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describes stories about the gods and mans relation with them
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| has roots in historical fact but is often exaggerated and embellished |
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| made primarily to entertain |
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| the belief that myths are attempts to explain facts that cannot be explained by the knowledge available at the time |
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| the first author to explain where all of the gods came from |
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| the first "god".Name means "yawning void". From him came Ge, Tartarus, Eros, Erebus, and Night |
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| Earth goddess. Daughter of Chaos. Archetypal mother goddess. From her came Uranus, Mountains, and Pontus. Ge and her son Uranus fuck and she gives birth to the 12 Titans, the Cyclopes, and the Hecatonchires |
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| Son of Chaos. A place deep in the depths of the earth |
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| Son of Chaos. the gloomy darkness of Tartarus |
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| Sacred marriage, almost always between a male sky god and female earth goddess. The primary significance of this union is not as a model of love or as a symbol of sex as revelation, but as a basic model of successful procreation |
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| 6 males 6 females. Oceanus, Coeus, Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, Theia, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Tethys, and Cronus |
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| Son and lover of Ge. They produce the 12 titans, the cyclopes, and the hecatonchires. Uranus hated all of his children and hid them inside of Ge. His son Cronus cuts off Uranus's nuts and throws them from heaven. Aphrodite born from the blood in the waves and the Giants born from the blood on the earth. |
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