The gods made our bodies as well as our souls, is it not so? They give us voices, so we might worship them with song. They give us hands, so we might build them temples. And they give us desire, so we might mate and worship them in that way.

Summary

This quote suggests that the gods have blessed humans with both physical bodies and spiritual souls. The gods have endowed humans with various abilities. They have given us voices to worship them through song, hands to construct temples in their honor, and desire for reproduction as a form of worship. This implies that human existence is intertwined with the divine and that fulfilling these innate desires is seen as a form of reverence towards the gods.

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