Zeus is basically the God of all Gods. He rules Mt. Olympus and is the God of the sky and also the God of thunder. Maia however, was also born on Mt. Cyclene in Arcadia.
Anu, (Akkadian), Sumerian An, Mesopotamian sky god and a member of the triad of deities completed by Enlil and Ea (Enki). Like most sky gods, Anu, although theoretically the highest god, played only a small role in the mythology, hymns, and cults of Mesopotamia. He was the father not only of all the gods but also of evil spirits and demons, most prominently the demoness Lamashtu, who preyed on infants. Anu was also the god of kings and of the yearly calendar. He was typically depicted in a headdress with horns, a sign of strength.
The evolution of creation among these cultures is heading toward a class structure of male leadership. The creators of these new societies were driven by Great Goddesses and Great Gods. The Greek society tells a story of creation moving from a mother - dominated culture to a father dominated one. The Norse kings claimed Odin as the patriarch of their male - dominated class structure. Odin is considered the father of both gods and humans.
These myths do exactly what their title insinuates, explains the creation of the cosmos and life. This paper will examine two creation myths from two different cultures, Norse Mythology and Genesis Mythology. This paper will compare and contrast many different aspects of both of these myths including the various worlds, the creators, and the importance of the myths in culture. Norse Mythology and Genesis: An Overview The Norse creation myth is the combination of various types of creation including secretion, sacrifice, and accretion/ conjunction myths. Norse mythology explains the beginning of life coming from burning ice and biting flame (Leonard & McClure, 2004).
For example, Apollo was the god of medicine and poetry, Venus was the god of love, Juno represented females and marriage, and Jupiter played the highest role as overseer of the heavens and Earth. As the empire expanded, Roman law demanded respect be paid to these and other gods and goddesses (Beard, 217). Within each household, Roman people were permitted to have their own person gods who protected their home, family, land and its inhabitants. These gods were referred to as lares who
What are the main attributes and functions of Zeus? Zeus’ main role is the “ruler of the gods” and “king of heaven” (Harris & Platzner, 2008, pp 182) he possesses great strength with the ability to control and regulate weather conditions, mainly thunder and lightning. While his sexual appetite leads him to father a number of children from both mortal and immortal women he was the guarder of cosmic order as well as justice and protector of mount
University of Phoenix Material Divine Roles Across Cultures Part I Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Possible options of divine roles include the following: father or mother divinities, divinities of war, home or hearth divinities, divinities of love, divinities of wisdom, divinities of medicine or health, divinities of the wind, divinities of agriculture, divinities of the sky, ruler of all the gods, and so on. Identify the role in the title of your table. Select two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the divinity names and cultures in columns A and B.
However they also share a number of differences because they developed in different regions with different natural influences. Egypt and Mesopotamia were both governed by god-kings. The idea of a god-king was common in early complex societies. A king established his rule by a divine right bestowed upon him by the gods of his people. Mesopotamia was broken into thirty-five separate city-states and “The ruler of each city-state claimed to rule with the support of the local guardian deity…” (Hansen and Curtis 36).
In the earlier times all of the religions were focused around the strength and power of the gods, which they inferred to be a part of nature. This continued into the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations, where the gods were centered on the strongest elements of nature, such as Horus who was the god of the sky. Mesopotamian people would create ziggurats or temples to these gods of nature, such as Anu who was the god of the sky.
The obvious role of men in the Epic of Gilgamesh is that of the position of power. Anu, a male, is the most powerful God. Furthermore, not only is Gilgamesh the king of Uruk, but he is also two-thirds god, which gives him unparalleled power, at least in the human world. This is evident in the way he rules. "By day and by night his tyranny grows harsher... lets no daughter go free to her mother... lets no girl go free to her bridegroom."