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- 241: Mardigras
- ... cakes. Carnival parades through the streets of New Orleans begin 12 days before Mardi Gras day. Most parades, sponsored by private and highly secretive organization known as Krewes, combine imagery from classical Greek and Roman mythology with satirical references to contemporary events. During the parades, costumed Krewe members ride highly decorated floats and toss strings of plastic beads and other trinkets into the crowds of spectators lining the streets. Many Krewes ...
- 242: Werewolf Legends
- ... many traditional beliefs and legends about the werewolf one of the most famous , and one of the first stories of were wolf is "The Story of Lycaon". The story of Lycaon, which originated in Greek mythology, has been viewed as one of the first werewolf stories ever. According to legend, Lycaon was a cruel leader of a cult. Rumors of the atrocities committed by Lycaon and his cult made their way ...
- 243: Vision
- "Let there be light." With these words, proclaims the book of Genesis, the sacred process of creation was begun. Greek mythology, similarly, depicts the conquest over Chaos by ordered illumination, while the cosmologist cites a dazzling explosion of brightness as the birth of the universe. At all levels, the emergence of light has been intimately intertwined ...
- 244: Tarot Card Use In The U.s
- ... east to Italy in the 14th century by gypsies or returning crusaders. The origin of the cards is obscure, and theories that the tarot is based on the Hebrew alphabet or on Egyptian or Hindu mythology have not been conclusively proved. The Tarot deck consists of 78 cards, which are divided into two distinct groups. The Minor, or lesser , Arcana, the precursor of the modern deck, is made up of 56 ...
- 245: Labyrinths And Mazes
- ... other side of it does not defeat the allies. Labyrinths could be used to protect all sorts of things. The Egyptians used them to protect riches and even important bodies. In one instance, in Cretian mythology, the labyrinth was built by Daedalus for King Minos to protect the people of Crete from a minotaur. Instead of it keeping him from completing the labyrinth, it kept him inside so he could do ...
- 246: Interpreting The Actions Of Th
- ... gods never were really there but are merely used for an easy explanation to the strange happenings of war. We can't believe that something in fact happened just because it is noted in a mythology handbook. The Greek people needed the gods to explain mysterious occurrences that occurred within their everyday lives so that these strange happenings made sense to them. The role of the gods needs to be interpreted ...
- 247: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... and his small family to repopulate the world). Bottom Line: Genesis has more holes in it than a bad New Mexico road! Legends and Myths Consider that many legends exist in every culture today. Greek mythology, Egyptian sun gods and Indian folklore. They believed everything in their religion to be true. They have ancient writings that pre-date many biblical references. What makes them so wrong and Christianity so right! Provide ...
- 248: Heros Essay
- ... consider it. Did you think of some virtuous individual who rescues people, putting life and limb on the line to do others help and fight the evils of the world? Did Hercules of ancient Greek mythology and Superman and Spiderman of modern times come into your mind's eye? Did a police officer, a fire fighter, or some hero of war enter your brain? If they did and they make up ...
- 249: Aristophanes Views On Love
- ... reward is to be what is natural for humans to be. The penalty for not pursuing our humanity in this way is, he reminds us, further separation from what it is to be human. In Mythology this penalty is presented as the result of opposing Eros (193b). An example is separation between humans and the gods. This example would constitute a separation of humans from Eros. The greatest gift of the ...
- 250: Convince Me There Is A God
- ... and his small family to repopulate the world). Bottom Line: Genesis has more holes in it than a bad New Mexico road! Legends and Myths Consider that many legends exist in every culture today. Greek mythology, Egyptian sun gods and Indian folklore. They believed everything in their religion to be true. They have ancient writings that pre-date many biblical references. What makes them so wrong and Christianity so right! Provide ...
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