Eleusinian Mysteries

The four colors representing Nelly Dean are red, blue, grey, and yellow. Red is on the outermost layer because Nelly Dean comes off as a very strong and passionate person. She has a big heart for the kids who she has been around like Cathy Linton. Going toward the center, Nelly is represented by blue and grey. Blue shows Nelly Dean's cleanliness and security. Even though Nelly can be an instigator, her intentions are very pure and clean. She also tries to give Cathy a lot of stability as well as…

Sea Shanties are a class of work songs that date back as far as the 16th century in Scotland. However, they truly flourished over a span of fifty years in the mid 1800’s after being popularized by the Atlantic merchant trade. Sailors used chants for synchronizing shipboard labor. They are typically flexible in lyric form that would allow for easy improvisation. This would allow the shantyman (leader/head) to lengthen or shorten the call and response to match the work. Shantyman (solo):…

known as the original “Girl Sleuth”, is the lead detective of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories. A young girl of 16 or 18 years of age (her age varies between stories), she was created by publisher Edward Stratemeyer, famously known for his The Hardy Boys detective series, and written by a variety of ghostwriters under the penname Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew 2015). Nancy Drew is a female, amateur detective who stumbles upon mysteries in the fictional town of River Heights where she lives with her…

This is one of the widest spread Greek mystery cults. The Eleusinian Mysteries were a huge festival that was held quinquennially. Something that I personally thought was very interesting is that anyone invited to the festival was sworn to secrecy. So little is known about them because of that. This festival was…

most will say I'm powerful, like any other being, I have my weaknesses which are jealousy and in many cases hot-tempered. My strengths however are that I am generous and caring to children and mothers. I am a patron of mothers, harvesting grain, mystery religion, fathers, and etc. My favorite story told about me is the abduction of only daughter Persephone that was deceived by Hades,the god of the underworld. Endlessly I searched for Persephone overwhelmed with loss and grief. In result of me…

Hercules had completed all his other tasks with ease. He sought out King Eurystheus for his twelfth and final task. The king being surprised this man still stood after his first eleven labors, needed time to think of the final task and sent Hercules away. King Eurystheus wanted this task to be impossible, something no mortal could ever do. Something so dangerous that he was sure to be killed. The king decided to task hercules with bringing Cerberus to him. Cerberus was no ordinary beast. This…

putting a curse on the Earth. While Demeter grieved from the loss of her daughter the earth became a baron and she forgot all about it. The struggle of getting her daughter back was the creation of seasons. She was also known for founding the Eleusinian mysteries. They were festivals that were found every 5 years. It was a ritual celebrating the annual birth and death of corn.…

stepped forward and shed light upon the traitorous act, claiming Alcibiades and his friends committed the crime. In addition to vandalizing the herms throughout the state, Alcibiades and his group of rebels also made a drunken parody of the Eleusinian Mysteries. I will not even mention when this notorious man physically harmed Hipponicus simply for a joke. The innocent man had done nothing to deserve this physical abuse, however, that meant nothing to Alcibiades. This…

There are many Gods and Goddesses but my favorite is Persephone. Persephone is the goddess and queen of the underworld. Persephone’s parents are Zeus the god of the sky and thunder and Demeter the goddess of the harvest. Her physical traits are kind, curious, and cheerful, has light brown hair and green eyes. The strengths she has are she is adaptable and able to compromise, her weaknesses are she tries to please everyone and is torn by her loyalties. The myth of Persephone starts when Hades…

One of the mystery cults in Rome worshiped the Goddess Demeter. Demeter was a fertility Goddess, they also worshipped her daughter Persephone. Demeter embodied the harvest and would give a good harvest. Persephone embodied the spring and the bringing of life after it was killed in winter. They were worshiped by the Eleusinian Mysteries. Followers had to be initiated into the cult. Their beliefs focus on an afterlife and visions to the afterlife. It was important to form a connection with Demeter…