Anatheus And Epithemeus Creation Myth

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Creation myth

Topic: Why is a person's life so short?

The betrayal of Epithemeus

A long time ago, life was eternal, and humans lived in peace. The good and the bad were in perfect balance. People could live forever as long as no one killed them. But not all people lived in balance. There were some people that were called"spoiled" who would be taken over by their negative emotions.

There was a god, called Anatheus the Great, who was taken over by greed and decided that he would take over all the kingdoms and all the lands there are, so that he would rule all the Earth. He opposed the gods, thinking that he was the only and the greatest "God" there is. Anatheus had a friend, called Epithemeus. Epithemeus hated Anatheus for his betrayal, because Anatheus killed his brother Theris in order to achieve his goal. But Epithemeus still stayed with Anatheus, in order to avenge his brother's death. …show more content…

In the end, this small war evolved into a war between the whole world, and thousands or maybe millions of people were dying every single day. Some say, that the battle lasted for months, even years. The gods saw all the death, that were happening in the war, and decided to end the war with a clash between Anatheus and

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