Essays on Mythology

Expressed in Macbeth

Myths and legends are part of our common collective unconscious; they provide us with ways to process the feelings and aspirations we have as individuals to better ourselves and be rewarded for our hard work and moral goodness. There is also a psychoanalytical portrait to this sense of myth as well, as Freudian concepts of dreams and human fantasies of the unconscious combine with Jungian archetypes to create models of human behavior that we wish to emulate and look up to. No matter the story, be it Jesus or Holden Caulfield or Luke Skywalker, myths often operate on a Continue reading...

Indeed, Mixtec writing can be considered to have had an impressive history that spans to more than 2000 years. During this long duration, it has managed to express numerous aspects and concerns in regard to social reality in which it has been produced. Bringing us to the Mixtec-Aztec interaction, Mark B. King shows us how various characters and pictorials forms of writing represents complete ideas and words instead of sounds and syllables in poems and metaphors. The structure and meaning of the Mixtec codical symbolism have been examined and expounded in his article. According to King, the focus on Continue reading...

Classics "Greek Mythology"

Part One
- Simonides
- A subject on Greek Mythology would be interested in Simonides as he is a Greek lyric poet who was involved in the distinction of the different famous personalities of his time. He uses fanciful elements that had real influence on the enlightenment of the Greek literature towards the classical era.
- “Psychopompus”
- This word is identified to refer to the guider of souls. In Greek mythology, Hermes is considered the psychopompos who leads the bodies of the dead to the state of stability as he hands them over to Charon.
- “culture hero”
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In a world where all races seem to be making equal contributions to the economy, the attitude and stereotype towards race has remained to haunt the society. There are still various cases of discrimination on the basis of race. Instead of concentrating on other economic activities, some people have gone ahead to take a critical study of the race just to prove or disapprove the assumptions that have been held towards people of a certain race (Haney, 2006). This implies that race is a social problem rather than a biological issue. Just as a child has no choice of Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Mythology typically elucidates historical events of ancient characters to represent beliefs, practices, natural phenomenon and institution that are related to religious beliefs and rights. The mythology had an immense impact on art and literature during the Decadence era as it gave rise to the concept of Symbolism in Europe. Decadence was an era towards the end of Eighteen Century that emerged during the industrial revolution in Europe. Decadence is heavily linked with symbolism. Symbolism links the ancient mythology with imagination to form art and literature. Symbolism is an artistic and literary movement that emerged in the group of few Continue reading...

The Theogony encompasses a wide array of classical mythology concerning the beliefs of ancient Greek people. Theogony illustrates narratives of how the gods created and shaped the universe. Thogony retells the Greek mythology the same way the bible in the book of Genesis depicts the story of creation. The Hesiod asserts the narrative is the work of a poet or a king that acts in the capacity of a prophet. Hesiod in the epic poem of Theogony offers the Greek version of Genesis in the bible. Hesiod says that, in the beginning of creation, there was a lot of Continue reading...

A lot of myths describe judgment, and the good and evil. These apocalyptic tales harbor on morality tales as one sees them describing how one is right and good and will deservingly go to paradise, while those who are not righteous will suffer or be punished in hell. The Myths described in Parallel Myths by J.F. Bierlein border on morality in a big way and in doing so, present some extremely frightening possibilities. Maybe not violent in the sense like widespread bloodshed, but definitely something that is disastrous. Myths perhaps have a purpose in that they shape a person’ Continue reading...

Skeptics are of the opinion that the account of the floods that destroyed nearly everything on earth given in Genesis is actually a modified description of the original story given in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI. As far as the dates are concerned, while the Gilgamesh epic is said to have been penned before 2000 BC, the dating of Genesis has been placed by scholars between 1500 BC and 500 BC (Deem 1). This indicates that the Genesis’ flood myth could have indeed been sourced by Biblical authors from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. As a result, the Continue reading...

Race refers to the similarities by a particular group of people in the sense that they may be people who share the same language, similar customs, have the same skin color or possess other similar physical features. However, different races have faced criticisms for various reasons such as their religious affiliation as well as their cultures. As such, this paper seeks to focus on the major criticisms that have been experienced by all the races.
Secondly, the physical environment has an influence on all races. One’s racial affiliation affects their way of doing things. Factors that stem from Continue reading...

Educational Institution

You know him, right? Blond, tall and handsome Scandinavian guy. Dressed in armor with a red cape, has the ability to fly? No, not Superman, get your facts straight! Alright, he has a mighty companion, a hammer called Mjolnir, with the help of which he can summon lightning. Yes, correct, his name is Thor. He is a God of Thunder, son of Odin, the Father of all Gods, himself. Brought to public by Marvel comics in far 1962, he was popularized today by such movies like “Thor”, Thor: The Dark World”, and of course “The Avengers”. But I am Continue reading...

