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The Pandora myth first appeared in lines 560–612 of Hesiod's poem in epic meter, the Theogony (c. 8th–7th centuries BCE), without ever giving the woman a name. After humans received the stolen gift of fire from Prometheus, an angry Zeus decides to give humanity a punishing gift to compensate for the boon they had been given.
In Greek mythology, Pandora (Ancient Greek: Πανδώρα, derived from πᾶν, pān, i.e. "all" and δῶρον, dōron, i.e. "gift", thus "the all-endowed", "all-gifted" or "all-giving") [1] was the name of the following women: Pandora, first human woman created by the gods. [2]
Known as a woman who in the evening spins flax and wool, shears sheep, and has a large head and long arms. Troglav, deity in Slavic mythology whose three heads were believed to represent sky, earth and the underworld. Veles, horned god of the underworld, water, the earth, wealth, and cattle; Volos, Slavic god of earth, waters, and the underworld.
First woman may refer to: Eve, the first woman in Abrahamic religions Aclima, Luluwa or Calmana, in Abrahamic traditions, the first woman born; Lilith, the first independent woman created and demonic figure in Judaic mythology, supposedly the primordial she-demon and alternatively first wife of Adam; Lucy, an early female australopithecine that ...
Pandora's box is a metaphor for something that brings about great troubles or misfortune, but also holds hope. In Greek mythology, Pandora's box was a gift from the gods to Pandora, the first woman on Earth. It contained all the evils of the world, which were released when Pandora opened the box.
Hesiod's Theogony, (c. 700 BCE) which could be considered the "standard" creation myth of Greek mythology, [1] tells the story of the genesis of the gods. After invoking the Muses (II.1–116), Hesiod says the world began with the spontaneous generation of four beings: first arose Chaos (Chasm); then came Gaia (the Earth), "the ever-sure foundation of all"; "dim" Tartarus (the Underworld), in ...
The Dogon people believe the Earth goddess was made when Amma flung earth into the primordial void. [36] In a Madagascar myth, two gods create human beings: the earth god forms them from wood and clay, the god of heaven gives them life. Human beings die so that they may return to the origins of their being. [37]
Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the culture, arts, and literature of Western civilization and remains part of Western heritage and language. Poets and artists from ancient times to the present have derived inspiration from Greek mythology and have discovered contemporary significance and relevance in the themes. [4]: 43