How do explain things that you don’t understand? Greek myths seemed so logical to the early man that they did not stir up disbelief, thus, believing that they held the answers to the world’s questions. As men’s curiosity grew, they thought of creation myths creating the answers they looked for. Things that were unexplainable suddenly made sense with these myths that involved gods, goddesses, and mythological creatures. Greek myths explain the origins of natural phenomenons and why they happen. For example, they explained how the red anemone flower was created, how the seasons were created, and the creation of men and the world.
First, the myth of Adonis explains how the red anemone sprang from the earth where he died. Adonis did not …show more content…
“Demeter did not refuse, poor comfort through it was that she must lose Persephone for four months every year and see her young loveliness go down to the world of the dead,” (Hamilton 60). What happens in the myth explains why winter lasts for four months and how spring follows up. The Greek Goddess of agriculture, Demeter is associated with the seasons. Her daughter, Persephone was kidnapped by the Greek God, Hades and took her to the underworld. Demeter was devastated and soon enough, all the crops were dying and she did not take care of them for she was too sad. Zeus sent Hermes to persuade Hades to let go of Persephone, he agreed but made her eat pomegranate seeds for it assure her return for four months. “At Hermes’ words she sprang up joyfully, eager to go...And he made her eat a pomegranate seed, knowing in his heart that if she did so she must return to him” (Hamilton 59). When Demeter does not have her daughter with her, she is upset and that’s when the crops get affected, they start to die as the soil is not fertile enough. When Persephone returns, the months that follow-up are spring and summer, the crops are growing again and there’s is no danger of people dying from starvation. These myths explained the origins of what was unknown to man just like it explained how they themselves were created along with the Earth they live
First, the myth of Adonis explains how the red anemone sprang from the earth where he died. Adonis did not …show more content…
“Demeter did not refuse, poor comfort through it was that she must lose Persephone for four months every year and see her young loveliness go down to the world of the dead,” (Hamilton 60). What happens in the myth explains why winter lasts for four months and how spring follows up. The Greek Goddess of agriculture, Demeter is associated with the seasons. Her daughter, Persephone was kidnapped by the Greek God, Hades and took her to the underworld. Demeter was devastated and soon enough, all the crops were dying and she did not take care of them for she was too sad. Zeus sent Hermes to persuade Hades to let go of Persephone, he agreed but made her eat pomegranate seeds for it assure her return for four months. “At Hermes’ words she sprang up joyfully, eager to go...And he made her eat a pomegranate seed, knowing in his heart that if she did so she must return to him” (Hamilton 59). When Demeter does not have her daughter with her, she is upset and that’s when the crops get affected, they start to die as the soil is not fertile enough. When Persephone returns, the months that follow-up are spring and summer, the crops are growing again and there’s is no danger of people dying from starvation. These myths explained the origins of what was unknown to man just like it explained how they themselves were created along with the Earth they live