The Genesis and Greek creation stories are both similar and different in how they use literary archetypes.

Both the Greek and Genesis creation stories utilize the villain archetype.In the Greek creation story it is stated“Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born” (Greek myth).This proves that Cronus is filling the role if the villain archetype. His lust for power is so great that he selfishly sacrificed his own children to keep the throne. The quote from the Genesis creation story ” you won’t die God Knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what is really going on” Shows the villain archetype (Genesis). In this case the serpent is the villain, the antagonist who does evil things and enjoys peoples sadness. It tries to trick eve into eating the forbidden fruit. These examples show both stories using the villain archetype.

The Greek and Genesis creation stories contrast in that the Greek creation story uses the epic battle archetype and the Genesis story does not and that the genesis story uses the garden archetype while the Greek creation story does not.An example of a quote from the Greek creation story showing the epic battle archetype is ”The Hecatoncheires rained down hundreds of boulders with such a fury the titans thought the mountains were falling on them. They broke and ran giving Zeus victory.” (Greek creation story). This line refers to the epic battle archetype a huge battle that decides the future of everyone involved and even those not involved. In my opinion this was an epic battle because gods and titans were battling. In the Genesis creation story it is stated“God made all kinds of trees grow from the ground, trees beautiful to look at and good to eat (Genesis 2; 8-9). This line refers o the garden archetype which is a place full of life that has everything you could want or need. This line is an example of paradise because it is a place full of trees and fruits and everything you could ever need to have a good life. These examples show the archetype that one story may use that the other does not.