It is often believed that back pain is the mainly caused as a result of Scoliosis. Many people believe in this myth because in degeneration of the spine the muscles gets stiffer with age and the spine loses its structural dependability with maturing and progressively creates unusual arches that can be terrible and lead to indications including back pain, leg issues (deadness, weight, shivering, pain and shortcoming) and progressive trouble in walking which obliges successive rests and movement impediment.
The study conducted by Buttermann (2008) enlisted scoliosis and control patients, every one of whom had evaluation for back pain ( Continue reading...

Question one

In the past and modern literature, myths are widely used in short stories, poetry, and in novels. In Oedipus, the story is about a king (Oedipus) who killed his father and married his mother. According to the story, this foretold event resulted from a prophecy by an oracle told to King Laius. The King took precautionary measures, but the prophecy was already in place and had to be fulfilled. The story becomes a myth when Oedipus dies and is swallowed into the earth, then becomes the guardian hero of the land. Other Greek myths include stories of Zeus, Odyssey, Continue reading...

The Greek mythology as known today is a culmination of the traditions in different parts of the Greek civilization with each region having its own heroes. For examples, the Homer’s Iliad is a regional mythology that strived to appeal to as many cities as possible bringing together a common identity of the Greeks. During the time of Hesiod and Homer, Greece comprised of many cities and islands separated by natural boundaries made by the gods (Works and Days, 167-171). The Iliad mentions almost all the apart of Greece that took part in the Trojan War. The mythology often Continue reading...

Introduction

Myth, particularly in the Greek tradition, places a great significance on place and location – cities such as Thebes, Athens and Crete are given almost mythical importance of their own through their roles in the characters’ journeys. In the case of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex, Thebes is both the setting and the goal of the story – Oedipus’ loyalty to Thebes, a suffering city, provides a complex goal and metaphor for Oedipus’ own journey to the truth of his own existence and past with King Laius. Thebes is just as much of a character in Oedipus Rex as Oedipus himself or any Continue reading...

Greek mythology and culture are important element of the development of every culture. Ancient Greeks always thought that Gods are the reflection of our inner conflicts and turmoil. That is why the myths about the Gods contain thoughts much deeper than it seems from the very beginning and can be interpreted in multiple ways. I’ll be discussing the meaning the story about Zeus and Typhon, following them by the interpretation of Aegyptus and Danaus, comparing the myths to my own personal conflict.
First, I would like to analyze the story about Zeus and Typhon. According to the plot, Continue reading...

One of the writers whose name is William Faulkner said: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” As he said, past is still going. His quote is similar to the history of art. Throughout art history, we learn and imagine about our past and how people used art to represent their lives on their period. One of the artworks that people used to represent their lives is vase. People used vase both, as art work and as household item. It was used to store water or wine in it or something else. As the time passes Continue reading...

Greek mythology as it exists today was a culmination of oral tradition that was part of the early Greek civilization. Different regions of the Greek empire had different heroes with their own traditions and thus Greek mythology was firmly tied to it geographical location. Geography and physical places/ space helped shape Greek mythology to a large extent. Homer’s Odyssey, Iliad and Hesiod’s Theogony are examples of Greek mythology where the myth is tied with the geographical space. With the mention of places these poets also driven by a certain ‘Panhellenic’ impulse-a desire to appeal to as many Continue reading...

Introduction

Where the universe originated from remains a philosophical issue. Different people argue differently about the origin of life. Although people live in a more technological developed world, they still have certain criteria to explain where life came about. In biological aspect, specialists argue that life originated from genetic traits (Moore, 59). This is different from myths that have the idea of the universe to have originated from accounts of divine creation (Pollitzer, 34). In this concern, Evolution and Creationism are the popular anthropological theories of origin. This research aims at determining people’s opinion about the two accounts. With Continue reading...

Introduction

I agree that the case study propagates unwarranted myths and buzzword by minimizing firms for such reasons as neglecting to have a retirement age for chiefs and neglecting to discrete the administrator and CEO roles. They guarantee that the defeat of numerous organizations has developed about as of the lack of monetary mastery on the board. Different purposes behind poor appraisals are neglecting to oblige that chiefs and executives have a legal set measure of value possessions. The earlier history of administration on sheets of firms enduring the monetary pain; disappointment to have a formal retirement age, board size, Continue reading...

Myths are stories that are aimed at providing justification to things people lacked understanding about. Other theories argue that myths are simply distorted explanations of real historical events. One such myth is Sunjata. Sunjata, a hero who founded the Mali Kingdom, is an African King whose story is characterized by supernatural elements ranging from his birth to his possession of beyond the ordinary strength. He is a champion of South Saharan epic Africans.
The people in these cultures believe that Sunjata, the hero of an African epic of community existing around the southern Sahara. The king referred to as Continue reading...

