Mythological stories can have common and uncommon archetypes. The Genesis and Greek stories are both similar and different in how they use literary archetypes.

Both Greek and Genesis creation stories utilize the villain archetype. “To avoid this Cronus swallowed each of his children as they were born.” (Greek myth). Uranus didn't want to be overthrown by none of his son’s so Cronus swallows his kids. Uranus wanted to keep his power that he didn't care about his own children. “The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal god had made.” (Genesis story). The serpent tries many things to convince the women to do something she isn't supposed to do. The serpent wants the women to forget about what god told her about the evil tree, and she should eat from it. These examples shoe how both stories use the villain archetype.

The Greek and Genesis creation stories also contrast with each other from having and epic battle and a garden archetype. “Atlas became their leader in the battle and it looked for some time as though they would win and put the young gods down.” (Greek myth). Uranus and his allies thought they were beating his son’s groups because they had no response to what they were doing to them. As they kept fighting it seemed like a never ending fight, but at the end the best one would come out with victory. “God spoke: Earth green up! Grow all varieties of seed-bearing plants. Every sort of fruit-bearing tree.” (Genesis myth). Being able to have an abundance amount of food to eat is like being in heaven. Being able to have whatever you want without having to stress about seems to be pleasurable. Overall, the Greek myth and the Genesis myth have differences among them.