeanos was the grandfather of Prometheus and Epimetheus. Post Titanomachy Zeus gave Prometheus and Epimetheus, two titans who helped him overthrow Kronos, the job of creating humans. Epimetheus created animals first before he thought about creating men. He
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