As historians around the world get fascinated in the world history ranging from the the civil war that landed upon the New World to the unification of the Three Kingdoms in the eastern continent, there are also myths and ideologies of the creation of the other puzzle pieces which some may refer them as the period of gods existence in the land we are standing on today. Two different opinion from the free thinker and believer would stood by in debating whether god itself really do stand among us or at least exist in this world.
Like all mankind that breathe the same air in this world, I would love to share some of my thoughts of this topic, specifically on Greek Mythology which at present spark most of my interests to learn more of this great believe. Films released in recent years such as Clash of the Titans and its follow up Wrath of the Titans further engulfed me in the rich story of the Greek Mythology.
The 3 main gods in greek, Zeus the leader of the olympians and more easily recognized as the thunder god who hold the thunderbolt in his hand, Poseidon the god who rules all the seas with his trident while lastly Hades the God of the Underworld and mostly said to has the most unpopular position among the three gods after imprisoning their father, Cronus in the very depth of the underworld, Tartarus itself. There's always saying that all of them revolved themselves with lust that perpetuate how we perceived the god would be portrayed.
Unlike other myths in this world, the events that happen in greek mythology are full of incidents where the raping of own sister happen in order for marriage to happen and the abduction of goddess for the sake of forced marriage. At this point, it would definitely be surprising how such events could actually happen in the world of gods. Never would we had guessed that gods too actually have the essence of destruction, lust. The beauty of Zeus's own sister, Hera made Zeus himself wanted to take Hera as her wife while Zeus too has other love affairs. Poseidon on the other hand has Amphitrite as his consort and even fathered numerous children including those with mortal beings. Hades too did his part by kidnapping Persephone through trickery and lies. All of this occur within the grasp of lust and such word should be reckon for us human being to learn and take note.
Of course we could not forget the heroic contributions by these gods which teach us the need to love, fight for justice and impartiality. Not naming any of these examples as a lot of this positive events could even be portray in today society where we learn how to behave in an utmost positive character to survive with integrity and respect. though our actions may well be more or less significant than those of olympian gods but we do carry out all this meaningful and loved actions with sincerity that are far no less than those of gods. Well.... mostly, as there's always a minority of opposite individual that do things differently than the norms.
To end it, enjoy the meaning of this quote " The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity". Thank you for reading till now.
Myth,huh? I believe that most of us had heard many since young; it left a magical impression on us— either the moral behind, or the vast space for imagination. Like the fairy tale we heard during childhood—but sound even more real, or in other word, frightening. We know Snow White or Cinderella never really exist, but we can’t actually denied the existence of those “gods, “heroes” and their stories.
ReplyDeleteFor me they are not very different from the humans, they have lust, they fight, they love. What differs between these two was the magical power, or whatsoever “qualities” that an ordinary won’t have. That’s what we should learn from, (not the super power, of course we can never learn)
Fairy tales and myths are what gave us beliefs during our childhood. As you said we should learn from their actions and don't be too focus on their abilities which we would not have in our lives. We don't stop because of this differences but we strive to work even harder through this incident!~
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