Metamorphoses

In the story Metamorphoses, by Ovid, Nature is emphasized and spelled with a capital N. I was surprised the author decided to emphasize Nature because the other two flood epics do not. For example, in Genesis nature is not mentioned at all. People are created from the "breath of g-d". In the Epic of Gilgamesh, people are placed on Earth by the "spit of g-d". In Metamorphosis, people were first born out of nature and by the elements. I enjoyed the twist in the stories when nature was used instead of G-d. I found it interesting that the author chose to stress this difference. Overall, Metamorphosis is not identical to the two other epics.