Chariots of the Gods?

In ancient Greece, Greek mythology was passed through each generation and is an important part of daily life. It was believed that the powerful gods and goddesses were responsible for everything, such as weather, emotions, agriculture, entertainment, and the creation man and Earth. Myths are traditional stories that teach lessons that have been retold many times. which had created multiple versions of each myth. By comparing any two versions, many similarities and differences can be found. There

A Chariot Racing Day in the Roman Times The Circus Maximus was the oldest and the largest of all the circuses where chariot races took place holding up to 250, 000 spectators. It was traditionally founded in the sixth century BC by Tarquinius Priscus, the fifth king of Rome. In 329 BC, permanent starting gates were constructed and, in 174 BC, that they were rebuilt and seven large wooden eggs were set up to indicate the completion of each lap. The track was originally

Chariots of Fire presents two main characters that are vastly different from one another. Eric Liddel is a religious man who values his beliefs and runs for God’s pleasure. Harold Abrahams is a determined Jewish man who runs to prove that he is more than what others see. The director purposely films Chariots of Fire by presenting characterization in Abrahams’ character by using different dialogue and internal action, and in Eric’s character by using different external action and the reactions of

readers even today is whether it was Helios or Apollo who was the real Sun God. Helios was a Titan and his most famous mention as the Sun God in the mythology, riding his chariot and being a witness to events, is where he is the only one who sees Hades abducting Persephone. Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto who’s relatively more charming and has more facets to his personality than Helios, is also widely considered as the Sun God. In this respect, Walter Burkert, a German scholar of Greek mythology

Norse Gods and Goddessess are seperated into two different groups: The Vanir and The Aesir. The Vanir group were associated with the earth, prosperity, and fertility. While the Aesir were gods of war and of sky. The two groups were at war in the beginning possibly because of differing beliefs. Once both sides realized neither would win the war, they joined together to fight common enemies. The Chief among the Aesir gods, was Odin. Odin is the god of battle, wisdom, and poetry. He is considered the

and Theia. Helios’ father was Hyperion, the Titan god of heavenly light. Theia, who was Hyperion’s wife, was the Titan goddess of sight and the shining ether of the blue sky. Helios was created from the celestial union of his parents. Helios had two sisters, Selene (the goddess of the moon) and Eos (the goddess of dawn). Helios was and still is commonly identified with Apollo. Apollo was a Greek Olympian, while Helios was a Titan. Apollo was the god of music, poetry, truth and prophecy, healing, plague

(the Arameans) are fighting against the King of Israel. Aram was a country North of Israel in what is today modern Syria. This is the divided Kingdom period where there's the Northern Kingdom of Israel and the Southern Kingdom of Judah. A man of God, Elisha, as we later learn, warns the King of Israel about Aram's plans. Imagine Aram's frustration: I camped there, and then randomly a night raid by Israel

While the Egyptian New Kingdom and the Sumerians were important to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, these two period and culture differ from each other in variety of ways. Both period and culture social structure had slaves as the lowest class on their social structure. However, the Egyptian New Kingdom and the Sumerians differed in political structure, social structure, military and religion. Even though the Egyptian New Kingdom and the Sumerians were at different periods there are similarities and

titans were born. The titans then went on to birth their own offspring. Selene was born to the two titans Hyperion and Theia. Hyperion was the god of heavenly light while Theia was the goddess of sight and wide-shining light, the combination of these created a goddess to light the night sky. In the myth, it is said that every night she drove her great chariot across the sky to light up the moon. Selene is used to represent the phases of the moon so each month there is a day or two where she disappears

Our story begins in the bitter cold woodlands of Finland, on this planet known as earth, but to others and the Gods, this is Midgard, home of the humans. Why are we brought here? Elivagar. The Valkyrie whom dwelled in the human world for years, simply because she loved the craft of the Gods, the diversity of planes and from a far, she loved the activities of humans. For years she had lived a seemingly lonely life in Midgard, but she could return to Valhalla at any point she wanted, all she had to