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Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology

All of the myths are basically structured the same. They all start of with a problem, lead into a plan of action, and result in a positive outcome. In the myth "Taming of the Sun", Maui is upset that the sun doesn’t shine for very long each day "life was very difficult because the sun god traveled quickly across the sky and made each day much too short" (361). This is the problem. In "Raven and the Sources of Light" the problem is that everybody lives in eternal darkness, "all living creatures were shrouded in the darkness of an eternal night" (635). In "The Creation of the Titans and the Gods", Gaea’s children were sent into earth where they could not get out, "so as each child was born, Uranus took him form his mother, bound him, and hurled him deep into the Gaea’s being, the earth" (84). This is the problem. After the problems, all the plans of action take place. In "Taming of the Sun" Maui plans to tame the sun, "I am going to tame him" (362). This is the plan of action. The plan in "Raven and the Sources of Light", is Raven decides to disguise himself as the chief’s grandson and steal the sun and the moon, "the woman became pregnant, and in time she gave birth to a son, who was Raven in disguise" (635). In "The Creation of the Titans and the Gods", Gaea and Rhea decide to hide the birth of Zeus from Cronus, "Cronus never realized that a son had escaped his eye" (86). This way Zeus will take over Cronus and rescue Gaea’s children. All the plans always work out and have positive outcomes. In "The Taming of the Sun" Maui tortures the sun until the sun agrees to stay out longer for one half of the year, "during the long season that came to be known as summer, the sun traveled across the sky so slowly that the days were very long" (364) . In "Raven and the Sources of Light" Raven finds the sun and moon, and he lets them free, "from that day until this, the sun, moon, and stars have remained in the sky" (636). In "The Creation of the Titans and the Gods" Zeus wins the war against Cronus, and Gaea’s children are released, "Zeus and his brothers went down to Tartarus to...

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