Solar deity

In the first passage of The Creation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, he writes an ode to the gods, explaining the exact reason why he wrote the song to come. The Creation begins, “My soul would sing of metamorphoses. But since, o gods, you were the source of these bodies becoming other bodies, breathe your breath into my book of changes,” (Ovid, Book 1, lines 1-4). He sings the song of the world as he knows it, and how it came to be, a song of changes. Ovid writes The Creation to explain how man was…

combined by wedding of the top panel with the bottom panel. Viewers can immediately see the amongst all differences, they all share the same necessary traits to make this piece come as one. They all illustrate a deity seen upon a chariot all being pulled by different beasts. Beneath those deities are the…

The divinity is imagining an artist, black mind when, in an instant and from nothing, conceived a concept, a theme or a motive with which you can build all of a painting, or any other work of art. Now imagine that this master of the art is so skilled that, once it concludes its work, despite the diverse range of emotions, styles, containing, if one examines it closely, you will find a topic and the same idea. Inspiration is just another idea emerged at the head of the artist, but it is a…

Religion affects every aspect of human life, including a person’s identity, the way they think and feel, and the culture around them. Although religion is a topic that is very important to many people, it is not often discussed. This lack of openness and discussion leads to people being very emotional about religiously-charged issues. Despite these controversies, Christianity is the one way for people to work through deep theological issues such as life and death, as well as helping one to focus…

Durkheim states that religion can be define through supernatural and its divine deity. Supernatural, when broken down, means everything that is nature, not made by man, is above us. What Durkheim’s implying is that nature has a soul that includes God within them. It’s possible because nature has a system that is followed by a mechanical law and is governed by itself. God and spirits are above this system is the religious idea. This view has people act a certain way towards things when they see…

Try having a Christian explain, in laymen’s terms, the definition of God. Better yet, try explaining to someone any strong emotion felt by an individual in a clear-cut manner. The task is simply impossible. Every emotion which passes through the human vessel is entirely subjective to one’s own experience and understanding. A solution to this problem of universalizing an individual’s abstraction of an idea, could be to paint a metaphysical picture with the use of characteristics that are…

Having considered how Sumerians in Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptians related themselves to their gods, it is also reasonable to look at how rulers fit into each society. Both Sumerian and Egyptian rulers were believed to be divine, however, in Mesopotamian society kings were regarded as spokespersons of the gods, as exemplified in a petition to a king where a citizen stated, “You in your judgment, you are the son of Anu; your commands, like the word of a god, cannot be reversed…” (Duiker and…

Gods at War, by Kyle Idleman. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2013. 239 pages. Reviewed by Josiah R. Boyle This book was chosen for review because my Biblical worldview teacher Mr. Brackney assigned it to my class to read this book and to write a critical book review on it. Kyle Idleman is the teaching pastor of Southeast Christian Church and has written various other books. The thesis of this book is that the first of the Ten Commandments which is Thou shalt have no other gods before me is the most…

Carson McCullers’s novel The Heart is a Lonely Hunter can be read as a religious allegory that validates why people depend on religion and religious figures through the symbolism of John Singer as a religious figure. This struggle is portrayed with the interaction between Singer, whom is romanticized in a religious way, and other characters such as Dr. Copeland and Mick Kelly. As a man who opposes religion and his family’s religious beliefs, Dr. Copeland seeks comfort and consoling nearly…

The Making of the World, good and bad were embodied by the deities of Tawiskarong and Tijuskeha. It was the moment where Tijuskeha, while in the womb, was compliant with natural birth that it shows how obedience was shown as good in contrast to Tawiskarong, who had disagreed with natural birth and killed his mother…