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mathman said:
Father of mankind?
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yeh well
that was one of the things attributed to him(via creating mortality), and his son.
Iapetos the piercer was one of the older titans, and seemingly a valued warrior

I've yet to find a more direct line to the reasoning behind "the great iapetos"'

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i ain't completely confused yet
but i am working on it
 
Looks like he may have been one of the elder Titans.
In Greek mythology, Iapetos (Greek: Ἰαπετός), also Iapetus or Japetus, was a Titan, the son of Ouranos (Uranus) and Gaia, and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Kronos, who ruled the world during the Golden Age.
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Iapetos is the Titan lord of the West. His name derives from the word iapto ("wound, pierce") and usually refers to a spear, implying that Iapetus may have been regarded as a god of craftsmanship, though scholars mostly describe him as the god of mortality.
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https://greekmythology.wikia.org/wiki/Iapetos#

p.s. sculptor, is your avatar based on Iapetus?
 
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Write4U said:
Looks like he may have been one of the elder Titans.

https://greekmythology.wikia.org/wiki/Iapetos#

p.s. sculptor, is your avatar based on Iapetus?
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No
very human persian wars veteran.
I wanted to make him old, scarred, war-weary and wary
face
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he has aphrodite painted on the inside of his shield.

your link had one of the sons of iapetos wrong
Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
atlas enduring strength
prometheus forethought
epimetheus afterthought(aka the idiot)
menoetius the proud one----doomed power
Menoetius was a tad too proud, rash and quick to violent anger
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and
still
why great?
 
sculptor said:
your link had one of the sons of iapetos wrong
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Looks like Kronos (Cronus) was Iapetus' brother.
THE TITAN IAPETUS
As a Titan god, Iapetus was the son of Ouranus (Sky) and Gaia (Earth), two primordial deities. This parentage meant that Iapetus had five brothers, Cronus, Crius, Coeus, Hyperion, and Oceanus, as well as six sisters Rhea, Themis, Thethys, Theia, Mnemosyne and Phoebe.
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Being a son of Gaia though also meant that Iapetus had numerous other siblings including the Cyclopes, the Hecatonchires and the Gigantes.
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The Titans
https://www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/

Would this make a great bas-relief?
 
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Looks like in mythology and religion someone always has to die, starting with "patricide" and "fratercide" by the Titans, Cain killing his brother Abel, and ending with Jesus' cruxifiction by the lowly humans.

Can we really learn anything from all that endless mayhem?
 
sculptor said:
No
very human persian wars veteran.
I wanted to make him old, scarred, war-weary and wary
face
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he has aphrodite painted on the inside of his shield.

your link had one of the sons of iapetos wrong
Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius.
atlas enduring strength
prometheus forethought
epimetheus afterthought(aka the idiot)
menoetius the proud one----doomed power
Menoetius was a tad too proud, rash and quick to violent anger
.................................................................
and
still
why great?
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Nothing specific but one Google had a brief mention he made himself great and a little bit later mentioned he was one of the pillars holding up the sky

Later a hint he took on the other three pillars

:)
 
Write4U said:
Looks like in mythology and religion someone always has to die, starting with "patricide" and "fratercide" by the Titans, Cain killing his brother Abel, and ending with Jesus' cruxifiction by the lowly humans.

Can we really learn anything from all that endless mayhem?
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Sure ,life is composed of the extremes and the mundane.

We learn from all our experiences.

When Woody Guthrie died from Huntingdon disease the pain was apparently so severe that the question has been asked whether his pain had morphed to ecstasy.

The religious stories are part of humankind's overall experience ..just one part of the mosaic.
 
sculptor said:
something i have long wondered:
Why was Iapetos often refered to as "Great Iapetos"?
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I can only make a wild guess.... but here goes.....

Iapetos is the Titan lord of the West. His name derives from the word iapto ("wound, pierce") and usually refers to a spear, implying that Iapetus may have been regarded as a god of craftsmanship, though scholars mostly describe him as the god of mortality.
Titan of: Titan of the West; Titan of Mortality, Pain, and Violent Death
Symbols: Spear
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Chapter 69
Twelfth apparition of Satan to Adam and Eve, while Adam was praying over the offering on the altar; when Satan beat him.

