Greek Mythology

GREEK MYTHOLOGY

In Greek Mythology, we often find mention of a variety of entities of diverse forms, often hideous in shape and wicked in character. These stories, however, are not myths, but an account of real life. The diversity of beings described and their varying activities testify to the fact that these could not have been thought out or fabricated. These descriptions are too real to have been made up by the human mind. In examining Greek Mythology, we generally find the description of two types of creatures: those that have human forms who are usually associated with good and those with bestial forms usually associated with all sorts of evil.

According to Abd-ru-shin, as Creation came into being through the Perfect Will of God, all the creatures therein have forms that reflect this Perfection. Deformities therefore could not have come into being through the Will of God. Any deformity we find in Creation must have been introduced by man through the wrong use of his free will. These forms are not 'gods' but entities which have come into being through the abilities which human beings possess in subsequent creation to shape forms. What God has created in nature in the form of the elemental beings have human forms but not the deformities which have been introduced by man. The proof that these have not been created by God is the fact that they are ugly in shape and their activities are at variance with the Nature of the Creator. Just because of this one fact alone these forms could not have issued from Him. They could only have issued from men who are evil and therefore cultivate evil within.

These forms have generally been represented as punishing evil and so on and this is a correct interpretation of their activities because being associated with evil, in their activity they only act on those who are homogenous to them including their authors. They act on the latter in the same way as they would act on others without discrimination and as such can bring destruction on both their authors and others as long as there is homogeneity. In their final effects, they would do away with their authors through their activities because they cannot harm people who do not have any form of homogeneity with them. In this they indeed punish evil-doers. Principal among these entities are

Minotaurs, which are monsters with the head of a bull and the body of a man that is supposed to be the guard of the labyrinth and was given youths for food.
Hydra, a nine headed snake monster with a poisonous breath and when one head is cut off grew two in its place.
Scylla and Charybdis, two sea monsters. Scylla had 12 feet and 6 long necks each bearing a head with three rows of teeth with which she devoured any prey.
Gorgons, dragon like monsters with snakes for hair, golden scales with wings and round ugly faces. They had large tusk-like teeth and their glances turned people to stone. Their tongues were said to be always hanging out. There are said to have been three of them; two immortal Stheno and Euryale and one mortal Medusa.
Furies, these are said to be avenging deities. There are supposed to have been three of them: Tisiphone, the avenger of murder; Megaera, the jealous one; and Alecto which was said to be unceasing in anger. They are sometimes called the daughters of the Night. They are said to live in the underworld from which they sometimes rise to pursue the wicked. This they did with unmerciful efficiency.
Centaurs, who are supposed to be monsters having a human form from head to the waist with the lower body and legs of a horse. They are usually associated with violence, drunkenness and lust.
Cerberus, a three-headed dog with a dragon-like tail that guarded the entrance to Hades, the underworld. It was said that this monster permitted all spirits to enter Hades but would not allow any to leave.
Argus, a giant with 100 eyes.

All these are creatures, as we would have noted have no useful roles in Creation, on the contrary they have been associated mainly with destruction. The Furies for example are mainly concerned with destruction. These demons in their activities not only affect humans but they also affect elemental beings causing much confusion and havoc. These demons, also having animistic cores are able to interact with the elemental beings which have a similar core but this interaction has only a disturbing effect. They have wrought a lot of havoc among the elemental beings, disturbing them in their work. Some of these interactions have also been described in Greek Mythology as for example we have accounts of the lustful activities against the 'nymphs', which are elemental female nature beings. Satyrs, for example are entities which are to be found in the woods and mountains, they have horns, tails and sometimes have the legs of a goat. They are supposed to spend their time wining and pursuing 'nymphs'. A good deal of the accounts in Greek Mythology points to this interaction between the real animistic beings and these monsters, most of these accounts being battles.

These monsters do not only disturb the elemental beings in their work, they also attack the benevolent beings. Having the same cores like the elemental beings they could also shape matter. They also affect animals, because the latter also belong to the same realm. Their effects are therefore widespread. Since they are able to manipulate matter one can imagine what havoc they have already done in Nature and are still doing. In Greek Mythology, we are allowed to have accurate descriptions of these entities whose natures could not be understood until now. They have been thought to be figments of people's imaginations, creations of fantasts, unreal and therefore non-existent.

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