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- 191: Is Mesopotamia a Civilization?
- ... controlled every aspect of their lives. The gods could bring rain, floods or misfortune to a business or illness to a family. The people were the marionettes of the gods. The Mesopotamian created a strong mythology to explain their gods’ relationship to earth. The Mesopotamian also believed in afterlife. They believed that when they died, they would enter a dark underworld that was a land of no return. Some believed it ...
- 192: Hero Worship
- ... all examples of the "common" hero. Many people display heroism in everyday life but are rarely recognized either by their peers or by the media. Heroism can be traced back in time as early as mythology has been present. People of that era felt a need to worship super-beings who could solve their problems. Current examples reflecting that age are evident on television today. Both "Hercules" and "Xena: The Warrior ...
- 193: Epic Heroes in Time
- ... complete until the greater good of the people whom the hero represents is met. Ultimately, the measure of the hero's success is whether the legend stands the test of time. While Greek culture and mythology differ from Jewish traditions, their heroes are one in the same. Odysseus and Moses, as well as Jacob, represent epic heroes that could appear in any culture at any point in time and in any ...
- 194: Gylfaginning: Creation and Odin
- ... that people still believed in pagan gods (1000 A.D.), many themes of both religions were mixed. Also, the advent of technology and writing coming from the Christian Church aided this process. Therefore, while Norse mythology and Christian beliefs can be viewed separately, the two were shaped into a common literature. In order to obtain information about Norse mythological creation, one has to delve into the various mythological texts. Several poems ...
- 195: Greek Values in "The Odyssey"
- ... the suitors doom. Homer's The Odyssey has many examples of Greek values and beliefs such as fate, hospitality and respect toward the Gods. These are just a few. The Greeks today are very into mythology and may still have some of the same beliefs as shown in this novel. Homer's The Odyssey has really captured important aspects of Greek culture and values.
- 196: Folklore
- ... dancing, traditions, jokes, ballads, lyric, charms, children's music, and a variety of other forms of artistic expression whose medium is the spoken word. According to the Funk and Wagnall's Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend the term folklore can be defined as "comprising of traditional creations of peoples, primitive and civilized. These are achieved by using sounds and words in metric form and prose, and include also folk ...
- 197: Nietzsche and Apollonianism and Dionysianism
- ... of his mind, Apollonianism and Dionysianism. Apollonian intellectuality is very clear, calm, and full of reason. Dionysian passion, on the other hand, is full of obscurity, disorder, irrational behavior, and even hysteria. In ancient Greek mythology Apollo and Dionysus were two gods who grew up side by side. The two contained more differences than any two beings ever. They saw everything as a competition between them selves (par.1). Apollo was ...
- 198: Women in the Odyssey: Valued Beings or Forgotten Slaves?
- ... throughout time were given this compliment until recently. It is also important because he got this message across, whether he intended it or not, through the popular medium of the time, storytelling. Even more descriptive, mythology. It is hard not to recognize that women are not idle nor house ridden in the poem. Homer shows that women are capable of nobility, virtue, and strength. That is an important idea no matter ...
- 199: A Critical Appraisal of: Beowulf and Gilgamesh
- ... believed to date from the late 10th century. On the basis of this text, Beowulf is generally considered to be the work of an anonymous 8th-century Anglian poet who fused Scandinavian history and pagan mythology with Christian elements. The poem consists of 3182 lines, each line with four accents marked by alliteration and divided into two parts by a caesura. The structure of the typical Beowulf line comes through in ...
- 200: The Development of Desire
- ... actions and speeches, but later in life, as king, relies more on his religion and honor to dictate the judgment of what is right or wrong. No longer do the gods of Rome and Greek mythology dictate what is wrong or right, with offerings to appease the gods. With the knowledge in the warrior for what is, and will be, wrong, has an effect of making Beowulf an extension of God ...
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