Hi people! In this unit we are talking about Shakespeare, and he uses a lot of myths to write his stories. So, I was thinking that not everyone knows the Greek myths that well, and I also want to share stuff. This series will probably go on for a while, because I want to tell you about the Greek myths, and also because the myths are usually RLLY weird. These stuff tend to be more like stories then formal essays, so it will be way easier to read through. OK, I’ll start now, enjoy!

Okay, so firstly, I’ll tell you the Greek version of creation (btw its really messed up 😕 ). In the beginning, there is practically nothing. The universe is basically a soup with ALL the elements mixed into it. One day, the eternal soup suddenly formed a consciousness. It named itself Chaos. Eventually, Chaos got less chaotic. Some of its elements in the eternal soup solidified and formed the earth. As you might guess, the earth also formed a personality. She called herself Gaea(or Gaia in English), the earth mother. Okay, here I may need to explain a bit. Gaia is the actual earth, but she, being a goddess, can also turn into a human form. The human form is like an illusion with all the her power. After a long time alone, she look up at the misty nothingness above the earth and thought,”I think a sky would be perfect above the earth, and it’ll be nice too if the sky is a handsome man i can fall in love with.” Either Chaos responded, or Gaia just willed it to happen. BOOM! Done, a sky! The sky named himself Uranus. I don’t know why he named himself that, but yeah. Why he doesn’t give himself a better name, I’m not sure :-P. Like Gaia, Uranus can take on a human form and come visit the world. Uranus and Gaia got married, happily ever after.

LOL NOT. One of the problems is that Chaos went bizarre. Hes probably thinking like, “Heck, earth and sky, that was fun. Hmm, I wonder…” Pretty soon, Chaos made all sorts of other trouble, uh, I mean gods.  First, Chaos collected water from its body and created the seas. As you might guess, the water developed a consciousness. He called himself Pontus. Then Chaos went nuts and thought, “I know! Lets make a dome like the sky, but at the bottom of the earth!” So, another dome formed under the earth, but unlike the sky, this dome is dark and murky, and not really nice. This is Tartarus, the pit of evil.  The problem was that both of these gods like Gaia. There is also a little-mentioned deity called Erebus, who is also made by Chaos. Erebus is the embodiment of darkness

A bunch of other primordial gods popped up. I wont state them all, because there is really too much, but here’s the important ones.  Chaos and Tartarus had a kid together (I don’t even know how don’t ask), called Nyx, who is the embodiment of Night. (Fun fact but don’t really matter, Nyx is the first child to be born ever.) Nyx went out to marry Erebus, god of darkness. Perfect match right? However, Nyx somehow give birth to the primordial gods, Aether (god of light) and Hemera (goddess of day). Maybe its because negative times negative equals positive 😐 . Anyway, Nyx and Erebus tried again, and came up with a bunch of nasty children. For example, there’s the god of death, god of sleep, god of old age, god of scorn, goddess of strife, goddess of revenge, and the goddess of fraud.

Okay , this is the first part which is longer than I thought, and I need to rest a bit after the next part. Pls comment if you have any suggestions. In the next part, I’ll go back to Gaia and Uranus’s story. Thx for reading!

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