These traits represented kingship and a god of fertility. Being part of the Heliopolian Ennead, he was the brother to Seth and Isis. Both he and Isis were the parents to Horus. He was a funerary god, and his myth tells the story of how he became the first person to have died and be brought back to life as a mummy through magic. The “Osiris Myth” begins with Seth killing Osiris, potentially due to his envy for Osiris’ kingship or marriage to Isis.…
Greek mythology is teachings that belong to ancient Greeks. There are many Greek Gods and Goddess however the Olympian Gods and Goddess ruled the universe. There were fourteen of these Gods and Goddess. The first was the most powerful God, Zeus. Zeus was the God of the Upper World and was in charge of all other Olympian Gods.…
While researching Isis on the Ancient History Encyclopedia Web site, I found it interesting that she wore a headdress of an empty throne after her husband Osiris was murdered. I think this is an important detail to know because it shows her devotion to her husband, even after his death. I also really found it interesting the details provided about how Isis was able to find a pillar, created by the tree that kept dead Osiris inside. Unfortunately, even though she was able to cut her dead husband from the pillar and carry him back to Egypt, while she looked for herbs to make a potion to bring him back to life, his brother cut Osiris to pieces and scattered them across the land. I think these are important details because the book gave a high-level…
Athena Lallianpuii Class-8 B Roll No.-17 I.T ASSIGNMENT Athena was the goddess of War and Wisdom. Her symbols are owls, olive trees, armors, helmets and spears. She has many siblings including Aphrodite, Hermes, Apollo, Helen of Troy, Perseus and Artemis.…
I chose Nefertiti because she is one of the most powerful women in ancient history. She was the Great Royal Wife of the Pharaoh, Akhenaten, and therefore queen. As most pharaoh's had many wives, only the Great Royal Wife or chief consort was queen. It was the children of the Great Royal Wife whom inherited the throne, as well. She and her husband left a rather large mark on Egyptian history and Culture even changing the religion and capital of Egypt.…
Hathor was one of the most beloved and complex goddesses of ancient Egypt. A mother goddess who created and maintained all life on earth, Hathor was worshiped for many things such as goddess of the sky, fertility, music, and dance and as the symbolic mother of the pharaoh, or ruler. The Egyptians associated the goddess with all genres of love, and most her festivals included singing, dancing, and drunken ceremonies. The ancient Greeks identified Hathor with their own goddess of love, Aphrodite.…
“A goddess is a woman who breaks the mold, she’s who she wants to be… And she offers no apologies.” In greek mythology, there appear to be several different gods and goddesses each owning their own unique statistic(s). Gods and goddesses were immortals looked up to by mortals; mortals praised and worshipped them. Goddesses were powerful woman who were flawless and thought the world of themselves; this was normal.…
First, she was a daughter of Zeus but she didn’t have two parents like the other gods she was born out of Zeus mind. She was the god of wisdom and knowledge she helped gods when they were in trouble. This goddess thought us an important theme that in war strategy comes first. You need a strategy for winning the war not only violence.…
Athena is one of the many Greek Goddess's. She is the goddess of wisdom, war, patriotism, good citizenship, skill Athena is known most specifically for her strategic skill in warfare. Athena is the Protector of Athens. She taught cooking, sewing and weaving to the women and agriculture and metallurgy to the men. She had many siblings, but about 5 times as many half-siblings.…
There are many gods and goddess. Let me tell you about one of them, about Athena, she was always Zeus favorite child. The interesting thing is how Athena was born, she didn't have a mother instead she was born from Zeus's forehead. In the city of Mount Olympus. Dressed in full armour, when she was born.…
Athena, goddess of wisdom, was one of the only three Goddesses who would remain a virgin goddess, never marrying, nor falling to prey to love or the spells of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Romance is never featured in Athena’s mythology, and one could she say she’s the archetypal business woman. Now the way it all started for Athena, the manner in which she was born, was truly amazing. Zeus once laid with the woman Metis.…
Isis was seen as such a beauty an independent goddess, and a mother. Her name means Queen of the throne or female of throne. People began to associate everything with her. She was the ideal woman in Egyptian times. Everyone looked up to her and worshipped her.…
Societies have always held a woman to a different standard compared to that of a man. Ancient societies had many rules and rituals for young girls into woman hood. Imagine yourself being born as a female in Ancient China, you are only three days old, your father would place you under a dark cold bed, to show how lowly and weak you were compared to a male baby. This is one of the many different rituals that were regularly used though out China, Ancient Greece, and Rome. The rituals performed on a female during this time, follows suite with the status of a Woman in Ancient times.…
Nefertiti was an extremely powerful Queen during the eighteenth dynasty, and to this day she remains one of the most famous Egyptian Queens to have ever ruled. Nefertiti translates to “the beautiful woman has come”. She is suspected to have been very tall, thin, and she was known as the most beautiful woman in all of Egypt during her time. At age 15 she married Amenhotep who is later known as Akenhaton. Even though she was the wife of King Akenhaton, she along with other women played a surprisingly significant role in ancient Egyptian society.…
Persian Mythology and its Origins Persian mythology is the reflection of multiple eras pervading a 12,000-year chronology. As far as archaeological evidences indicate, the inception of Persian mythology goes back to 1000 to 1500 B. C., and the flow of motifs, myths and heroes is affected through various settlements of the migrating people from Central Asia and southern Russia ( “Myths Encyclopedia”, par.2). Roving through the steppes located at north of Caspian Sea and black Sea, Indo-Europeans, who rooted back to Bronze-age era, constituted the majority of migrating people to Iran, Turkey and Northern India (McCoy, par.2). At the time, the Indo-European peoples who settled in geographical regions of current Iran became the Persians, and through…