[lit-ideas] Re: One fewer god
- From: Robert Paul <guimbarde9@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:23:33 -0700 (PDT)
Jack Spratt wrote:
"Abraham's or Zoroaster did not arrive at their teachings about god entirely
from their tribal experience, they were original thinkers. God(s) come out of
man's head like Venus coming out of Zeus' but what they look like and how they
are accepted by those nearby becomes part of the culture."
You are, perhaps, thinking of Athena, who according to myth, literally emerged
from Zeus's head, after he had swallowed her mother. Venus is the Roman
counterpart of Aphrodite, who emerged from the foam after Cronos castrated his
father, Uranos, and threw his genitals into the sea. Homer's account of her
origins differs, and in it, Aphrodite is the daughter of Zeus and a sky
goddess, Dione.
The earlier version makes a better painting though.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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