Essay on The Striding Apis Bull

This sculpture is carved from the sacrum bone of a now-extinct camelid. The sacrum bone is the large triangular bone at the base of the spine. The sculpture was handmade. Geologists argue that it was carved with a sharp instrument. The two carved circles which represent the nostrils are perfectly symmetrical.

Osiris was the lord of all the earth. Osiris grew up and became King. When he grew up he married his sister Isis. Back then Pharaohs used to marry within the family so the bloodlines could stay pure. The couple were loved by many for bringing the agriculture and civilization to Egypt. Later, Thoth; who was the god who overcame Ra’s curse. With the help of Thoth Isis was able to help ritualize bringing Osiris back from the dead. After Ra was bitten by a snake she asked him what his “hidden name” was so he could love. During that moment the name Amen-Ra was revealed. Nevertheless, the poison did not leave the great god and he felt no better. As soon as Ra was sent to the Heavens Isis was Queen and Osiris became Pharaoh of Egypt.

Osiris (shown above) the god of the afterlife, or underworld, Osiris was the King of Egypt, murdered by his brother Seth and then resurrected by his sister/ wife Isis as the king of the dead, a king from which every Egyptian hoped to join in the afterlife. Osiris was a god originally connected with fertility, he is known primarily through the story of his death, murdered by his brother Seth over the jealousy of his throne, and

Some Greek deities can also be identified with Egyptian ones, in particular the Greek Dionysus and the Egyptian Osiris. They both preside over fertility, in addition to their other duties. Another similarity is that they are both twice-born. Dionysus was born first from Semele’s womb and then later from Zeus's thigh. Osiris was the son of Geb and Nut and was resurrected by Isis after being murdered by Set. (Livingston, Greek and Egyptian Religious Parallels) Other Gods and Goddesses that are similar include Horus and Apollo, Isis and Demeter, Hathor and Aphrodite, Neith and Athena and Bast and Artemis. (FOOTNOTE GREEK AND EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS PARALLELS) There appears to be an overlap between many deities in Greek and Egyptian mythologies.

Ptah was also a creator god who built the boats that carried the souls of the dead into the Underworld. Osiris was the ruler of the Underworld and husband to Isis, the goddess of fertility and the ideal wife. Isis’ song, Horus, was the god of the sky and depicted with a hawk-like head often portrayed with a double crown. These deities were worshipped daily by the Egyptians in temples built by the ruling pharaoh and his priests. The pharaoh was viewed as the intermediary between the deities and his people. Through his kingship and divine power, he was expected to maintain universal peace and order. Egyptians also underwent extensive and excessive processes to preserve their souls after death through tombs, mummification, and offerings to the gods for preservation of the deceased bodies (“Ancient Egyptian Religion”). The concept of life after death is rooted in ancient Egyptian religion where funerary processes and burial rituals were fundamental and crucial to an afterlife.

Geb’s son, Osiris, was the god of afterlife. He was murdered by his own brother Seth, which they think was the cause of the droughts, but his miraculous rebirth caused the flooding of the Nile valley. He was married to his sister Isis and had a son named Horus. Osiris also had another sister, Nephthys. It was said that Osiris was the one who brought civilization to the ancient Egyptian. He left and showed the Egyptians many things, but while he was gone Seth planned to kill him. His plan worked, he killed Osiris and threw him into the Nile River, but Isis found his body only to let Seth rip it into 14 pieces. Isis and Nephthys worked together and found every piece except one, which was eaten by the Nile fish. Isis recovered him just long enough to have Horus, which would be the future king of Egypt.

While healing from his third-degree burns, he re-devoted himself to the faith he believed in. After recovering, he bought himself a church. It was the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Memphis. He began having services there and turned back to gospel music.

