Omari Lyons - Creation and Archetype Essay lyrics

The Genesis and Greek creation story are both similar and different in how they use literary archetypes. One similarity of the archetypes between the Greek and the genesis stories would be the villain archetype. In the Greek story “To avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born” Greek Creation story. This makes Cronus the villain. He swallowed his children because he was greedy with power. In the Genesis story the serpent told the women “you won't die God knows the moment you eat from the tree you will see what's really going on' Genesis creation story. This makes the serpent the villain. He is trying to go against God's word and make Eve do something God told her not to do. The villain archetype is the person in the story who brings harm among others. Both of these stories contain this archetype. One difference in the archetype in the archetype would be that Genesis has a sibling rivalry and the Greek story has b a father vs son rivalry. In the genesis story “Cronus was yet to be defeated. He and the titans, except Prometheus, Epimethius, and Ocean*s, fought to retain their power” Genesis creation story. Cronus is angry with his son Zeus and is ready to go to war with him. This proves this is a father son rivalry. In the genesis story “Cain brought an offering to god from the produce of his farm. Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd choice out of meat” Genesis creation story. Cain and Abel are competing to give god there offerings. This proves that this is a sibling rivalry. These two archetype shows the differences these stories have.