Religion and mythology

what happened and why it happened. There are many flood stories throughout different cultures, and they all have many similarities. One example is that of The Epic of Gilgamesh, and the story of the great flood in the Hebrew scriptures (christian religion). These two stories are not the only of its kind about a great flood wiping out humanity for a new start though. The book of “Genesis” tells of the Lord coming to Noah and telling him how he is disgraced with mankind, and that he is going to…

I didn't generally like my job because I always had to keep it secret. I was sitting in my office secretly watching all of the magical creatures because they got startled easily if they saw somebody watching them. I always thought my office was pretty plain. It had one of those windows where you could see whatever is on the other side of the window but they couldn't see you. I just sat in my spinning chair and looked out the windows. I couldn't help but look at the mythical creatures…

civilizations have based their communities, their traditions, and their lives on the ideas and beliefs of the religions they hold to be truth. With that being said, this is especially seen through the shrines and art making up Saint Anne’s Basilica in Quebec City and comparably the tragedies held to honor the gods in ancient Athenian society. However, Greek Mythology and Catholicism are vastly different religions and the differences between these two belief systems are outstandingly obvious when…

The essential thing I learned in this class is that religion is complicated and cannot be completely understood in a one semester class, not even if it is a fictional religion in a book series. This class has certainly acted as an overview of several religions and how they can be used as inspiration for fictional world building. One of the most complicated topics we covered seemed to be the explanation for the Christian trilogy and whether or not something was dualistic or monotheistic. The idea…

that he saw and had faith in God, he would be victorious over Emperor Maxentius. Constantine followed the vision and gained control of the Western Roman Empire. Christianity was eventually legalized and made into the official religion of Rome.…

communicating non-empirical truth in an oral culture. Furthermore, a working definition of myth is “A traditional tale with secondary, partial reference to something of collective importance.” (taken from Walter Burkert, Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual [Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979] 23).I will argue the nature of the world and the role of human beings in the world is slightly justified by the myths that were passed down by generation. With that, there are…

#1.) A creation myth describes the earliest beginnings of the present world that emerged. We learned that they are the most common myth and found throughout history and human culture. There are many different categories and types of creation myths but the three different sources of creation myths that I chose to discuss are; Cheonjiwang Bonpuri which is a Korean creation myth, Heliopolis which is a world parent creation myth, and Ainu which is an earth diver creation myth. These three examples…

Peace and Religion in H.D.’s Trilogy Trilogy, by H.D., focuses on the interweaving of mythologies in order to create a new type of religion. A book of poems, written during the time span of 1942-1944, places a great emphasis on war and peace. This new religion tried to reconcile the world back to a time of peace by drawing its attention to the ancient, sacred religions of the past and combining them to form a new religion. H.D. acts as a prophet for this new religion. In the section “Tribute…

Nordic Religions in the Viking Age provides context to the time period in which Sturluson writes his prose Edda. The ending of “Gylfaginning” is heavily influenced by Christian views that age in time. In his second chapter, DuBois divulges the extremity of Christian views of pagans. Pagan religion was a “real threat, even if it remained inferior to the might of the Christian God” (DuBois 39). Although Christians were confident that their faith was superior, the non-Christians’ commitment to…

comparisons that are used today. During the first play, Agamemnon returns back from the Trojan War and his wife is unhappy and kills him. Her act of killing her husband is one example of the Ritual Theories that are emphasized in beliefs of culture and religion used today. Ritual theories are explained by the myths that have the same rituals or cultural beliefs/…