Centaur

CHAPTER SIX Frozen in Time The next day was hot, so I dashed outside and ambled off down a shady, well worn path that dipped low and circled around the creek which had been dammed up to form a small swimming hole. I climbed up onto a small overhanging dock stretched out my arms, and dove deep into the cool water. I amused myself for a while and treaded water, swam laps, and bobbed around. Then, in the afternoon I marched off on sopping wet, slippery sandals back to the house and ate two peanut…

These divine myths provided explanations, reassured life, encouraged people to live on and inspired great achievements. The creation of the universe and also humans are the same in the myths of the Greeks and the Romans. The gods and goddesses were the same for both these cultures but the Romans gave those gods Roman names. Ultimately, creation myths are popular because they allow questions about the origin of the universe and mankind to be answered. Moreover, these myths explain the very…

Madness, craziness, insanity—all are terms derived from the human psychosis of unstable mental health. Through this mental instability, one can lose sight of proper reasoning and plunge themselves into a pseudo-reality of delusions and hallucinations that can result in the tragedy of not only self-deterioration, but have a stark impact on the people around you. However, this madness does not just manifest out of thin air, it evolves from deeper rooted problems. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear…

thesis of Speech, Power, and Gender in King Lear it is apparent the female figure was used many times as a source of weakness, as basic female anatomy was described to the extent of demonic. This is proven as Lear says “Down from the waist they are centaurs, though women all above. But to the girdle to the Gods Inherit, beneath all the fiends; there 's hell, there 's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, burning, scalding, stench, consumption!” (4.6.122-127). Lear clearly states that women are…

Disclaimer: JKR owns her characters, plots, and world. But not mine :) Extremely long AN: About people accepting Harry as being from the future so quickly… the students didn’t and neither did the ministry. The teachers were one over by the contract as the magic that created them is considered deadly in the extreme. Not quite black but the type of magic that if you tinker with it legend states your soul will be collected by the Wild Haunt, a myth that came pre-humanity. Soooo yeah that won over…

Mythology is a powerful thing. Evolving from fireside stories, through collective learning and into strong religions that shape cultures, it has been in use since early humans walked the Earth. It continues to influence the human cultures in many different ways. Going through the history of Mythology astronomy, great monuments, psychology, powerful gods, the Solar System and more come into play as all the myths are unfolded and the increasing complexity and Goldilocks conditions are unlocked,…

CHAPTER TWELVE Ascending From Cinder Over breakfast, which consisted of loaves of wheat bread and different shades of blueberry jam, we discussed our plan for the day. It was to be a kind of search, for the captains’ ship and then the dragons. I wolfed down my food, anxious to get started and by 9:00 a.m. Sirethiel time, we’d thanked Raven for her hospitality and left the castle. We headed west for a set of golden ridges on the other side of the palm trees, but veered off toward what looked…

Megan Garey Art-105 Dr. Exline 25, November 2014 Michelangelo: His Life and Major Works Michelangelo Buonarotti, better known by simply his first name, was a sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in Caprese, Italy in 1475, and from a very young age Michelangelo was gifted in the arts. Michelangelo grew up in Florence, Italy, where his father worked for the government. Florence is considered the heart of the Italian Renaissance and it was here that…

CHAPTER ELEVEN Ascending From Cinder Over breakfast, which consisted of loaves of bread and different shades of blueberry jam, we discussed our route, and by nine in the morning Sirethiel time we were off. We thanked Raven for her hospitality and started walking towards a set of ridges on the other side of the palm trees. At a spot near the crest we stopped. I gazed down and saw a tiny river that looked like a blue thread weaving its way through a grayish-green smudge in the distance.…

Kaylee Argo Ms. DeGreef English IV 10 March 2017 The Tales of Greek Gods and Goddesses “Slay the monster Medusa and bring me her head,” said the king to a poor, yet valiant young Perseus (D’aulaire 114). It was his plot to get rid of the boy, so he could marry his mother. No man had set out to kill Medusa and come back alive, until Perseus. The tales of the Greek gods and goddesses are intertwined in history. They have been recited by many different cultures and told many different ways. That…