Goddess

of the Greek goddess Hera or the Roman goddess Juno. However, not very many people completely understand the differences between the two. Both goddesses are considered to be the goddess of marriage and childbirth, but they have very distinct personalities that set themselves apart from each other. Hera is often portrayed as being very vindictive and someone who shows no mercy to those who wrong her, including women and children. However, Juno is showed to be a much more loving goddess, full of…

It is in human nature to seek answers to the large questions of life. Some of these questions include: Why does the universe exist? Who created it? What is the purpose of life? And what happens when a human dies? People all over the world seek answers to these questions within various religions. Religions provide a world view, community, sacredness, central stories, emotional experiences, and ethics. Wicca is a religion among many. The Wiccan faith is often misunderstood. There are numerous…

to Ggreek mythology, most of the Romans gods and goddess were named afteras planets as we think of it., in the modern viewpoint, however tThe planet names came from rome's god and goddess names not the other way around. The main focus of this paper is the roman myths of Echo and Faunus, Echo and Juno, and the story of Ceres and Proserpina and the reason for the seasons and who the different characters are. The stories including these god and goddess are similar in the roman and greek version.…

Paris kidnapped her and they eloped, causing Menelaus, Helen’s husband, to begin the war. Although this myth uses the illusion of love to justify the beginnings of the war, Helen expresses to Aphrodite that she is only with cowardly Paris due to the goddess. When Aphrodite appears to Helen to tell her to meet Paris in the bedroom, Helen tells her “Lusting to lure me to my ruin once again? Where will you drive me next?” (The Iliad 3 Lines 461-462), Helen reinforces the argument that she did not…

months later, Leto gave birth to Artemis who then helped her mother as she gave birth to her twin brother, Apollo. Artemis is identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Diana (Felson).…

The second goddess I’ll be talking about is Aphrodite , she is the goddess of love and beauty , she is older than other olympians , she was born of the sea foam , she is the wife of Hephaestus , it was a myth that she was cheating on him. The third goddess I’ll be talking about she is the Goddess of the hunt , moon , virginity , archery , childbirth and all animals , she is the daughter of Zeus and twin…

The simple fascination with the exotic East has evolved into a cloudy perception of the Orient. The artistic minds of many dancers, composers, and choreographers began making false generalizations of various aspects of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and Eastern Cultures. According to public intellectual and theorist; Edward Said, Orientalism is the “general patronizing Western attitude towards Middle Eastern, Asian and North African cultures based on underdeveloped theories and fabrications that…

with Aphrodite, Artemis and Juno. Decisively, Hebrew scholars now feel that the goddess Ashtoreth referenced oftentimes in the Bible exists as an intentional alternate for the Greek name Astarte. As one can determine, the intertwining of the goddesses overlaps one lustful deity after the next; virtually, intermingling them indefinitely. The Decline of the Great Goddess By the Roman period, the idea of a ‘great goddess’ had become socially superfluous; as…

Oplontis. This collection of two villas near Pompeii served as a preserved utopia of Roman and Greek art that was protected due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. One such individual that was frequently found in these villas was the Greek goddess, Aphrodite. This goddess of beauty served as a…

Artemis is known as the goddess of the wilderness, the hunt and wild animals, and fertility (Ephesus). She both hunts the animals and saves them from poachers or other hunters. Artemis and her twin brother, Apollo, were two of many children of Zeus. When their mother, Leo, was giving birth to the twins, she had a simple first birth with Artemis. Artemis immediately helped her mother give birth Apollo. This was the first thing that she did as the goddess of fertility, also giving her the title.…