The term, ‘Pseudoscience’ denotes one or more assertions, faiths or traditional practices that are presented as science. These practices or claims fail in adhering when measured or tested by methods of science. The reliability of pseudoscience cannot be trusted and it lacks scientific reasonableness. Pseudoscience have different importance and should not be discarded even if there are some issues with them. Pseudoscience may appear valueless in modern society but it has guided and regulated the civilization for a quite long time. This paper intends to discuss pseudoscience and discusses how it is difference from science along with analyzing that Continue reading...

Part One

Introduction The Greek mythology entails an interpretations and understanding of the origin and the significance of the things that they relate with in relation to ancient architecture. Thus, the Greek mythology covers all the aspects of their lives in relation to the places they live in, figures, creatures and their heroes. The first part of the Greek’s is a rhetoric question that needs an answer while the second part provides an answer for the same question asked (Malacrino, 2010). Conversely, the Greek mythology serves as a turning live to their way of living their myths touches their way Continue reading...

Absurdity of human existence is a hard philosophical question. The problem of absurdity of human existence arises from the point of view that the universe is meaningless and there is nothing in the world worth living. According to existentialism the tragedy of human existence is that people are like abandoned in the world of physical pleasures. They don't know how to live in the world, aware of the impermanence of existence.
In this essay I would like to highlight Albert Camus’, Richard Taylor’s and Thomas Nagel’s points of view on absurdity of human existence.
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The notions contained in the current article confirm previous studies, which have often indicated that women can provide better leadership than men. A close analysis of leadership trends shows that a number of women have risen to different leadership positions. Precisely, a number of women are in leadership realms across different settings including the academia, political and corporate settings. While it is true that women have risen to leadership positions across various settings, there is a need to comprehend with the fact that men still dominate a significant proportion of leadership positions. Deductively, leadership should not be regarded as Continue reading...

The Native Americans that can be found in North America have their myths explaining how they were created and the reason as to why they occupy certain regions in America. Moreover, these myths are seen to be very different from each other and have different concepts and ideologies. The reason as to why there is no unified body associated with the mythologies is due to the different tribal groups that make up the Native Americans (Birrell, 1993). The tribes have their own creation stories in relation to how the world came into being, the appearance of people, and the Continue reading...

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Identity and Space in the Wild West

America is a frontier country, it is part of our identity. As soon as settlers reached the New World they starting heading west in search of opportunities, adventure and resources. However, these people were cowboys, gold prospectors and other rugged individuals that tall tales were made of. The vast majority of Americans stayed safely home in their towns and cities and only ventured west when the foundations were laid and the trains ran on time. As a result, the narrative defining wilderness and the west was largely constructed using mythology and fantasy. This construct was also malleable, it Continue reading...

Introduction

Part 1: A Summary about the Movie, Pans Labyrinth
Pans Labyrinth is a Mexican-Spanish dark fantasy movie that is attributed to Guillermo Del Toro as the author and director. The movie was released in 2006 before being distributed and produced by Esperanto Films. The plotline is written against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War or during the early Francoist period. The story revolves around an intertwining of the real and the mythical world in which the protagonist, Ofelia interacts with a faun creature in a huge abandoned labyrinth.
In the story, Princess Moanna, daughter of the king of Continue reading...

IN THE PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE GRADES

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The paper studies the benefits of using Greek and Roman mythology in the primary and intermediate grades. It gives examples of popular Greek and Roman mythology. It discusses six benefits derived from using Greek and Roman mythology in the classroom setting. First, Greek and Roman myths make learning more interesting and appealing to students. This is through relevance with human daily lives. Second, they teach important values and universal truths. This makes them appropriate in intermediate school due to the maturity required. Third, they can be integrated in arts-based education. Fourth, collaborative learning activities used in teaching mythology Continue reading...

Marriage is a form of interpersonal relationship that is established by individuals in various parts of the globe in order to form what is referred to as familial bond (George and Elshtain 43). The bond formed due to marriage is recognized by various institutions that include the legal, religious and even the general society. The various partners in marriage usually have mutual responsibility and conjugal rights depending on how they agree to handle their marriage. Marriage definition differs from one society to the other and even some of the cultures have regulations that guide marriage.
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Ancient Hero Motifs
Mythology predominantly deals with the basic idea of battle, or the combat between good and evil. In this fundamental battle between good versus evil, many individuals are categorized based on their actions of either being the cause of evil or displaying bravery and bringing in good fortune to the common public. Greek mythology defines heroes as humans of either gender who hailed from the isolated past and are conferred with mystic capabilities and are also regarded to have descended from the eternal gods. Apart from this, the Greek mythology also Continue reading...

