Talk:얼우다
Latest comment: 17 years ago by KYPark in topic Erichthonius
Erichthonius edit
An Athenian founding myth tells that Athena refused a union with Hephaestus, and that when he tried to force her she disappeared from the bed. Hephaestus ejaculated on the earth, impregnating Gaia, who subsequently gave birth to Erichthonius of Athens; then the surrogate mother gave the child to Athena to foster, guarded by a serpent. Hyginus made an etymology of strife ("Eri-") between Athena and Hephaestus and the Earth-child ("chthonios"). @ Hephaestus
- Hephaestus in effect copulated with Gaia. So the right etymology of "Eri-" would lie in his copulation with chthon, hence Erichthonius, rather than his strife with Athena. --KYPark 14:43, 18 January 2007 (UTC)