Epic of Gilgamesh

Undetected in a massive world, humans are seized to be used as game pieces in the Immortal Game where the Immortals hold all the power. In Ann Aguirre’s Public Enemies, the main character Edith or “Edie” is the major pawn that immortals fight over. Edie was sucked in like a vacuum cleaner into the perilous world of the Immortal Game, where human belief makes your worse nightmares real. Her boyfriend Kian, struck a deal with a powerful Immortal, the Harbinger, who will protect Edie at all…

In this essay I will be portraying the similarities and differences the two myths Quetzalcoatl and Sundiata. They both are similar in some way you will learn while i explain both of these stories. I will be explaining Both similar heroic traits of the two stories, the nature and causes of conflict, and how they both left their people with hope at the end of their stories. In this paragraph I will be explaining the similar heroic traits. Quetzalcoatl rules the land and tells the people they…

The Will of the Gods The gods represented in Gilgamesh hold a certain resemblance to the way that humans act, and are only set apart through of their immortality, strength, and birthright as a god. The gods are above all men. They form the highest of the class system, though they are not humans in Gilgamesh they still interfere with the human world. The gods influence the humans through dreams and visions, they are the ultimate governing force for mankind, and yet they are detached from the…

Gilgamesh had great power and strength. With these attributes he ruled as if no man could stand up to him and he was correct in thinking that. He was a womanizer and a brute king, with no regard for his people. But, slowly after many encounters with Gods and humans alike, he transformed into someone who understood friendship and the quality of life. Gilgamesh began to understand that the quality of life and who you spend it with are the most important lessons through his travels and trials with…

The Flood of Gilgamesh was composed before 2000 B.C, while the Genesis story was composed in 400 BC, which was much later then the Gilgamesh surge. Scriptural authors presumably knew of the much more established surge yet amended it so it fit with their own history and perspective. They in all probability expected the first story with their own mythology. In spite of the numerous similitudes between the two stories, the distinctions are uncovered in various diverse subjects that recognize the…

McCandless lived an incredible life. He dared to live in a way that reflected a transcendental lifestyle, something that we do not see much of nowadays. McCandless traveled all across the west, looking for that final, sweet adventure and ended up in Alaska, starved to death. The peculiar thing about this though, is that McCandless seemed to have no regrets. McCandless lived a unique life by the transcendental actions of reducing dependence on property and self reliance. Chris McCandless…

Going Deeper through the Myths of the Ancient World. Mariana Peña 7a “The Hero's Journey” This is a way of narrating and analyzing how a hero(e) took his role in a story or myth. Myths explain stories were the character face magnificent phenomenons.“The Hero's Journey” methodology was created by Joseph Campbell who was an editor and author of different comparative mythologies. “ The Hero's Journey” is the cycle that the hero does to achieve a goal. This cycle is represented in two parts;…

FREEDOM: Man’s freedom vis-a-vis its alignment to Principles of Management The freedom of man is one of the most controversial and most debated-upon issue in philosophy throughout the many years of existence of societies. The fact that the man is said to be endowed with will and intellect did not prevent philosophers to question the very freedom of choice among men. Indeed, after sitting aloft the clouds of humanistic pride, first aligning himself not only with the angels, but with God…

Aryabhatta is without doubt the Astronomer/Mathematician non-pareil of the Post Vedic/Post Epic era in the historical narrative, especially so since his magnum opus The Aryabhattium, which packs a lot of information in the terse aphoristic style characteristic, of that era, has survived intact from the mists of a distant past when he first developed his thesis. His work and the prior work in the Vedic area form an important sheet anchor for the entire chronology that follows, important by virtue…

Laserblast, Shadowy Figure, and Professor Venomous: how the HECK are they connected? Some thoughts about how these characters might be relevant later on. KO calls Laserblast (LB) “a powerful hero from before [he] was born”, meaning LB is no longer an active hero. What with the hazards of a superhero job and the ominousness of his floating head in “Face Your Fears”, I doubt he just retired. If he’s dead, then he obviously can’t be Shadowy Figure (SF) or Professor Venomous (PV), but that doesn’t…