Otherworld

meeting Tidus, the main character and the son of Jecht, Yunahas faint feelings for him and talks to him more in an intimate manner rather than her usual duty-bound self. Yuna is the only one that believes Tidus is from an otherworld as she has met Jecht, who is also from an otherworld, in person. As the journey progresses, the relationship between Tidus and Yuna began to blossom into love by confiding in each other. Tidus is the only one that Yuna tells to about her fears of dying while trying to bring

The Pedair Cainc y Mabinogi is a collection of eleven welsh prose texts known in English translation as The Four Branches of the Mabinogi. These Welsh tales survive complete, in merely two manuscripts The Red Book of Hergest and The White Book of Rhydderch. Linguists argue as to what the correct dating for these eleven tales are, however, it is widely agreed that the dates of said tales, would have occurred no earlier than the late eleventh century and most definitely earlier than the late thirteenth

The United States has grown because of a tradition of expansion long before it became imperialistic. The country purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country, ceded Florida from Spain and issued the Monroe Doctrine warming European countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere. We believed in the concept of Manifest Destiny, which was a belief that it was our destiny as a country to expand from sea to sea. Next, the United States got involved for economic

Ecocriticism is relatively new in the academic, literary field. As we become more aware of the detrimental impacts we have as a society on the environment, it makes sense to review popular literature of the past to find the beginnings of humanity’s anthropocentric mindset. By examining Sir Gawain and the Green Knight through an ecocritical lens, we may begin to find the initial pattern of man’s conflict with the natural world. Furthermore, if we can argue that these texts do prove that the idea

It can be a connection between not only the other, but to the otherworld. In “Iphis and Ianthe”, Telethusa dreams of the goddess Isis when she is panicking at the chance of giving birth to a girl (Ovid). In this borderland the goddess personally delivers a message to Telethusa. It was used as a means to give directions

The Baule feel there is another world which exists simultaneously with the world of the living. This otherworld is the spirit world called the blolo. The blolo is the point of origin for the spirits of the deceased and of newborns. In order to communicate with these important spirits, many people of the Kongo have objects referred to as Minkisi (the plural of Nkisi) which harness the power and spirits of those who have died (Stokstad 890). Minkisi were used for centuries as tools for punishing criminals

to Europe. In other tales it is said that two lepers came to Brigid at her sacred well and they asked to be healed. Because Ireland has many wells and springs, Brigid is named after quite a few of them. This is because water is a portal to the Otherworld and it is a well known source of healing symbolically. So the next time you come across a well, toss a penny into it, make a wish, and Brigid herself just may grant your wish! Brigid was also known as an Irish Goddess of poetry and song. Imbolc

DRUIDS Who were the Druids? The stereotypical image of a Druid is one of a thoughtful philosopher and magician, schooled in the lore of the traditions, and in charge of the education of the chieftains as well as those who sought to obtain knowledge considered obscure by the rest of society. They were knowers of truth, able to manipulate that truth as well as inform others of it. Druids not only influenced society religiously, they also influenced it socially i.e. they took on the parts of teachers

The book(s) I have ever read is the House of Night series. It is a captivating series that once you pick up; you will not want to put down. It is an entrancing series that will draw you in so fast, you won’t even realize how it happened. Some reasons I love the House of Night are the characters, the interesting plot, and all the drama. First, I love the characters of the House of Night series because without them I wouldn’t have read such an amazing and intriguing series. All the characters have

the journey into the otherworld. Death rituals become an important part of the Mayan culture. The Mayas associate the color red with death and rebirth, similar to how many American cultures and religions associate death with the color black. They also developed many practices to commemorate the dead and long lost ancestors and conducted elaborate ceremonies for the elite members of society. Locations of the gravesites were prepared to lead one into the direction of the otherworld. Graves were to the