Greek, Roman, and Renaissance vs. Hebrew, Christian, and Medieval

The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales seem to have a closer outlook to the Greek and Roman literature than the Hebrew, Christian, early Medieval, and late Medieval literature.  The Hebrew literature is the Old Testament, the Christian is the New Testament, the some of the early and late Medieval literature are The City of God, and The Little Flowers of St. Francis.  The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales were written in the time of the Early Renaissance when some people started moving a bit away from Christianity (although very many people still believed in God and Jesus Christ as the source of the full potential of man) and started reading more of the Roman and Greek literatures.

Minerva and Arachne

Ovid, the poet, historian, etc., writes about the performances of the Roman gods that may have occurred in the history of mankind in his books all called Metamorphoses.  Well, what kind of performances do the gods do?  They mainly punish (not discipline) the men, women, children that do something that angers the gods.  So therefore the gods inflict negative sanctions on the supposed wrong-doers.