1 Then Satan, the hater of all good, envious of Adam and of his offering through which he found favor with God, hastened and took a sharp stone from among the sharp iron stones; appeared in the form of a man, and went and stood by Adam and Eve. 2 Adam was then offering on the altar, and had begun to pray, with his hands spread before God. 3 Then Satan hastened with the sharp iron stone he had with him, and with it pierced Adam on the right side, from which flowed blood and water, then Adam fell on the altar like a corpse. And Satan fled. 4 Then Eve came, and took Adam and placed him below the altar. And there she stayed, crying over him; while a stream of blood flowed from Adam's side over his offering. 5 But God looked at the death of Adam. He then sent His Word, and raised him up and said to him, "Fulfill your offering, for indeed, Adam, it is worth much, and there is no shortcoming in it." (The Book of Adam and Eve)
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http://reluctant-messenger.com/eden_1.htm
 
Write4U said:
Looks like in mythology and religion someone always has to die, starting with "patricide" and "fratercide" by the Titans, Cain killing his brother Abel, and ending with Jesus' cruxifiction by the lowly humans.

Can we really learn anything from all that endless mayhem?
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Gods love blood.
 
Luchito said:
Gods love blood.
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No they don't. Gods are not physical creatures. People love blood. There are many examples of cannibalism.

Cannibalism
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Cannibalism in Brazil engraving by Theodor de Bry to illustrate Hans Staden's account of his captivity in 1557

Description
Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food. Cannibalism is a common ecological interaction in the animal kingdom and has been recorded in more than 1,500 species. Human cannibalism is well documented, both in ancient and in recent times.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism
 
Write4U said:
No they don't. Gods are not physical creatures. People love blood. There are many examples of cannibalism.

Cannibalism
300px-Os_Filhos_de_Pindorama._Cannibalism_in_Brazil_in_1557.jpg

Cannibalism in Brazil engraving by Theodor de Bry to illustrate Hans Staden's account of his captivity in 1557

Description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism
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As far as I know, the cases of cannibalism performed for cause of rituals or worship to a god, are almost none. Most ancient cultures made sacrifices to calm the fury of the gods or as a sign of worship, but they didn't eat the bodies of the victims.

Cannibalism in humans is rare, documents from Spaniard chroniclers on XV century and forward relate such custom in certain zones of South America.

Human and animal sacrifices offered to gods is found in most of ancient cultures.

Cannibalism was also found in times of extreme though climate eras, like right before the end of the first millennium. A convent priest wrote the environment in those days, where people not having food to eat started to kill other people and have them for lunch and dinner. This happened in Europe, and cases were when authorities sentenced to death the cannibals to later they -the authorities themselves- eat their bodies... lol

You traveled and found a place to stay the night, and the very next day you were the breakfast for the owner of the hostel.
 
Human cannibalism
is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. The meaning of "cannibalism" has been extended into zoology to describe an individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food, including sexual cannibalism.
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Neanderthals are believed to have practised cannibalism,[5][6] and Neanderthals may have been eaten by anatomically modern humans.[7] Cannibalism was also practised in ancient Egypt, Roman Egypt and during famines in Egypt such as the great famine of 1199–1202.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cannibalism#

11 Cannibals From Mythology Around The World

Cronus, Who Ate (And Regurgitated) His Own Children
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Photo: Francisco Goya / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Cronus, the god of time in ancient Greek mythology, was the father of Olympians Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. Fearing that his children would ruin him like he did his father, he decided to devour them as soon as they were born. By the time Zeus (the youngest) finally arrived, the children’s mother, Rhea, was fed up and fed her husband a stone instead. Her trick was successful. Zeus grew up and later convinced his father to regurgitate the other children back to life......10 more
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https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-mythology-cannibals/lea-rose-emery
 
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