Deities

Have you ever wondered how the Greek gods came into existence? It all started with Uranus and Gaia. These two had many children how where strong and powerful named the Titans. When the Titans had children they overthrew there older relatives. There are many different creation stories, with Greek mythology telling a tell of two powerful rulers, there children ruling the earth and monsters also created. And the down fall of it all to just one ruler. In the beginning there was nothing but elements

A long time ago, in the land of Alethenia, lived the god Apethton, the god of the sun. Apethton was a strong and handsome young god, who had the flaw of easily falling in love with beautiful women. His suntanned skin and long brown hair also made him very attractive to other women. Over the past years he had become very popular with the goddesses, and had countless numbers of “girlfriends”, but none of them were quite right. The land of Alethenia was the home to gods and goddesses, where they had

The film “330 Million Gods” explores Hinduism and its plethora of gods and goddesses. It explores everything from the materials their statues are made of, to where you can purchase gods and goddesses, and how they are worshiped. In the film, the narrator Robert Thurman seeks out thoughts and beliefs on the Hindu religion from locals, strong believers, and teachers of the Hindu religion. One of the first things established in the film is that there is the Brahman, which is the power house of all

Prologue: When God decided to play a prank on a life. “Ashelyn! Stop that!” A girl with silky curly chestnut hair screamed as she was held back by two bulky men in black suit. She furiously glared at the lady in red evening gown as her precious treasures either being taken away or thrown out by the lady’s workers. “Ashelyn, I swear on my life that I never have those interest on succeeding the Yun’s! Stop destroying my paradise!” She pleaded as she saw one after another of her pretty boy was kicked

Egyptian gods Egyptians worshipped gods as part of their religion. They had many gods and built temples to worship them. They also made statues to honor them. There are 3 gods I will be talking about in this paper, Ra, Geb, and Thoth. There are considered main or important gods to the Egyptians. Ra is the Egyptians main sun god. He was often thought of as the king of gods. He was described as having a falcon head and wearing a sun disc. Sometimes

Tonatiuh was considered to be the sun god in the fifth era, he was one of the most important gods in the Aztec religion. Tonatiuh was a patron of the Aztec gods, and he would assist the people by supplying them with warmth and fertility. The Aztec would worship him by sacrificing the hearts of their war prisoners, they did this to keep the sun moving in orbit. The people did this form of sacrifice to repay the gods, they believed that the sun appeared in the heavens, but it refused to move so the

“How the world was made” and “The World on the Turtle's back” are two different stories while having differences they also have some similarities. The story “How the World was Made,” is about a male God who came into a space of nothingness. This God that created the world was named Maheo. He had power from the universe Gods and he started with water. In this water he creates creatures in the water, and made the birds above the water. Maheo wanted to see what he had created so he demanded light and

For this assignment, the artifact I have chosen is a six-panel, comic strip called Nina’s Adventures by Nina Paley. The charming and amusing comic strip is centered around a person asking a Buddhist God if they “ever feel like [they’re] surrounded by stupid sheep” (Paley). The God goes on to explain how the Buddhist myth (narrative) of reincarnation, or rebirth, is involved in the increased amount of sheep-like people (Paley). The God reasons that with an increased population of people more animals

Criticism of Organized Religion in Little Boy Lost and Little Boy Found   Organized religion and its adversity to the natural world is a topic that William Blake addresses quite frequently in his writings. In "Little Boy Lost," from Songs of Innocence, Blake presents a young child, representing the fledgling mind, getting lost in the dark forest of the material world. The illustration at the top of the page shows the little boy being led by a light or spirit of some kind, the "vapour" that

Religion is described as “the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.” In ancient Egypt the civilization lasted from 3100 to 1075 B.C.E, while the ancient Greek civilization began as early as the 6th century. Both civilizations were powerful enough in their region to bring their ideas and land features such as, the pyramids and Greek building structures to the world. Reflecting specifically on the subject of religion, there’s evidence that Egypt