The Genesis and the 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. Because Cronus didn’t want to get over ruled by one of his sons, “Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born”. This proves that Cronus is filling the role of the villain archetype. His lust for power is so great that he selfishly sacrifices his own children to keep the throne. “The serpent told the woman, “You won’t die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what’s really going on.” This can state that the quote might be a villain archetype. Because the serpent told the woman to eat from the apple and she already knew that she shouldn’t eat it because God told her not to. Knew that god told them not to but the serpent didn’t want to follow gods rule.

The Greek and Genesis creation stories also contrast, with the former having an epic battle or father/son and the latter a garden archetype. Because Gaea and Cronus ambushed Uranus. Uranus imprisoned hecatoncheires by pushing them into the hidden places of the earth, Gaea's womb. Cronus was Uranus son but they hated each other and so did his wife Gaea. This proves that this is a father and son rivalry. “Earth green up “Grow all varieties of seed bearing plants. This shows that this can be a really good Garden archetype because it gives details of a really beautiful