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a painting of a woman holding a box in front of her face and looking down at it

I was reading Greek mythology to Measle yesterday and it occurred to me that every one of the myths we read had its root in the Bible. Of course, they're all twisted in a humanocentric way with a low view of God, or gods in their case, and a high view of man. The myths contain a seed of truth, but are warped to make man feel justified in his sins. And with gods so man-like and man so god-like, there isn't a recognition of sin or a need for a Savior. Here are a few examples taken from Usborne…

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a painting of a woman in a white dress holding a piece of bread and wearing a veil

Most people are familiar with the creation of Adam and Eve in the Book of Genesis. But the story of mankind’s creation in Greek mythology is probably less well-known, and is arguably darker in tone when compared to Genesis.

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a woman with red hair is surrounded by black and orange swirls on her face
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a drawing of a woman sitting on top of a box with flowers in her hair

Frederick Stuart Church (1842 – 1924). Opening Of Pandora's Box. According to the myth, Pandora opened a jar (pithos), in modern accounts sometimes mistranslated as "Pandora's box", releasing all the evils of humanity—although the particular evils, aside from plagues and diseases, are not specified in detail by Hesiod—leaving only Hope inside once Pandora had closed it again.

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