The American Bullfrog, widely known and publicized as an invasive species to the Northwest. Causing people to rampage, even in my own research I stumbled upon multiple pages, encouraging people to eat them with headlines like “Want to help control invasive species? Eat a bullfrog.” This bullfrog has definitely faced the front of the force against invasive species because of how much it drastically changed the ecosystem in the Northwest. It is responsible for the sharp edged, and rising movement of the “Eat the Invaders”

    The object of bullfighting is for a matador to defeat and kill a bull with a swift clean kill. But before a bullfight, the bulls ears get filled with

Whether bullfighting is considered as a sport or a form of art, its main goal is to spread happiness and entertainment among people of all ages; however, this goal can never be achieved through violence and blood. It is estimated that every year, tens of thousands of innocent bulls who never caused us any harm, get severely injured, tortured and in most cases killed, as a result of this barbaric event. The bull is a symbol of Spain and should be protected like many other animals are symbols of their counties and are sheltered such as pandas and kangaroos in China and Australia respectively. But unfortunately this majestic animal, the bull receives such a savage treatment from the country he represents. Before entering the fight, the bull is cruelly treated in such a way that cotton swabs are put into their nose to limit their respiration, Vaseline is applied into their eyes to give them a blurred vision, and their horns are usually shaved which causes them so much pain. During the fight, the defenseless and distraught bull is vulnerable to being attacked by more than one matador in the arena, and at the end of the fight the matador gives the bull the final blow by thrusting the sword into the helpless bull, followed by cutting its ears and tail and acquiring them as an award. Furthermore, this vicious event does not only harm the bull, but it also harms the matador severely and cause him several injuries, some of which might be fatal. Getting with a bull into an arena for years and years, can easily bring the matador’s life to an end sooner or later, as torturing the bull before every fight, will never be enough to guarantee the matador peaceful battle because any mistake he commits can be lethal if hit by the

The Lamassu of the Assyrian kingdom was quite large in size as it guarded the entrances to the throne room of the Assyrian king. The size of the winged bull with a human head was surely an important part in guarding the gates and instilling fear in all that passed it. It is a relief sculpture of mostly high relief elements as the wings are the only parts that appear to be in low relief. The entire body, except the head, is in profile view. I believe that this was done purposely to create a gaze between the Lamassu and whoever passed it in order to instill fear. The head is also not proportioned with the rest of the body as it appears smaller than that of which it should be. The head of the Lamassu is also decorated with possibly a crown of some sort, earrings, and a beard. His beard has a distinct pattern that creates texture amongst as well as within his earrings. This same textured pattern can also be seen in different areas of the bull body as well as the bottom of the tail. The bull body is strong and muscular as veins can even be seen bulging out in the muscles of its legs. All of these details are important as they also

Three days a week, all night, until 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning, people sat out in the dark and waited for him to speak or to give them an answer. Not everyone could go to the inside room. It was called the holy place, where only his majesty sat, and there was another room, where the second master sat. That was the man or the women who would take over, in the future, in case the first master passed

Every year, Minos sacrificed the finest bull in his flock to the Greek gods. However, one year a magnificent bull appeared in his flock. However, Minos decided not to sacrifice this bull; instead, Minos sacrificed a lesser bull. The Gods became angry and Poseidon put a curse on Pasiphae. According to Apollodorus, Pasiphae asked Daedalus (an engineer) to build a wooden cow for her that was hollow on the inside. After Daedalus had built the cow, Pasiphae put some animal skin on it and hid inside it. After a short period of time, the magnificent bull appeared and made love to the “wooden cow”, i.e. Pasiphae!

Serapis is a Greco-Egyptian deity of the sun first encountered at Memphis, where his cult veneration was sometimes connected to that of the sacred Egyptian deity known as Apis (who was called Osorapis when deceased). Some depictions of Serapis, portrays him with a basket on the head, which indicates a plentiful harvest. Serapis was originally a god of the underworld but was reintroduced as a new deity with many Hellenic aspects, who centered the worship of the deity at Alexandria. Serapis was an invented god, which was a hybridized deity based on various Egyptian and Hellenistic deities who was presented to the world at the beginning of the Ptolemaic Greek Period in Egypt.

During the first stage, or tercio de varas, the picadores ride into the ring on horseback. The carry a long lance with a small metal pick at the end. The bull is provoked into charging the horse and the picador guides his lance into the large neck muscle of the bull as it crashes into the side of the horse. This causes the neck muscle to weaken, therefore, forcing the bull to droop its