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cosmogony
kosmos - order
gonia - begetting of (bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction)
definition - a mythic or theological narrative detailing the origin and creation of the universe, often explaining how world order emerged from chaos
theogony
theoi - gods
gonia - begetting of (bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction)
definition - creation through generation of personified beings
titanomachy
machē - battle of
definition - refers to a ten-year, epic war in Greek mythology, literally translating to the "Battle of the Titans," where Zeus and the Olympians overthrew the older generation of Titans to gain cosmic supremacy
generation motif
creation through sex & childbirth
primordial eros
generation as a way of comprehending the physical world and relationship between phenomena
succession motif
parents, children, relatives fight to prevail over each other
the primordial gods (no sexual union)
chaos (“abyss”
gaia (“earth”, thing “geology”)
tartaros
eros (“sexual desire”, think erotic)
offspring of gaia (no sexual union)
ouranos (“sky”)
pontos (“sea)
off spring of gaia and tartaros (sexual)
typhois (related to Greek tuphōn, “whirlwind, think typhoon)
offspring of gaia and ouranos (sexual)
the titans (“overreachers”, from Greek verb titainō, “to stretch, strain)
cronos (later itdentified with “time”, chronos in Greek, think chronometer)
rheia
Iapetos, father of promethus
the cyclopes & the hundered-handers
offspring from crastrated ouranos (no sexual union)
aphrodite (acc. to Hesiod, from Greek aphros, foam; think aphrodisiac)
offspring of the titan iapetos (sexual)
atlas, who holds up the sky
prometheus (“forethought”), father of deucalion
epimetheus (“afterthought”), father of pyrrha
offspring of the titans rheia and cronos (sexual): the olympians
hestia
demeter
hera
hades
poseidon
zeus
children of zeus (sexual): the other olympians
metis (“cunning intelligence”), daughter of a titan, swallowed by zeus
athena
demeter (sister)
persephone
leto (daughter of titans)
apollo and artemis
hera (sister)
ares
maia (daughter of titan)
hermes
semele (mortal)
dionysus
offspring of hera (no sexual union)
hephaistos
created by hephaistos and other gods at the request of zeus
pandora