The Defects We Learn From

The more myths I read the more human attributes I see them have. The feel some of the feelings we feel, they have physical restrictions and the cant have everything they want. I liked this because if the gods were these super powered beings who had everything they wanted and needed then humans would envy and hate them. Instead the gods fight amongst themselves for example in Apollo and Daphne Apollo Sais “My arrows fly true to the mark; but, alas! An arrow more fatal than mine has pierced my heart! I am the god of medicine, and know the virtues of all healing plants. Alas! I suffer a malady that no balm can cure!” That shows you a battle that the gods have ended in a fight. Most of the times the way god’s fought are through their special attribute. For example cupid uses love to hurt people. “So saying, he took his stand on a rock of Parnassus, and drew from his quiver two arrows of different workmanship, one to excite love, the other to repel it.” It was very clear to me that the gods like no other being can be perfect because the fun in life is to have differences and things that are not good. If everything was perfect then people would have no purpose in life and that takes me back again to the QUESTions. Different myths have different points of view and different endings. Some of the beings of these myths dye and others end up in different forms. But what I like was that the gods were not perfect “Her strength begins to fail, and, ready to sink, she calls upon her father, the river god:”. It is a great way to learn from the gods.