Deity

In the beginning gods roamed the earth changing all the flaws they found within the lonesome planet. All the gods would look down upon their throne and see all the flaws that the earth held within. Not one major god took it upon themselves to change what needed to be changed. So the small gods went out and did their dirty work. They changed the tides of the ocean, the time of the sunset, and showed the humans a new way of living life. When all was said and done the humans were still lonely. The…

If she were alive, she would be over 3000 years old. She lived during a different time than I do. She spoke a different language and had a different ethnicity than I have. She came from a distant land with beliefs that are unlike mine. Despite our differences, I have learned much from Ruth. At the introduction to her story, she had been recently widowed. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, was also a widow. When Naomi decides to return to live in her hometown of Bethlehem, Ruth goes with her out of her…

In Gilgamesh, translated by N.K. Sanders, readers witness an unbreakable bond of friendship through the characters of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Enkidu was created by the gods to be Gilgamesh’s companion. They both guided each other through harsh times and were each other’s crutch. They shared a bond that could only be broken by death. When Enkidu passed away, it was clear how much of an impact it had on Gilgamesh. The friendship completely transformed his personality and stirred up emotions within…

Where the Gods Fly When cultures collide, no one knows what will happen. The clash of cultures and civilizations is what has shaped all of history and by an extent of that, the world we live in today. But the clash of civilizations also happens on a much smaller scale. It happens every time someone for some reason or another decides to migrate from their home to another country. Because through this migration one does not only have to accept new physical surroundings but new rules, norms. This…

1. The three stories are similar, because the theme in all three is that evil will be destroyed by water. In addition, in all three stories the main character is warned to build a boat to escape the flood, is told to save himself, his family, and sampling of animals, and the boat in all stories comes to rest on a mountain. Moreover, a great rain covers the land with water and all the boats/arcs land in a mountain in the Middle East while all the other mountains are underwater. All three stories…

The individual is powerful in many ways. This is demonstrated in a human's ability to adapt to situations that no other animal could. It is also evident in the new advancement in biological studies. When any human acknowledges an outer being of higher existence, the power of the acknowledgement makes the human more powerful. For example, that being Christians acknowledging Jesus as a god. Therefore, the individual has more power than the gods they believe in and this is shown in terms of the…

With their father being the god of the dead, ruler of the underworld, and their mother a ghost, the Kanes are not exactly what you would call a “normal family”. Carter and Sadie Kane are two young magicians who live with their uncle Amos in a giant Brooklyn mansion with other trainee magicians from all around the world. As Carter and Sadie are still learning the “path of the gods”, a magic skill to use the god’s power they are studying, they are faced with having to defeat Apophis, which seems…

The Egyptian’s culture was highly developed as seen in their religion, government, and approach to medicine. The Egyptians religion and they had temples , after life, and beliefs on who made the world. They also had government that had laws and social pyramids. Last but not least their approach to medicine led them to dentistry and herbs. The Egyptian religion was a major influence in their daily lives like creating religious cults, and going to temples to worship gods. The…

Everyone desires to have God’s mercy, to be able to be forgiven by God and our brothers and sisters is all we ask for. The Abraham-Jacob saga depicts how God reveals his merciful love for Jacob in a multitude of ways. His faith for God grew immensely and abundantly in his life. Which then leads Jacob to change how he lived his life and treated others. The transformation that Jacob experienced throughout his life with his faith gave him the opportunity to be with close with his brother. His…

When a person from the Indus civilization heard of the Mesopotamians' gods around 1200 BCE, they would have thought, "These are the great gods that they worship, but ours are better." They would have thought this because the Mesopotamian gods were more unpredictable than the Indus gods, as seen when Ea told Utnapishtim of the great flood: Man of Shuruppak, son of Ubar-Tutu, Tear down (this) house, build a ship! Give up possessions, seek thou life. Despise property and keep the soul alive…