The Making Of Gods And People Analysis
A Summary of the Making of Gods and People
By Neeloufar Grami
In the story of “The Making of Gods and People” by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen, the origins of human beings as well as their path to creation is revealed. In the beginning, Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky, were the only two present in this universe. Thus leading to their first children, which were fifty-headed and hundred-handed giants (Garfield and Blishen 1).These children caused terror making their father banish them to Tartarus, the underworld darkness. Similarly, when they bore Cyclopes, which were mountain-sized humans with only one eye, they too were banished into Tartarus. Lastly, they gave birth to Titans, which are giant humans, and which were finally permitted to stay. (1)
One of the children, Titan Cronus, …show more content…
This poison forces Cronus to throw up all the children he had previously eaten. Out of fright and anger, Cronus escapes into his fortress and declares war on all gods thus beginning the war between the gods and titans. This war continues for about ten years with no specific days to declare the commencement as well as the end of the war. However, both sides at the time seemed be at an impasse as neither of them was winning or willing to surrender. At least until Zeus remembered being told of certain creatures that had been banished long ago, and he and two of his brothers set out to go find them. They travelled great distances and faced many obstacles until they reached the everlasting cliffs, where the monsters were being held. There they freed the prisoners and in return for their noble action, the monsters gave each of the brothers a powerful weapon. To Poseidon he gave a trident that can create earthquakes, to Hades he gives the helmet of invisibility and to Zeus he give thunderbolts. With these weapons they win this everlasting war between the gods and
By Neeloufar Grami
In the story of “The Making of Gods and People” by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen, the origins of human beings as well as their path to creation is revealed. In the beginning, Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky, were the only two present in this universe. Thus leading to their first children, which were fifty-headed and hundred-handed giants (Garfield and Blishen 1).These children caused terror making their father banish them to Tartarus, the underworld darkness. Similarly, when they bore Cyclopes, which were mountain-sized humans with only one eye, they too were banished into Tartarus. Lastly, they gave birth to Titans, which are giant humans, and which were finally permitted to stay. (1)
One of the children, Titan Cronus, …show more content…
This poison forces Cronus to throw up all the children he had previously eaten. Out of fright and anger, Cronus escapes into his fortress and declares war on all gods thus beginning the war between the gods and titans. This war continues for about ten years with no specific days to declare the commencement as well as the end of the war. However, both sides at the time seemed be at an impasse as neither of them was winning or willing to surrender. At least until Zeus remembered being told of certain creatures that had been banished long ago, and he and two of his brothers set out to go find them. They travelled great distances and faced many obstacles until they reached the everlasting cliffs, where the monsters were being held. There they freed the prisoners and in return for their noble action, the monsters gave each of the brothers a powerful weapon. To Poseidon he gave a trident that can create earthquakes, to Hades he gives the helmet of invisibility and to Zeus he give thunderbolts. With these weapons they win this everlasting war between the gods and