Chapter 297 The Creation Myth of the Ocean Goddess

After Zeus and Poseidon fled from the battlefield, they lost the help and blessing provided by the gods. Although Perseus was full of reluctance, he still issued an order to retreat.

Five thousand Mycenaean soldiers left one thousand to block the pursuers, and the remaining four thousand followed Perseus to flee in a hurry.

While the Theban and Corinthian soldiers surrounded and suppressed the one thousand Mycenaean soldiers, Luo Yin, who maintained the posture of a god, strode to Amphitrite.

Looking at Luo Yin who came to her, Amphitrite's eyes showed a vigilant look.

After all, after a hard battle, both the strength of Corinth and Amphitrite fell into a very weak state.

If Luo Yin wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to conquer Corinth, Amphitrite would not be able to fight against Luo Yin at all.

Luo Yin did not care about Amphitrite's vigilant eyes, and looked at Amphitrite's beautiful face and figure with admiration.

Although Amphitrite and Athena are both goddesses of the sea and patron saints of the city-state, the two goddesses have almost no similarities.

Luo Yin looked carefully and found that except for the green hair, Amphitrite was obviously different from Thetis. Her delicate and beautiful face and graceful figure were very similar to Thetis, just like twin sisters.

"As goddesses who also carry the [Sea Goddess Creation Myth], maybe you have the same origin. Your relationship is like Themis and Aphrodite, Penthesilea and Medea."

In Greek mythology, the mainstream creation myth believes that Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth, and Uranus, the god of the sky, created all things, so Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth, was regarded as the mother of all gods.

Because even the great sky god Uranus was split from Gaia, the mother goddess of the earth.

The essence of this creation myth is actually the creation of the mother goddess of the earth.

After all, in the era when human civilization was backward, limited by backward navigation technology, human civilization believed that the land was larger than the ocean, so even Pontos [Ocean] was part of Gaia [Earth].

Thousands of years later, humans knew that the area of ​​land was less than half of the ocean, and they would definitely sneer at the idea that Pontos [Ocean] was part of Gaia [Earth].

In fact, thousands of years ago, there were also human civilizations living in coastal areas who believed that the ocean was larger than the land, so it was the goddess of the ocean who created the world.

In the myth of the creation of the goddess of the ocean, after the heaven and the earth were separated, the goddess of creation Eurynome walked out of the sea.

Eurynome caught the north wind over the Aegean Sea and created the giant snake Ophion, and then the two combined to become the ancestor of all things in the world.

When they completed the creation, Ophion thought that he had a greater contribution and should dominate the world, and was thrown into the dark underground world by Eurynome.

The creation of the earth mother goddess and the creation of the goddess of the ocean -

These two creation myths, it is obvious that the creation of the goddess of the ocean is an ancient myth native to Greece.

The creation of the Earth Mother Goddess was born after the Mycenaeans invaded the Peloponnese.

Because in the myth of the creation of the Earth Mother Goddess, even if the sky god Uranus was created by the Earth Mother Goddess Gaia, the sky god Uranus, who symbolizes men, is more powerful than Gaia.

In the myth of the creation of the sea goddess, the great snake Ophion, as the creation of Eurynome, could not resist the creation goddess Eurynome at all.

Before the Mycenaeans invaded the Peloponnese, Greece was almost full of goddesses from south to north.

Although there was Hermes, a male god, in Arcadia, he could not challenge the goddess Artemis at all.

Ares had great authority in the Yinlis region only because there was a widespread worship of male gods in the marginal areas of western Greece.

Since goddess worship was the mainstream before the Mycenaeans invaded, the creation myth of the sea goddess, in which Ophion, who symbolized men, was defeated by the creation goddess Eurynome, was obviously more in line with goddess worship.

The creation myth of the earth goddess Uranus, who symbolizes men, suppresses Gaia, and can only be replaced by his son, is obviously not in line with the worship of goddesses.

The Isthmus of Corinth is sandwiched between the Aegean Sea and the Gulf of Corinth.

The Corinthian civilization, which was born on this land, is most likely to give birth to the creation myth of the sea goddess.

As the patron saint of the Corinth region, Amphitrite is regarded as the goddess of creation by the Corinthians.

But it is obvious that only the Corinthians regard Amphitrite as the goddess of creation.

People in other regions will never regard the patron saint of the Corinthians as the incarnation of the goddess of creation.

So in addition to Amphitrite, there is another sea goddess who carries the myth of the creation of the sea goddess and is regarded as the incarnation of the goddess of creation.

A creation goddess that can be widely recognized by all city-states will never be the patron saint of a certain city-state.

So Thetis, who is not the patron saint of the city-state, became another sea goddess who carries the creation myth of the sea goddess.

The myth carried by Amphitrite and Thetis is of course not just the myth of the creation of the sea goddess.

In mythology, Amphitrite and Thetis are both regarded as sea goddesses with prophetic powers.

Even without Poseidon, Amphitrite is regarded as the queen of the sea with great authority.

Thetis is also the leader of the alliance of sea goddesses.

The fact that there are two sea queens in the sea is obviously proof that the images of Amphitrite and Thetis are highly overlapped.

In the myth of Hephaestus, the god of fire, because Hephaestus was born with an ugly face, he was thrown into the sea at birth, and the goddess of the sea, who was the embodiment of the ocean, became the foster mother who raised Hephaestus.

During the Trojan War, in order to thank Thetis for raising him, Hephaestus worked at night to cast a new armor for Thetis' son Achilles.

Thetis is undoubtedly the incarnation of the goddess of the sea who created the world.

But in another myth, Amphitrite's other identity, Eurynome, is also the foster mother of Hephaestus.

This is another proof that Amphitrite and Thetis carry the same myth.

"My Amphitrite--"

Confirming that Amphitrite is also his woman, Luo Yin stretched out his left hand to Amphitrite.

Amphitrite immediately stepped back to avoid Luo Yin's right hand, and then questioned dissatisfiedly.

"What are you doing? Aren't you here to help me, but have the same ambitions as Zeus and Poseidon?"

Looking at Amphitrite who was alert to him, Luo Yin said with a smile.

"I just want you to remember that I am your husband, so that you will not be alert to me anymore."

"You - actually blasphemed a virgin goddess with such nonsense!"

Amphitrite raised the silver trident angrily and threatened Luo Yin.

"Although I am not in my prime, if you want to force me to surrender, I will definitely make you pay the price."

"I have no intention of fighting you!"

Luo Yin put down the divine spear, and after a slight hesitation, his body fell at Amphitrite's feet, and then he grabbed Amphitrite's beautiful ankle wearing silver strap sandals with both hands.

The next moment!

Amphitrite, whose ankle was grabbed by Luo Yin, widened her eyes and showed an expression of disbelief on her face.