Deity

In every civilization, gods are represented differently. Each religion and culture has its own beliefs in ways, manners, and responsibilities of their deity/deities. I chose to analyze Akhenaten’s Hymn to the Sun and The Epic of Gilgamesh to show the similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Sumerian respected god(s). Akhenaten’s Hymn to the Sun is a poem that is very important to ancient Egypt. Through the use of imagery and personification, it is visible that Akhenaten is showing…

In a drawing the two snakes are holding their rear end in their mouths with a coil wrapped around there head with giant feet representing an enormous god whom may symbolise ra and Osiris coming together as a unit. Both snakes are examples of the (deity me hen) who is known to have protected god ra in his journey of the underworld and the motif symbolises the beginning and end of time. In Egyptian sources the ouroboros is found other places where like various Egyptian gods, goddess it symbolises…

The Making of the World, good and bad were embodied by the deities of Tawiskarong and Tijuskeha. It was the moment where Tijuskeha, while in the womb, was compliant with natural birth that it shows how obedience was shown as good in contrast to Tawiskarong, who had disagreed with natural birth and killed his mother…

polytheism. There are very few things that the Hindu and Mayan religions agree on, but one of them is that some divine force existed before humans. For Hindus this divine force is known as Brahma who came from Brahman. Since Brahma is the only the only deity that Hindus worship, their monotheistic…

Akhenaten’s ‘Worship of the Aten’ displayed concepts that were too anachronistically advanced for Ancient Egypt and its people. This resulted in the decline of the Ancient Egyptian Empire and Akhenaten’s purposeful exclusion from official records. Akhenaten founded a new religion that was completely divergent from the millennia old worship of Ma’at, moving the capital of Egypt and converting the Empire into a monotheistic society centred around the Aten - or sun. However the premise of the…

Goddess on page 175, represents this views of polytheistic society in the era of 1600 BCE. She is holding 2 snakes in its hands and showing male and female representation. This image tells us the multiple perspectives the believers have on its Deities. The era is hunter and gatherer, the Goddess was first portrayed as fertility and life and death-giver, but as the humans progressed inland and discovered other…

1- In Signs of Life, Scott Hahn, discussed the importance of Bible. The Bible is an incredible book of history and facts that proves that there is a God that created all things. I believe that without the words of God in our lives we are really empty. I think it is helpful to read it and apply it in the life. The Bible is free from error in all it affirms and unfailing in its purpose. I have in my religion the Quran, which is the holy book of Islam and is viewed by Muslims as the direct word of…

Belief system was broken down into different categories and consisted of gods that ruled over each of the classes. This form of worship is much like the modern day college schedule. For example, most students going through college working for the professors that they attend courses with. From what I have gathered from the research that I have done the Egyptian people worship place their gods in high standing positions. This being said their form of worship tends to follow a lineage-based system…

The story of Enuma Elish is inscribed on seven cuneiform tablets, recovered by a collector named AH Layard in Iraq (Matthews and Benjamin). This story has some parallel tales told in the Old Testament, such as Genesis, Exodus and the Psalms. This story presents the father and mother, Apsu and Tiamat, who represent saltwater and freshwater who were present before the creation of the universe. This story provides a description of a series of gods that were created: “When on high ... No heaven HAD…

Sacred and the Profane by Mircea Eliade the reader is forced to question many of their ideas about religion and what exactly is sacred and profane according to their own personal and religious experiences. Sacred meaning “devoted or dedicated to a deity or to some religious purpose; consecrated” (“Sacred”). Also profane which means, “characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious” (“Profane”). When looking at what qualifies as a sacred or profane…