Leslie Del Aguila - Creation Essay lyrics

The Genesis and Greek creation stories are both similar and different in how they use literary archetypes. Both the Greek and Genesis creation story utilize the villain archetype. Greek detail: “Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born” (Greek Myth). This Proves that Cronus is taking the role of villain archetype. His lust for power is so great that he selfishly sacrifices his own children to keep the throne. Genesis detail: “The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made” (Genesis Myth). The serpent is so jealous of god's power and is really clever. He is really jealous that he convinces the woman to disobey god and eat from the tree of knowledge. These examples show both stories using the villain archetype. The Greek and Genesis creation stories also contrast, with the former having an epic battle and a garden archetype. Greek detail: “The Hecatoncheires he set in ambush armed with boulders. With the time right, Zeus retreated drawing the Titans into the Hecatoncheires's ambush” (Greek Myth). This proves that there is an epic battle because Zeus set the Hecatoncheires in ambush. Zeus fights against Cronus and there is a huge battle with a lot of chaos and destruction. Genesis detail: “God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat” (Genesis Myth). This line is a garden archetype because god made a beautiful and peaceful garden. God mad a beautiful garden in Eden while in the Greek Myth there is no such thing in a garden archetype. Both the Greek and the Genesis creation stories differ because the Greek Myth doesn't have a garden archetype while Genesis does and the Genesis Myth doesn't have a father/son rivalry archetype while the Greek Myth does.