Legend of the Seeker

Bear Lake Valley. It has played a large role in what Bear Lake has become. The legend of the Bear Lake Monster unites the community through common knowledge and experiences, bringing in tourists with the excitement of something unknown and frightening, and helps explain weird phenomena such as Native Americans never returning from a swim and farm animals dying in the night. Although sighting reports are dying off, the legend never…

Zoroaster, another name for Zarathustra, was the founder of Zoroastrianism. The history of his life is not certain because there are not enough historical references to Zoroaster. So, scholars rely on both, pieces of historical evidence and legends, to tell about Zoroaster’s life. This results in there being more than one side to many details of Zoroaster’s life. The first part of Zoroaster’s life that is uncertain, is the time in which he lived. The holy texts of Zoroastrianism, the Avesta,…

only monsters. The only person left is you. You have nothing and no one to keep you company. This reality is displayed in the novel I Am Legend which was written by Richard Matheson in 1954. It is about a man named Robert Neville. He is left alone in a world filled with vampires. He struggles to survive as they treat him as prey. The movie adaptation, also I Am Legend, was directed by Francis Lawrence and released in 2007. It is very similar to the book, however it does have its differences. In…

years old. Despite his parents low status is society, George received an appointment to the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point, where he became roommates with Stonewall Jackson. Stoneman graduated from this school with such legends as George McClellan, Thomas…

The legend of Aleister Crowley, as it can be called nothing less than that, began on October 12, 1875 (Booth 4). Born to a family which belonged to a rather strict form of Christianity known as The Plymouth Brethren, young Crowley had limited access to ideas which varied from the church’s doctrine as well as books outside of the Bible. This limited access forced him to focus on the biblical stories leading to a mind fed on stories of false prophets, the beast and the number 666, “Crowley’s…

able to play roulette where they offer French, American and European changes of the game, each with subtle differences that you will understand and like more over time. The game may look simple, but it has many difficult outcomes will keep thrill-seekers entertained for hours. Also another popular table game they offer is blackjack. You can play many different ways from classic game, Atlantic City blackjack, high streak blackjack and several other…

author of the rules, advises the lover to be jealous for his mate, to think about her always, to think highly of her, but not to lust after her (Capellanus, 1184-6). 15. Who was King Arthur? According to the Britannica Encyclopedia article Arthurian Legend, King Arthur was the heroic (possibly mythological) king of Britain of whose exploits to find the Holy Grail, conquests, and relationship with Guinevere and Sir Lancelot widely captivated many in literary works (Britannica, 2016). 16. What is…

Beowulf, a man of legend, was this biggest and baddest guy of his time. He was greatly respected by the people who surrounded him. Stories of his amazing feats still last to this day. He fought against vicious demons that were cast out of Heaven, and that wasn’t even the most amazing thing he did. In Anglo-Saxon culture, Beowulf was considered a hero, but that is not the case in modern culture. The Anglo-Saxons took huge pride in their heroes. The Anglo-Saxons’ hero had to have been amazingly…

increasingly populated, at a rapid rate. The cities were becoming densely populated, with little job opportunities. With the nation expanding westward, it opened up more space for settlers to inhabit and start a new life. A few of these opportunity seekers, James Reed, and George and Jacob Donner, took advantage of this bright opportunity and decided to make the journey west. James Reed was a wealthy businessman who lived in Springfield, Illinois. He made the decision to leave Illinois, and…

In chapter 13 of the Disappearing Spoon titled "Elements as Money" The author Kien talks about the value of the elements in terms of money and says the difference between the items that are sold more or less because of the value of it uses. It tells a myth of Midas, the king of what is now called Turkey, Phrygia and how he had kept the ability of being able to convert anything that would touch in gold. He was not able to control this power of his and eventually turned his own daughter into gold…