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A 4 page paper which examines how the intervention of the gods and goddesses could be good or bad for the people. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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but also coming into play and showing powerful and devastating levels of revenge and simply meanness. Even the Bible, for those who do not understand its history, can see elements
of the same for the Christian God can be a vengeful God in the Bible as well, decimating entire populations of people. In essence, the intervention of gods and goddesses
can be positive or negative for the people involved. The following paper examines the two sides of the gods and goddesses, primarily in Greek and Roman history but also in
Egyptian. The Intervention of the Gods and Goddesses One can look at ancient literature, such as Gilgamesh, and see how the intervention of gods can be positive. For
example, in that classic tale Gilgamesh is ultimately frightening the people for he uses their women and has no regard for anyone. The people plead to the gods to help
and they send Enkidu for the people and ultimately all is well for the people. Another epic tale, and one that is far more well known, is Homers The Odyssey.
In this story one gets a perfect example of how gods and goddesses can be helpful or harmful. One can see this in the following excerpt involving gods and goddesses
talking about Ulysses and his struggles to get home after the Trojan War: "So now all who escaped death in battle or by shipwreck had got safely home except Ulysses,
and he, though he was longing to return to his wife and country, was detained by the goddess Calypso, who had got him into a large cave and wanted to
marry him. But as years went by, there came a time when the gods settled that he should go back to Ithaca...all the gods had now begun to pity him
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