Goddess

seven quivering tongues of the fire god, Agni, whose flames eat up conciliatory oblations also transmit them of the gods. Between the second century BC what's more 3rd century AD, kali seems unequivocally to the to start with occasion when as a goddess in the Kathaka Grihyasutra, a formal content that names her previously, An rundown from claiming Vedic deities should a chance to be conjured for offerings about aroma Throughout the wedding service. Unfortunately, those quick uncovers nothing…

mental power, emotional power, and physical power respectively. Characters with great strengths in multiple fields were arranged at the top while those with little power were left at the bottom. Fortuna, the goddess of luck and fortune, tops the hierarchy due to her vast effect on others. As a goddess, Fortuna is extremely powerful and influential over lives of others. She even gifts Theseus, a very successful conqueror, power, causing her to be the strongest of all. The Queen was placed…

“As It Was in The Beginning” and “the lion’s hair” both the stories are portrayed very different from each other. As we see in “As It Was in The Beginning” it is the story about the red girl ‘Esther’. Esther belonged from a Pagan Indian family. Her mother was a Pagan and her father was a French Indian. Esther used to always go to the border of the village to watch the sun set in the foothills where his childhood friend Laurence would come and always ask, “Can’t we make you happy?” But on one…

Aphrodite was the fairest and most beautiful goddess of all. She had a magical brush that made her hair smell of flowers, and when you looked at her she changed to make her look how others envisioned the most beautiful women. On the male side of things Poseidon was the most breathtaking god but, just like the sea, he could be calm or stormy depending on the way the wind blows. He could rise land from the sea or sink them in the blink of the eye. These two did not get along very well One day both…

For the fifth time this week – yes you heard that correctly, fifth time this week, Lilith Vita found herself sitting in her professors office, bloodied, and most likely with multiple small injuries. It was the fifth time this week, and apparently it was 'getting out of hand'. . .To be honest Lilith Vita was quite tired of being called in here and having her precious time wasted. The fifteen year old Theurgist was at her limits with all of this. Not that It was her fault. . . She sat in one of…

The Greek myth “Cupid and Psyche” shares many similarities with the Brother’s Grimm fairytale, “ Cinderella”. Both stories feature the predominant female character being held back from something she cares about by a jealous, older woman, ousted from her rightful position of power in a family, and completing impossible tasks with help from others. In the story “Cupid and Psyche”, Cupid’s jealous mother, Venus, holds Psyche back from her love, Cupid. When Psyche comes to Venus searching for…

she dazzled like lightening in the sky. A lady of impossible beauty! Like large-eyed Sri-Lakshmi! None among the gods or yakshas could equal her. None among humans or others ever possessed such beauty: She soothed the eyes, she was lovelier than a goddess.' (III.53.10-14, Nala-Damayanti Katha) Her beauty was so irresistible and graceful that even Gods could not stop admiring her. One day, a golden swan, messenger of King Nala, who was one of the two sons of King Nishadh of Ayodhya, flew to…

surface Kali appears to be a goddess of many contradictions. She is both loving and terrifying; a creator and a destroyer; a mother and a warrior (Cadwell 1998, p. 196). It is only upon further inspection does one realise that Kali’s power is in fact drawn from the union of these opposites. A singular portrayal of the goddess will in no way representative of who Kali truly is. She must always be properly contextualised to truly understand her power and functionality as a goddess (McDermott 1998,…

Dekanawidah Born to a nation in Hurons, know present day Ontario, Canada, Dekanawidah knew he was distended to accomplished great thing in life from an early age at life. His mother had a dream about baby boy she would have named Dekanawidah and he would grow up to something great. When he was born, his mother was instructed by his grandmother to drown the child in the river since he was born to a virgin mother who refused to tell her mother who the father, creating bad luck for the nation.…

Women are the centerpiece of Mejica culture as evidenced by the temezcal, the women’s holy place at Tepeyac, Cosmic Mother religion, Coatlicue, and Tonantzin Guadalupe. All of the aforementioned topics revolve around women in that they either are women, resemble their anatomy, or are meant for women. A temezcal is a Nahuat word that translates to bath house. They were very prominent throughout southern and central Mexico in many towns, no matter the size of the town. For the Mejica, cleanliness…