Gods and Goddesses story line
STORY LINE
I. CREATION OF THE EARTH - (5 minutes)
(Video Presentation – From dark to the creation of the Earth)
In the beginning there was only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells, and Night. All else was empty, silent, endless, darkness. Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the Earth appeared.
Then Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to Ether, the heavenly light, and to Day the earthly light. Then Night alone produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and others that come to man out of darkness.
Meanwhile Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the heavens.
Cronus became the next ruler. He married Rhea, under his rule the Titans had many offspring. He ruled for many ages.
However, Gaea and Uranus both had prophesied that Cronus would be overthrown by a son. To avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born. Rhea was angry at the treatment of the children and plotted against Cronus.
When it came a time to give birth to her sixth child, he hid the child from Cronus and let it be raised by the nymphs.
This child was Zeus. He grew into a handsome youth on Crete. He consulted Metis on how to defeat Cronus. She prepared a drink for Cronus design to make him vomit up the other children. Rhea convinced Cronus to accept his son and Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as Cronus's cupbearer. This gave Zeus the opportunity to five Cronus a special drink that made him vomits the other five children. Being gods they were unharmed. They were thankful to Zeus and made him their leader.
Zeus, became in-charge not just into the Mount Olympus, but to the Earth and into its inhabitants – the human race. People pray to the Gods for the crops, for the rain, and other things that will make people comfortable. He gave them not just life, place to live but also wisdom…
II. DEVASTATION OF THE EARTH (5
I. CREATION OF THE EARTH - (5 minutes)
(Video Presentation – From dark to the creation of the Earth)
In the beginning there was only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus, the unknowable place where death dwells, and Night. All else was empty, silent, endless, darkness. Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day, Gaea, the Earth appeared.
Then Erebus slept with Night, who gave birth to Ether, the heavenly light, and to Day the earthly light. Then Night alone produced Doom, Fate, Death, Sleep, Dreams, Nemesis, and others that come to man out of darkness.
Meanwhile Gaea alone gave birth to Uranus, the heavens.
Cronus became the next ruler. He married Rhea, under his rule the Titans had many offspring. He ruled for many ages.
However, Gaea and Uranus both had prophesied that Cronus would be overthrown by a son. To avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born. Rhea was angry at the treatment of the children and plotted against Cronus.
When it came a time to give birth to her sixth child, he hid the child from Cronus and let it be raised by the nymphs.
This child was Zeus. He grew into a handsome youth on Crete. He consulted Metis on how to defeat Cronus. She prepared a drink for Cronus design to make him vomit up the other children. Rhea convinced Cronus to accept his son and Zeus was allowed to return to Mount Olympus as Cronus's cupbearer. This gave Zeus the opportunity to five Cronus a special drink that made him vomits the other five children. Being gods they were unharmed. They were thankful to Zeus and made him their leader.
Zeus, became in-charge not just into the Mount Olympus, but to the Earth and into its inhabitants – the human race. People pray to the Gods for the crops, for the rain, and other things that will make people comfortable. He gave them not just life, place to live but also wisdom…
II. DEVASTATION OF THE EARTH (5