Táin Bó Cúailnge

mythology have in common? That is not a difficult question it is very simple and the answer is that all are centered around a hero. However, not any type of hero, but a mythic hero. A hero is imperative to mythology, because for the most part myths focus on the struggles and barriers the hero will come across while on his or her journey. In the translation of theIrish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge; The Tain by Thomas Kinsella tells the story of the bold, powerful mythic hero Sétanta later known as Cú Chulainn. Cú Chulainn isn't just a hero, but he is the embodiment of a mythic hero, this is shown through his characteristics and most of all behavior. Although, Cú Chulainn is the classic exemplar of a mythological hero, minus being conventional he is still in a class of his own. There are a few distinctions between a hero and a mythic hero. A hero is made, but mythic heroes are born not everybody is fortunate enough to have the qualifications to be a hero. However, mythic heroes have qualified since birth. In Cú Chulainn's case he was born to be a…

In Frank McCourt’s novel Angela’s Ashes, McCourt places a great significance on the mythological hero Cuchulain. Cuchulain, born with the name Setanta, grew up in the Northern Ireland like Frankie’s father. At a young age, Frankie’s father tells Frankie the story of Cuchulain. Cuchulain killed the dog of the house of Culain and to repent he guarded the house since the dog no longer could. Later, he guarded not just the house, but the entire region and became the greatest hero. Since that night…

Evolution is the change in heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It is the process that gives rise to variation in existing populations, drives speciation, and what leads to the extinction of new species. It is the natural change that occurs in response to environmental pressures resulting in phenotypical changes. Another way for phenotypical changes to occur in a species is by human intervention. Domestication is a form of human intervention. The…

B.B. is most always regarded as the king of blues, and why shouldn’t he be. He started from the bottom and worked his way up in the world. From living in a broken shack on a plantation. To living it up on his bus playing over 100 concerts a year. How many other people do you know who have started from such a poor place and grew up to be a king of something? Not many right, well that’s what B.B. did. Now you might be telling yourself there are tons of success stories of people being at the very…

Odell Beckham Jr. went to LSU college in Louisiana. He played as wide receiver and he rushed. His top stat was receiving though. People know him for his catching mainly. He played for the LSU tigers. He play 2011,2012,2013 then he was drafted to the New York GIants. LSU was pretty good when they had Beckham Jr. because he led them to victory almost every game they played. Beckham Jr. was drafted to the New York GIants in 2014 as you can see in the picture above. New York Giants drafted…

Bo Knows Bo Playing two professional sports, who has ever heard of that? Bo Jackson has not only done that, but excelled in both. He is one of the greatest players of all time. Racking up over 140 home runs (baseball-reference.com) and over 15 touchdowns (pro-football-reference.com), he ranks among the greatest of all time. Vincent Edward Jackson also known as Bo Jackson, was born on November 30, 1962 in Bessemer, Alabama (biography.com). His mom was Florence and his dad was A.D. Adams. He had…

also well known as Bo, is the legendary man who had played a variety of sports. Shocking to the world, Jackson was amazing at all of the sports he had ever played. The major two sports were baseball and football, those are what Jackson mainly focused on. Normal epic heroes were born in a good upbringing, but not for Jackson. In a small Alabama town is where Jackson grew up, a troublemaker as a child. As a youth, Jackson would start fights with other children in his neighborhood. Later, the rage…

Bo Jackson Have you ever heard of Bo Jackson? Bo Jackson was a MLB player from 1986-1994 and a NFL player from 1986-1991. Bo Jackson was one of the two pro-sport players in the world. Bo Jackson had a lot of work ethic. Bo Jackson came to fame in the 1980’s as a multitalented athlete. Childhood Bo Jackson was born in Bessemer, Alabama, on November 30, 1962, and was given the name Vincent Edward Jackson. Bo Jackson was the eighth child out of ten. It was hard for his mom to support…

Bo Jackson “ Set your goals high, and don 't stop till you get there” said Vincent Edward Jackson best known as Bo Jackson the greatest multi sport athlete to ever play sports (BrainyQuote). By this quote Bo was basically saying don 't stop till you achieve your goal. Bo Jackson was born November 30 1962 in the city of Bessemer, Alabama and was the eighth sibling of his family (“Vincent Edward Jackson”).Bo was a multi talented athlete in baseball and football, but also he excelled on the…

the original appealing beats of rock n’ roll! Bo Diddley is believed to be the originator, and father of rock n’ roll. He was born on December 30, 1928 in Macomb, Mississippi, and his birth name was Ellas Otha Bates. His name was changed to Bo Diddley that means “absolutely nothing”, but as you will see, he highly proved that erroneous phrase truly wrong. His mother was 16 year old when she had him, and she already had three other children. His father shortly died after he was born unfortunately…