Is femininity in mythology? Yes because there
is a division between men and women in mythology. Biology tells us that we are
two different people. Men and women see the world in different ways. Women are
passive, intuitive, submissive, and subjective. Women value love,
communication, beauty, and relationships. Men are aggressive, rational,
dominant, and objective and they value power, competency, efficiency, and
achievement. The ways we see the world are different because we are either man
or women. We are also similar as well as different. This paper will discuss the
how women/goddess are viewed in the works of “Works and Days”, “Theogony” and
“Hymn to Demeter.” And see that these women/goddess similar to real life women.
In the Works and Days, women are seen as beautiful things and men strong and
fighting creatures. Zeus, the king of gods, had Hephaestus fashion a woman
endowed with everything, which he called Pandora. Pandora is described as a
sweetly seductive female and her name refers to the gifts that all the gods
give to mankind. She is made as a tempting snare for Epimetheus. She was sent
with an urn full of plagues as a gift to Epimetheus. Pandora opened the jar and
out came all the plagues and finally hope. This woman reminds men that not
all-beautiful things are good and can be a pain in a man’s side. This lesson
can be true for the world today. Women are not all sweetly seductive but they
can be a real pain in the ass, especially for their boyfriends.
In the Theogony Hesiod described the birth of the gods and goddesses. The
universe was formed from Chaos as the foundation of the Earth and the cosmic
principle of Love. From Night came the Ether and Day, while the Earth bore
Heaven and from Heaven the Ocean and divine beings of assorted shapes and sizes,
some of who were hated and hidden by their father Heaven. Not liking this,
Earth made a sickle her son Cronos used to cut off the genitals of Uranus which
were thrown into the sea and gave birth to Aphrodite, the goddess of sexual
love. Now Aphrodite is not a women that we can really relate to real life women
because so beautiful and so irresistible that men can’t stop wanting her.
Aphrodite loved and was loved by many gods and mortals. Some are not moved by
the powers of Aphrodite. Her love and desire sway even Zeus.
I don’t know anyone that irresistible. But Aphrodite is like many women in the
fact that women have power to tame a man with sex. Her power to love that makes
us see ourselves in Aphrodite.
The Muses are the representation of pure femininity; they are beautiful and
graceful in all aspects of their beings. Their abilities are those of song and
dance, which are two of the most wonderful, lovely aspects of life. Ultimately,
they are the ideal women. When Persephoe is carried off into the underworld by
its god Hades, her mother Demeter which means \"barley mother\"
searches for her while fasting, causing a famine on the earth. She is like any
mother; she would do anything to get her daughter back.
In conclusion, Women are put up high; they have the power to make decisions.
The men seem to be good and powerful but they are also hurtful, overpowering
and deceitful. By nature men and women are different mythology shows us that.
But it also shows us that the characters of gods and goddess are very similar
to us. We can see ourselves in these people. I can see a little of Pandora,
Aphrodite and Demeter in me.