Deluge myths

What is heaven like? What is hell like? These questions have been asked by humans since the beginning. Heaven and hell are somewhat described throughout the Bible. Growing up, we are taught what heaven and hell may be like and who goes where. Humans have and will always try to imagine the two realms of afterlife. The Bible states that, since we are human, we cannot comprehend what heaven and hell are like. As far as I’m concerned, heaven is somewhere I want to be and hell is not. C.S. Lewis has…

Albee uses foreshadowing to describe how the people who are alienated and isolated from the world are living. This is represented through Jerry's long speech and talk about his life at the rooming house, and his story with the dog. Zimbardo believes that Jerry's long speech about the dog and the foreshadowing used by Jerry shows the "pseudo-crisis" (120) that is used to explore Albee's preoccupation with man's failure to establish a relationship with other people and his anger of being isolated…

Iroquois myth that attempts to explain the creation of the world through the usage of fable and folktale-like elements. It also utilizes many different forms of language and expression in order to create a coherent story that feels surreal while maintaining an almost wistful atmosphere. All in all, the myth accomplishes its goal of “teaching” about the creation of the world and the Iroquois culture while employing unique, yet appropriate usage of language. The genre of the story is a myth, as…

created; this is called a creation myth. The two societies Iroquois and Kono are an example of people who use myths to spread a basic understanding of their beliefs and values. While some similarities between the Iroquois and Kono people’s idea of creation parallel each other, there are also some significant differences. Creation myths are a way to explain the unexplainable, specifically, how the earth and its inhabitants came to be. In historic times, these myths were told orally and…

confrontation between our human desire for order, meaning, and purpose in life and the blank, indifferent “silence of the universe”: “The absurd is not in man nor in the world, but in their presence together…it is the only bond uniting them.”(The Myth of Sisyphus, Chapter 2, Absurd Walls) • The Revolt: The companion theme to the Absurd in Camus’s oeuvre is the idea of Revolt. What is revolt? Simply defined, it is the Sisyphean spirit of defiance in the face of the Absurd. More…

There are numerous creation mythos and folktales articulated all over the world. Four such creation myths from different cultures include the Navajo, Inca, Zulu, and the Aboriginal explain how the cosmos started. Some of these folktales are eccentric in the way they elucidate how nothingness births something that is marvelous. The mythos work together in a way that is harmonious yet disastrous. All of the apologues have a metaphysical supremacy or supernatural being at the center of its story of…

main message, or why something may occur. In this case, there are many similar ideas used in myths around the world. I think analyzing the motifs throughout different religions are important because the stories describe the beginning of the world and humanity. Some of these myths are still alive and are currently being worshipped, but others have died off and are no longer talked about. Concerning creation myths, there are three main motifs that I believe are important: the idea of floods…

The Lakota are the westernmost of the seven Sioux tribes . The Lakota originated near river Mississippi, where they lived a sedentary riverine lifestyle along with their Dakota relatives. The terms Lakota and Dakota are variants for “allies”. Around the 18th century, the Lakota started moving westwards to avoid conflict with neighbouring clans, avoid contact with Europeans and to follow the buffalo that roamed the plains . They then acquired the hunting and gathering lifestyle (contrary to most…

as the vehicle, the shadow behind the stranger, the dislocating influence——perhaps even its home.” Meursault is uninfluenced by all external coercions besides his own fate where he is awoken to the absurdity of it all, parallel to Camus’s essay The Myth of Sisyphus. Camus finely illustrates themes of absurdity layered underneath the wash of existentialism that contains Meursault and the universe he exists in.…

indigenous people of what is now the “United States” lived in peace and harmony. Just like most other civilizations of their time, this broad group of indigenous natives created their own creation myths and stories to ease their worried minds of the past and future. Though there are hundreds of creation myths still cycling through cultures in today’s society, the Natives of North America have very distinct features that can’t compare to others. Unlike religious ideas in the east, Native American…