Goddess

of art is set to represent the offering the goddess Inanna, this is a ritual associated to the act and idea of a sacred marriage between a god or goddess and a mortal. In this piece of art it is believed that the vase depicts itself on the tiers of the narrative. It is seen in the first tier of the vase the offering which is a vase. Many believe that the vase being offered is the Warka vase. The vase also shows a depiction of hierarchy where the goddess is made bigger than surrounding character…

the children of god or goddess and a human, have to fulfill the prophecy and save the world. The book begins as the seven must fight off giants and one of the demigods, Jason, the son of Zeus, is impaled and the theme is introduced as the seven join with their power in numbers to defeat the giants and save Jason. Then, the theme is developed as it is carried into the middle of the book as when the seven demigods must capture the distraught goddess of victory, Nike. This goddess, even with the…

Gimbutas argue that the eyes of the goddess are the divine source. This was idea had been seen on the figurine from Dolni Vestonice, there was marking of stream flowing down the body starting at the eyes. They were clear markings of this in figure 86 , on the figurine it shows the flowing starting at the eyes, and it ended up on the breast or maybe even down more than that. There were also some other artifacts found representing the same idea from Mesolithic and Pre-Pottery Neolithic periods,…

If you were a god or goddess how will you control the world and what will you do. In the poem “Ego tripping” by Nikki Giovanni the poem is from a perspective view. The settings of the poem is taking place in Egypt. The writer had the perspective of goddess and the children she had and how she is ethereal not of earth but heavenly. The poetry talks a lot about the being the goddess that all men will praise and stating, “I turned myself into myself and was jesus.” In this poem many words describe…

the Egyptian Faiyum, a city in Middle Egypt. This group of figurines, in particular the figurine depicted in figure 3, displays a standing deity resembling the goddess Venus. This conclusion can be drawn due to the fact that there is a small winged figure, which is her son Cupid, seated on her right shoulder. In figure 3, the goddess stands on her right leg with her left leg twisted. She rests her left elbow on a pillar and holds her right arm akimbo, which is when hands are positioned on the…

Hayavadana is a play which is projected with the myth of Lord Ganesha who is a summation of both- ‘embodiment of imperfection’ and ‘of incompleteness’ and is worshipped as the destroyer of incompleteness. According to Kirtinath Kurtkoti, “The source of the plot of Hayavadana comes from Kathasaritsagara, an ancient collection of stories in Sanskrit.” Vetala Panchavimsati and Somdeva’s Brihat Kathasaritsagara - these two works compose the same tale of the…

The constellation I've picked is Virgo. I have chosen this constellation because it is the second largest. It takes four hours to clear the eastern horizon because it is so big. Virgo was associated with harvest as a harvest goddess or daughter of a goddess. It was associated with harvest because the Sun passed along the constellation during late summer or early autumn. This was when the farmers were gathering the crops they had planted. The brightest star in Virgo, Spica, is said to…

Αθηνα - Athena Αθηνα - The great mother of civilisation and Goddess of; education, philosophy, warfare, strength, inspiration and civilisation. The immortal Hellene, pushing boundaries and reminding everyone about how women can do math and have an education, along with provoking gender equality in such a dark period in time. ΑΘΉΝΑ of Pallas Athens. Guardian of her city. The people of Athena used to be able to look up at their Acropolis, the safe haven, high above the city and know that a…

In the fragments of poetry assigned for the class, the poetess Sappho originally wrote on papyrus and not all of its parts survived to our days. In the first fragment, Sappho is asking the goddess Aphrodite to hear and respond to her prayers. Sappho is asking for assistance with the matters of the heart. In another fragment, Sappho is inviting her beloved to come over to a place she is describing so they can spend time together in "festivities and pour the libation." (What is confusing here is…

comparison between a deity in Greek mythology and Roman mythology. In this case, we chose to do a research about Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, and her Roman counterpart, Minerva. They shared many similar aspects, though they are distinct from one another. The differences and similarities we have gathered from doing research are as follow: First of all, Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war, and was mostly emphasized in Greek mythology. Legends said she was born fully grown from the…