Book Review: The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy

Cannibalism as a topic of interest in both general and anthropological way has got many people concerned in the last few years. One of the people principally liable for the revival of this topic is William Arens. He wrote the book, “The Man- Eating Myth: Anthropology and Anthropophagy” in 1979. There have been numerous suggestions by researchers indicating that cannibalism has nutritional benefits, for instance, in the case of Aztec cannibalism that had its basis on a prolonged animal proteins shortage (White, 2014, pg.18). Evaluation of this and other hypotheses on cannibalism poses serious problems since its only very Continue reading...

How is language related to writing? Human civilization has miraculously journeyed from pictographs, to alphabets, and through an exciting myriad of richly endowed spoken languages from around the world. The topic initiates an interesting discussion. It correlates to culture, communications, and ancient art origins – all within the historical context. Fascination, pertaining to an exploration of the world of language and writing interrelationships, fosters in-depth thinking and a curiosity about visual forms. This paper largely discusses the history of writing with a commentary on pictography and alphabets. The idea embodied in the research required for this document seeks to nurture Continue reading...

Cultural reception and understanding have resulted in the birth of classical mythology where various cultures use and understand various myths. Romans and Greeks are the most synonymous with myths although almost each and every society has their own. Mythology has survived antiquities within the western culture over time. In the contemporary world, they are studied wildly especially in the literary world. With the advancement of time, new and ingenious ways of understanding and utilizing mythology have been devised. For instance, this essay uses Greek mythology especially about Hermes to paint out Churchill Winston in the light of a god. Continue reading...

It essential to denote that the ancient myths have worked itself into a modern day discourse as evident in the modern day televisions and cinema. The above is true owing the fact that the modern day medium incorporates modern format of communications that in essence provides a platform where people can communicate or rather pass messages to many other people across the globe. With the above said, it is imperative to make apparent the fact that the modern day formats of communication fosters the exchange of mythological discourse to a much greater audience more than ever before. Arguably, in Continue reading...

Gregory Mantsios argues that though Americans refer to the contemporary world as a classless society, the reality speaks that class distinctions; class oppression and class privileges occur. To validate his claims, he explores the four myths and mistaken beliefs about America. This paper would describe and analyze the two myths of Mantsios that I deem interesting and of greater importance. The first myth states that “The United States is fundamentally a classless society.” (Mantsios, p.183) The second myth declares that every citizen regardless of their present economic status have equal chances and opportunities to succeed.
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Roman Mythology

Greek mythology was created long before the Roman Mythology. This is estimated to be around 2000 BC. While it was not until lately that people started to believe that Roman mythology was created more in the 12th century. I disagree with De Luce, who writes that roman stories tend to come from sources that are much later than those of the Greeks. This is because Roman mythology consists of not one, but two types of creation facts which cannot be challenged. The first says that, there is a legend that when the war was over Aeneas; a famous soldier Continue reading...

The bottom of the pyramid is an economic term that was used to denote the greatest population that was comprised of the poorest people both economically and socially, who were living in a very low income per day. It is the most segregated group that contained a very invisible potential and market that was never served for a long time. Because of the many barriers and challenges that faced this group, it was cut from enjoying the privileges of the globalized economy and the technologically advanced world because it was claimed that they could not afford commodities enjoyed by Continue reading...

Cosmic Creation Myths: Scandinavians

According to the Scandinavian mythology, in the beginning there was an infinite, void space – a vast emptiness of Ginnungagap. Long before the creation of the Earth, there was Yggdrasil - a World Tree which connects all the nine worlds.
Under one of its roots, to the south, there was an area called Muspelheim. Muspelheim was so hot that no one could live there. It was guarded by the giant named Surtr, who had a flaming sword. Under the northern root there was Niflheim, the land of ice, snow and fog. Beneath, at the base of Ginnungagap, the embers of Continue reading...

1. What might have prompted Shakespeare to write this play? What elements of the play reflect the interests of King James I?
Answer: Shakespeare’s Macbeth traces its origins from the Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland by Raphael Holinshed which dates back from 1587. Published in this book are the factual records of King Macbeth’s reign. “Macbeth ruled in the eleventh century, yet it wasn’t until the fifteenth century that monks recorded his tale in early Scottish history. Andrew of Wyntoun, a canon of St. Andrew’s in Fife, completed his Cronykil in 1406. Although he Continue reading...

Native American tribes are extremely varied, and each has its own traditional culture, language, polity, history and social structure.

Myths in Native Americans’ cultures traditionally passed by word of mouth from generation to generation carrying the sacred information, were presented at ceremonies and rituals during the calendar cycle. Some myths were composed into songs, ritual prayers at all gatherings of the tribe. Thereby myths ensured spiritual and physical survival.
Ceremonies with spectacular performance of some myths were intended to maintain balance and harmony in the world, for the continuation of life of the tribe itself and all life on Earth. Naturally, central place in the community life took the Word. Native Americans had a particularly reverent attitude to Continue reading...