Gaia

Published in 1965 by James Lovelock, the Gaia Hypothesis proposes that organism’s interact with their inorganic surrounding on Earth to form a complex, self-regulating system that maintains the conditions of life on the planet. The theory has sparked religious, philosophical reflection, and challenged assumptions about the evolution, and the importance of humans in determining environmental change, and the relationship between life and the environment. In this essay I will be exploring and comparing the Gaia hypothesis in relation to Algic indigenous tribes beliefs and ideology. Land destruction and global warming are ecological problems that can be approached with the ideology of the Gaia theory. insights from the Gaia theory to similar…

Uranus the primal Greek god personifying the sky. His equivalent in Roman mythology was Caelus. In Ancient Greek literature, Uranus or Father Sky was the son and husband of Gaia, Mother Earth. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Uranus was conceived by Gaia alone, but other sources cite Aether as his father. Uranus and Gaia were the parents of the first generation of Titans, and the ancestors of most of the Greek gods, but no cult addressed directly to Uranus survived into Classical times, and…

Goddess, Gaia was created from the raging chaos that existed before the beginning of time. She gave birth to Uranus, the king of the sky. They became the first husband and wife. The underworld is represented because Gaia and Uranus bore many children, but they were monsters with 100 arms and one eyed creatures called Cyclops (University of Phoenix,,1995-2020).These monsters were like giants. Uranus feared the monsters, although they were his children and he sent them under the earth later called…

the wives, however, is shown as more passive, manipulative personalities. For instance, when Gaia decides she cannot suffer her children being enclosed in her any longer, she sends Kronos to castrate Ouranos as a direct destruction of the most obvious part of his masculinity. As a result, when Kronos swallows his children himself, Rhea must use her femininity to dispose of him. She offers a rock to Kronos to swallow, which he accepts, and that shows Kronos does not believe his wife will try to…

(Room, Adrian 145 pg.) Although never associated with evil or being demonic, worshipers still were sullen when hearing his name and while making a sacrifice, they would avert their eyes to avoid any reference to the Underworld. (Cotterell, Arthur & Storm, Rachel 47 pg.) Even his wife Persephone, Goddess of spring growth didn’t want to be married to the God of the dead in fact, she was stolen by Hades when she was playing in a meadow on a sunny day. Not known to ever travel to the realm of the…

variations of the same myths were created, and each had a different perspective on the listener. Ancient Greeks celebrated their religion is several ways. They would build monuments, buildings, and statues in honor of their gods, and they would also hold festivals, rituals, and even sacrifices. It was their goal to keep their gods satisfied, and mythology was an integral part of their culture and lives. The most significant myth in Greek mythology’s history is the story of creation. It started…

The first similarity that stood out to me was the theme of punishment for disobeying of a superior figure. In Hesiod’s Theogony, he references the story of Prometheus, the god who stole fire for the human race. Hesiod details the punishment for this “And he bound Prometheus with ineluctable fetters, / Painful bonds, and drove a shaft through his middle” Theogony ln. 303-304. In Genesis, God has one rule: “Nevertheless of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you are not to eat, for on the…

Nyx was the Primordial Goddess and embodiment of Night. She was the daughter of Khaos, and sister to Erebus and Gaia. Nyx had a large amount of children, two of which were with her brother Erebus, Hermera (Day) and Aether (Brightness). The rest she created by herself, from what was found during researching. Included in this bunch was Moros (Doom and Destiny), Hypnos (God of Sleep), Oizys (Pain and Distress, and Thanatos (death), though there were many more. Nyx was often symbolized as a lady in…

She is depicted as a beautiful, desirable, and seductive woman that rose from the foam of the sea and is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Greek divinities. There are many myths pertaining to her specific origins, all being very different in nature. However, the most famous story of Aphrodite’s birth would be the castration of Uranus, the god that symbolized the skies. Gaia, the wife of Uranus, bore many children to him, all of whom he hated. Uranus chose to imprison Gaia’s…

Titans only because they are already against him. One of Zeus’s allies, Kottos, tells him, “Because of your intelligence; we find An unexpected end to suffering. Now with our minds intent, and eager hearts, We will preserve your power in dreadful war Against the Titans, on the battlefield” (PM 163). This shows that Zeus is already a hero before he defeats Kronos and the Titans, and that he already has all the power he can have in a couple of ways. First is how Kottos uses the word preserve; this…