According to Metamorphoses, the creation started with a huge blob of everything. There was chaos where the earth is now placed and this was changed by Zeus. He lighted a cigarette and this separated land from sea and creatures started emerging but there were no words. Zeus then created words and communication which would be used by the humans he created. "Some say the god perfected the world," "others maintain that we came from the natural order of things"(7)
I noticed how this version of the creation is similar to the Christian one in that they both have a deity create everything, but in this one earth was already there but in chaos. Another thing I noticed is that Zeus lights a cigarette which is obviously a bad human habit and shows how Greek gods were like humans. I also liked how they put in the doubt of evolution which has always been present.
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