EURYNOME: THE PELASGIAN CREATION MYTH.

First things first, remember my mentioning The Pelasgian Creation Myth in THIS POST? 


Well, today I thought I'd post this verse by Dr James Luchte which was adapted from Robert Graves's The Greek Myths, a collection of works re-telling the creation myths of the ancient Greeks including the stories of the creation of the Universe, the Titans, and the first man, Pelasgus.

In the beginning, Eurynome,

The Goddess of All Things,

Rose from Chaos. 

She found nothing upon

Which to rest her feet, and thus,

She divided the sea from the sky.

She danced lonely upon

the waves of the sea.

She danced towards the South, and

The Wind in motion behind her

Seemed something new and strange

With which to begin a work of creation.

Wheeling about, she caught hold of

This North wind, rubbed it between

Her hands, and behold!

The great serpent Ophion.

Eurynome danced to warm himself, wildly

And more wildly, until Ophion, enchanted,

Coiled about her divine limbs

Becoming one with her.

As she lay with Ophion,

Eurynome was got with child.

Eurynome  assumed the form of a dove,

Brooding the waves and with time,

she laid the Universal Egg.

At her bidding, Ophion coiled seven times

About this egg, until it hatched and split into two.

Out tumbled all things that exist, her children:
Sun, moon, planets, Earth with her mountains
Rivers, trees, herbs, and all living creatures.


Eurynome and Ophion made their home upon
Mount Olympus where he vexed her by
Claiming to be the author of the Universe.


Forthwith, she bruised her head with her heel,
Kicked out his teeth, and banished him to the
Dark caves below the Earth.


Eurynome opened her gaze and her arms to her
Children, giving each its name which she read
Off its own singular power and being.


She named the sun, moon, planets, stars and
The Earth with her mountains, and rivers, trees,
Herbs and living creatures.


She took joy in her creation, but soon found
Herself alone desireing the face, voice,
Ear and warmth of another of her own.


Eurynome stood up and once again
Began to dance alone upon the waves.