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Chaos. Gaea, the first Titan, was the earth, itself. After she emerged from the Chaos, she gave birth to her own consort, Uranus, ...
troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...
grown son would ultimately come to kill his father and marry his mother. When Oedipus was born, he was immediately abandoned on M...
of course, was according to legend. However, the legends gained such popularity that in time many came to worship Isis, alone. Tem...
family would become highly educated as well as become involved civically. Following with that, then, he took a position as a...
in regard to religious art. Religion, of course, is very diverse in India. Hindu is the primary religion (comprising 82.6 percen...
came about where concepts such as heaven, divinity, truth, the sanctity of birth, and sacrifice (2005). These were new concepts in...
"The mythology of Myra Hindley reveals, above all, that we do not have a language to represent female killing..."....
image South African-ness. The markets of this iconic South African beer would often refer to it as the peoples beer (Talotta, 2000...
Newspapers have played an incredibly important role in world history. For the last five hundred years of so, in fact, newspapers ...
see a great deal of intent on magic in a Celtic wedding, where there are many ways in which to honor the mystical forces, some of ...
This research paper/essay discusses the "Iliad" and the "Aeneid" as two epic poems that mirror the values of Greek and Roman socie...
This 12 page paper gives an overview of the history of the theatre in ancient Greece and the connection with mythology. This paper...
Homosexuals and Muslims in Contemporary Society The author of this paper considers the importance of the choice of words in repor...
In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at Hebrew and Egyptian mythologies. A discussion highlights similarities between the tw...
This essay presents an overview of Medea in Greek mythology, referring to scholarly assessment of ancient sources and also the way...
This research paper offers and overview of Sumerian mythology and how it was influenced by climatic and geographical features of t...
no lack of literature about how gods and goddesses (goddesses, especially) are linked with death. The Greeks - Artemis, Niobe, Fer...
of appropriate parental guidance and role models that makes certain youths choose lives of violence. In the Old West violen...
dominance, a reality much of which is attributed to - or blamed upon - religious underpinnings. Laughton (1995) notes how women h...
patriarchal norms" are both contribute to the prevalence of wise abuse.5 An interesting social factor is the statistical fact that...
and furthermore substantiates the domination of men over women. The clear message is that the patriarchal, punishing Jehovah shoul...
the will to live together is the result of sharing past memories. These shared memories of common experiences, whether "of glories...
In 5 pages this paper contrasts and compares the roles played by oracles and fate in the mythological tales of Achilles, Oedipus, ...
This paper consists of three pages and examines the Roman mythological gods and goddesses Mars, the war god, Cupid, the love god, ...
with recognizable characteristics often brings a product line into closer view for the average consumer within the demographic sco...
In six pages Durkheim's ritual perspectives are examined in terms of their implications when applied to Eliade's arguments on ritu...
of boundaries. II. Loki : The Instigator of Conflicts When Loki appears in a myth called "the Eddas," it is mostly in his role...
In seven pages this paper considers the injustices of war in a consideration of women's unequal roles represented in the works of ...
In six pages the abuse of women in several Greek myths is discussed. There are four bibliographic sources cited....