Before earth, sea, and heaven were created there was Chaos, which was a confused and shapeless mass. Everything was mixed up. Air was not air, earth was not earth, and sea was not sea. God and Nature finally put an end to this discord separating everything into its proper setting. A God who is unknown then made the terrain of earth by appointing rivers and raising mountains along with distributing fertile fields and stony plains. He then created the stars and the animals that took possession of the land and sea, but there was nobler animal wanted, so Man was made. This creature was made in the image of the Gods. There were two titans in charge of this nobler creature, their names were Prometheus and Epimetheus. Prometheus and Epimetheus were
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For the first story, Jupiter, the lord of heaven was said to have created a woman named Pandora and sent her to Prometheus and Epimetheus to punish them for having stolen fire from heaven. She was made in heaven, all the Gods contributed to her making. When all was settled, she was given to Epimetheus and he gladly took her in. He was weary of her though and warned his brother of Jupiter and his gifts. There was a jar that Epimetheus had contained harmful articles. Pandora was a curious and wanted to know what was in the jar. One day, her curiosity getting the best of her; she opened the jar. Upon the jar being opened, all the contents inside escaped. All the contents that escaped were disastrous for mankind. There was arthritis and colic, along with envy and spite. Pandora panicked and quickly tried to replace the lid, but it was no use. Everything had already escaped, all but one thing which lay at the bottom of the jar, hope. In the second story it is said that Jupiter actually sent Pandora as a gift to bless man. She was given a box that contained marriage blessings which were given to her by the Gods. She wasn’t paying attention and she opened the box, all the blessing escaping from it, all but hope. The moral of this story is that hope never leaves us. It is also saying that no amount of illness can completely do us
For the first story, Jupiter, the lord of heaven was said to have created a woman named Pandora and sent her to Prometheus and Epimetheus to punish them for having stolen fire from heaven. She was made in heaven, all the Gods contributed to her making. When all was settled, she was given to Epimetheus and he gladly took her in. He was weary of her though and warned his brother of Jupiter and his gifts. There was a jar that Epimetheus had contained harmful articles. Pandora was a curious and wanted to know what was in the jar. One day, her curiosity getting the best of her; she opened the jar. Upon the jar being opened, all the contents inside escaped. All the contents that escaped were disastrous for mankind. There was arthritis and colic, along with envy and spite. Pandora panicked and quickly tried to replace the lid, but it was no use. Everything had already escaped, all but one thing which lay at the bottom of the jar, hope. In the second story it is said that Jupiter actually sent Pandora as a gift to bless man. She was given a box that contained marriage blessings which were given to her by the Gods. She wasn’t paying attention and she opened the box, all the blessing escaping from it, all but hope. The moral of this story is that hope never leaves us. It is also saying that no amount of illness can completely do us