The Birth of the Gods - The Ancient Greek Creation Myth

A cosmogony is a creation myth, a myth that explains how the universe as we know it came into existence and is a type of story found in most, if not all, cultures that have surviving literature. Creation myths explain how the universe began, and how the world came to be as it is and often, cultures have more than one creation myth. The best known ancient Greek creation myth comes from Hesiod, 8th century BCE, the oldest and only complete surviving ancient Greek creation myth, which had a profound influence on the myths that came after him. Hesiod’s Theogony not only tells us of the origin of the universe or cosmos, the cosmology, but also provides the theogony, the origin of the gods. As the universe is created, the gods are created, and he includes in his account how the gods were all connected, a huge feat considering myths could change over time and different regions sometimes had different versions.
In this video, we cover the main gods of ancient Greece as listed by Hesiod and explore the foundation of the universe and the world he lived in. He was the first to achieve the feat of connecting all of the deities and establishing an order to the universe from its very creation, down to natural phenomena and human emotions and experience.
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0:00​ Introduction
0:59 What is a Creation Myth or Cosmogony?
2:02 Summary of Hesiod’s Theogony
3:00 Family Tree
3:55 Birth of Ouranos
5:13 The Castration of Ouranos
5:58 The Children of Nyx
6:45 Sea Gods
8:02 First Generation of Titans
8:52 Second Generation Titans (Story of Prometheus)
10:05 Zeus and His Siblings
11:20 The Rest of the Olympians
13:43 Outro
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  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia
    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

    Why do you think it was important that everything in the universe was represented by a god or mythological figure of some kind?

  • @WildMen4444

    @WildMen4444

    Жыл бұрын

    The same reason it's important to have conscious beings in the world. As in, not important. That's not how that works. The Greeks were animists. They didn't have many Gods because they wanted to. They had many Gods because they sensed the plurality in the numen of the world

  • @Satyr45

    @Satyr45

    Жыл бұрын

    By attributing a personality to these aspects of the universe, it allows us to form personal, social connections with them. It also allows us to form close bonds with them and show them respect and gratitude for the gifts they give. Each of these aspects are separate from one another but work in unison with each other. It is important to see them as separate to understand how they work separately but also how they work together to form the cosmos as we experience it. It allows us to see the order in what others might see as chaos.

  • @juliagrauel2951

    @juliagrauel2951

    9 ай бұрын

    Well, bcz stories are fun! And these stories predate the ancient Greeks. They go all the way back to the folks who wrote in cuneiform, like your logo! The names are different, but the stories are pretty much the same! Gilgamesh was well known then. The Pleiades and Orion are mentioned in the Bible, as navigattional becons,so they were known by the ppl who lived in Ur of the Chaldees. Job, the oldest book in the Bible mentions them as does another one, Habakkuk, i think. Abram came from there. His great grandson, Joseph, was sold into slavery in Egypt most likely taking the stories. Traveling by day was only possible on land if there were roads. Traveling by night, you look up and see a gazillion stars all making pictures, and voila, stories!!!😅 Fun!!! 🎉

  • @juliagrauel2951

    @juliagrauel2951

    9 ай бұрын

    Plus, there was no TV!! LOL😂

  • @aaronlazaro7226
    @aaronlazaro7226 Жыл бұрын

    Reading the Greek myths is an inspiring source of literary reference. Though old, these classics are the reason why we have stories to tell, unique works of art and architecture, figures of speech, first names like Jason and Penelope, films and TV series like the Star Wars franchise, Clash of the Titans, and Doctor Foster, and even books like the Wonder Woman comics by DC, the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan, and The Sandman graphic novels by Neil Gaiman.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said and very true. Thanks for watching!

  • @scottmcmullan6497
    @scottmcmullan6497 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great video, as always. I did want to make a suggestion, though; the books in the background of these videos look interesting, I’d like to know what they are. Perhaps you could do a video going over them one day?

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Scott. I'll pass this on to Kelly.

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi Жыл бұрын

    Nice summery.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

  • @WildMen4444
    @WildMen4444 Жыл бұрын

    Hail to the Gods of the Greek World!

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏽

  • @BarbeloGnostic-bh7wl
    @BarbeloGnostic-bh7wl Жыл бұрын

    Very informative thank you, I am an Aeon called Bythios

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the kind words! 🙂

  • @Tekmirion
    @Tekmirion Жыл бұрын

    Well said Kelly but the biggest mystery is how they knew that time and their writings are now confirmed by Gaia herself ? Not that i dont know the answer, just curious that noone understands much about them nowadays... It is too easy for some, but so hard for others to understand!

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Very true. Thanks for watching!

  • @nafisraihan6954
    @nafisraihan6954 Жыл бұрын

    PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT {INDO ARYANS}

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the recommendation!

  • @jasonworks1454
    @jasonworks1454 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Kelly, despite DARPA net church of buy our merch... Why everything was represented by an intangible with middle men and the monotheist middle man mark up for access... It's all the capitalist monotheist mark up market could bear... Like DuPont malpractice online.

  • @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    @WorldHistoryEncyclopedia

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching, Jason!