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    “A goddess is a woman who breaks the mold, she’s who she wants to be… And she offers no apologies.” In greek mythology, there appear to be several different gods and goddesses each owning their own unique statistic(s). Gods and goddesses were immortals looked up to by mortals; mortals praised and worshipped them. Goddesses were powerful woman who were flawless and thought the world of themselves; this was normal. The authoritative voice these figures had on mortals was mind blowing. Athena,…

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    Athena Was the Greek virgin goddess of reason intelligent activity arts and literature. Athena was the daughter of Zeus. Athena did not have a mother. Athena was fierce and brave in battle. Athena only took part in wars that defended the state and home from outside enemies. Athena was Zeus favourite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt. Athena holy tree was the olive tree. Athena is the unmarried warrior daughter. Athena mom name was Metis she can turn into…

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    Maca Goddess

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    Transformations of the Morrigan: Dark Goddess to Great Queen Any precursory search will reveal that The Morrigan can be a paradoxical figure and the truth about her may not be easily uncovered. She is a goddess steeped in myth, history, and contradictions and one must unravel these questions and fit the remaining pieces together in a cultural context to gain a true understanding of her nature and position. At various times she has been seen as a beautiful maiden, a faery queen, a…

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    Okonkwo Tragic Hero

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    In the book things fall apart okonkwo is viewed as a tragic hero because, he was a good man who had many flaws. Okonkwo is a leader of the community of Umuofia, his tragic flaw is his fear of being weak and failing, he is a hardworking member of in the community. Okonkwo went from being at the top in his community to eventually committing suicide. Those unexpected things that happen to him throughout his life are examples of why he is considered a tragic hero. In the book it says “Okonkwo was…

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    The Strength card seem to be one of the most popular tarot cards in the deck, at least among girls. Whenever I pull this card for my female friends there is a certain level of pride. The Strength card has an allure to everyone, though girls in particular seem drawn to it. The idea of a kind of inner strength built of peace and serenity over raw animal desire is such a unique and intriguing concept. The Strength card isn’t built on some two dimensional concept of being physically strong. Rather…

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    Matrikas In Greek Mythology

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    The Saptamatrikas, though varying in number across different texts, mainly consists of the seven goddesses namely, Brahamani, Vaishnavi, Maheshwari, Kaumari, Varahi, Indrani and Chamunda. The Matrikas have been dated back to third century BCE by some scholars although they only appear in iconic depictions after 1st and 2nd century CE. There are several myths concerning their creation. One, in where they are created by Shiva to drink the blood of demon Andhakasura. According to Markandeya Purana,…

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    It is the festival of lights marked over a period of four days, celebrating life, pleasure and goodness all around the world (Subhamoy Das, 2015). There are many reasons why Dipavali is celebrate, which four out of ten reasons are: the birthday of Goddess Lakshmi, the rescued Lakshmi by Vishnu, a special day for the Jains, and the Diwali speech from Pope (Rajhans, S. G. & Das, S., 2014). People decorate their houses with lights and set off firecrackers, a lively way of celebrating…

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    principal nucleus of the majority of early societies and the goddesses were its utmost promoters. Although, this spiritual evil should not have laid claim to the label of Mother Goddess, but Mother Whore, as ancient goddess worship and prostitution were basically Siamese twins. Not surprisingly, a large amount of the early goddess characteristics took on the same likeness as the others due to people resettling; quite frequently their common intertwining has been the term ‘fertility rites.’ For…

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    categorized by their desirability and actions. Pe-le, the destructive Fire Goddess, is unique and tricky in her own way. She obviously embodies the Goddess of death archetype, but throughout the story she proves to be a trickster as well. The archetypes of women in mythology typically are broken up into four different classification types. The first and most basic is the triple goddess. She will often be depicted as a virgin/mother/crone, which represents the three phases of a woman’s life.…

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    Ophelia, AKA the Witch of Morpheus, sat at a makeshift table, playing at eating her dinner as she contemplated all that had happened since the night she found herself on Morpheus, naked in a bed with a man she didn't even know. A shiver ran done her spine when she remembered how the feeling of unrealness had come over her and nearly destroyed her. She had fought against it and won the battle for reality that first night. The constant fear that the unreality would come back to claim her haunted…

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