Pantheon

By virtue of being the first Gothic novel, The Castle of Otranto occupies a prime place in the Gothic literary pantheon. However, interest in Otranto has predominantly been informed by its primary position in the Gothic canon, and discussions of Walpole’s text are usually subsumed into a broader analysis of the Gothic genre. This is unsurprising given how expansive the genre has become, including famous works of literature, like Jane Eyre, Dracula and The Bloody Chamber and branching off into…

Many people often look at Greek and Roman mythology with an amateur view of things. To someone who has not done any in depth studying, it can most certainly seem that they are very similar. To a person who has done in depth studying, it is possible to learn to spot differences. While there are many differences between the two beliefs, there even differences between aspects in a single belief. It can be anything from differences between multiple subjects of Greek mythology, to the same in Roman.…

in their lives. Therefore, they assumed that there were different gods for all. This means that each religion had numerous gods for singular things. Another similarity of the three area religions is that their gods and goddesses often embraced a pantheon partly human, partly animal form. In Mesopotamia, places of ritual became temples containing figurines of female-animal…

At that time, it was cheap to live there, Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley Richardson, were paying $20 per month for a small cold-water flat near the Pantheon and could live on as little as $1 a day. In one article Hemingway told how Canadians could live in Paris “very comfortably” on $1,000 a year. Furthermore, the French had different moral standards than those who held by Americans in the years after…

English 204 Final: Question 1b In his essay Jack Kirby and the Marvel Aesthetic, Charles Hatfield credits Kirby for introducing an “epic approach to the superhero genre that was ‘mythic’ both in its scale an in its pantheonic complications” (149). Marvel’s comic book universe is a platform where writers can have characters from one narrative interact with anyone else in that universe. It opens up new possibilities for creative storytelling and can lead to large scale adventures with far reaching…

The Ancient Greeks were well known for their mythology; these myths played an immense role in their society. Mythology was at the center of their existence, these myths and the Gods within them were used to give purpose and meaning to their lives as well as explain how the world was created. In ancient Greece, stories about gods and goddesses as well as heroes and monsters were an important part of their culture. These stories were used to explained things from religious rituals to the weather,…

The Buddha is a symbol that most of the western world is familiar with in some way or another. The overweight man smiling and sitting crisscross waiting to grant you luck when you rub his belly. Though this is not Buddhism, not its entirety, this is a small form of Buddhism syncretism at work. Some Buddhist practiced the worship of Bodhisattva Budai in hopes of relaxation and correct learnedness of worldly pleasures. So the laughing Buddha is a small example of how Buddhism’s great influence has…

Ambrosia - the nectar sustenance of the Greek pantheon - consisted of a fermented honey that granted immortality to all lips it touched. An earthly counterpart was consumed throughout the ancient Aegean world as an entheogen, a psychoactive substance used in religious ceremonies. Of course, worshipers also inebriated themselves with the "gift of the vines," loving wine to the point of creating an entire deity, Dionysus, to personify and exalt the experience. Like the ancients, modern society…

Every civilization has an idea of the perfect human form. In art this fact is shown off very often. This is mostly done with the leaders of nations in order to show them as being the most powerful or perfect figure to rule over the people. This practice, however, while universally done has no one true answer, and this is shown with the evolution of Romes ideal emperor. In the early days the ideal figure of a man was to be well aged. This would show that the man had lived a long life and had…

When looking back on Roman civilization and how it developed from a small village into becoming one of the strongest empires known to man, is truly remarkable. The Roman techniques have been passed down for generations and still used as foundations to build on for current generations and worldwide. The Romans brilliant ideas not only were building blocks for future generation but help transformed a small village into one of the most powerful empires of their time. To sum it all up the Romans…