How, according to the views of the Pelasgians, did the universe come into being? Detailed answer

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How, according to the views of the Pelasgians, did the universe come into being?

According to the religious ideas of the Pelasgians (the most ancient population of Greece), at the beginning of creation, Eurynome, the goddess of all things, rose from Chaos.

First of all, she separated the sky from the sea, and then, dancing over the waves, she caught and squeezed the wind in her palms - and the great serpent Ophion appeared in front of her. Eurynome danced more and more furiously, until a desire arose in Ophion, and he impregnated the goddess. Then she turned into a dove and, after the allotted time, laid the World Egg. Ophion turned seven times around this egg and hatched it until it split and everything that exists in the world appeared from it: the sun, the moon, planets, stars, the earth and its mountains, rivers, trees, grasses and living beings.

Eurynome and Ophion settled on Olympus, but then ceded it to Kronos and Rhea and were thrown into the depths of the Ocean.

Some say that Ophion offended Euryne by declaring himself the creator of the universe. For this, the goddess hit the snake with her heel on the head, knocked out all his teeth and banished him to the gloomy underground caves of Tartarus.

Author: Kondrashov A.P.

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