Underworld

religion. Taoism’s beliefs assist its adherence in their search for human meaning and purpose in life. This is demonstrated in stimulus 1- “World Tree”. Stimulus 1 presents the tree connecting to the heavens, the world and through its roots, the underworld. This world tree demonstrates the purpose and meaning of life by the presentation of the tree as being colossal in size. This accentuates the trees meaning as being a respectful and a vast living thing. In conclusion, the beliefs of Taoism…

human maiden, Jovina, has claimed to be more lovely and youthful than the goddesses on Mount Olympus.” Persephone said to Hermes who then quickly traveled to deliver the message to Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. Aphrodite quickly came down to the underworld to visit Persephone once she had heard the…

The world views of three famous greek philosophers Socrates believes that there is a God/s and that their knowledge is not limited, and they are present everywhere. As they know best what is good, man should simply pray for the good and not for particular objects like gold. Plato believes that there is a supreme being or God and that god is perfect. Aristotle believes in a God and he calls him the unmoved mover. Aristotle believed that the Unmoved Mover never changes or has any potential to…

paintings would make the afterlife of the deceased a more pleasant place so they created beautiful paintings. Some of the scenes painted were of the journey through the afterlife or their gods or goddesses introducing the deceased to the gods of the underworld such as Osiris. Tomb paintings were also there to show activities that the deceased were involved and enjoyed doing when they were alive and wish to carry on for eternity. Egyptian paintings are painted in a way to show a profile view and…

In The Bacchae many of the things said and done by Dionysus are similar to Jesus in The Bible. Proof of this is seen in the human way they live on Earth, the unusual ways they were born and conceived, both gods are called twice born, their want of people to believe that they are gods, their ability to turn people and objects into different items, the fear for their lives they had as infants, the lack of struggle when they are arrested, and finally their persecution. Therefore if Dionysus is like…

The Rash and Regret of Hercules When people know nothing they are easily scared. The early Greeks were unaware of many things in their lives so, they made stories to cope with the inability to comprehend the world around them. The Greeks were a mischievous people who made many mistakes and one man in the strange Greek stories is the perfect embodiment of this quality. One of these stories was about a very strong man named Hercules, Edith Hamilton wrote about his story in her book Mythology.…

nature. Within the story of Beetlejuice lies a structural pattern called a romance narrative circle, albeit an unorthodox example of one. A romance narrative circle consists of several stages such as: childhood, threshold, initiation, dedication, underworld, harrowing of hell, temptation, and recognition. Beetlejuice commences with the childhood stage as a look into the happy lives of newlywed couple Barbara and Adam Maitland. This quickly transitions into their sad demise where…

The myth of Zeus is that he was the one to save his two brothers and two sisters from Chronos , his father, who had eaten them . Then after the war Zeus and his brothers and sisters created the world. Zeus got the sky and rain , Hades got the underworld , and Poseidon got the sea and earthquakes. Poseidon is the god of the sea and earthquakes . HIs symbol is the bull , fish , horses and the trident. One myth about Poseidon is that when he was a kid he was…

Kleos in the Odyssey and Iliad During the Homeric age, stories of heroes trying to find, protect, and grow their kleos to the point of being considered immortal in the hearts and minds of those who heard of their epic journeys and adventures. The Iliad and Odyssey are two examples of the very foundation of the meaning of kleos; The Iliad is more or less the rage of Achilles and his struggles with his own kleos, and the Odyssey is basically Odysseus struggling to accomplish more great deeds on…

Egyptian Life: A Cycle of Sunrises and Sunsets Present day Egypt is filled with pyramids, tombs, hieroglyphs on stone, and other relics documenting a complex religious history. Understanding a religion full of stories, family trees, and many gods and their relation to one another, is one of the biggest mysteries Egypt has to offer. While scholars differ on the names and purposes of the gods and their relation to one another, there is an agreement that Egyptians were searching for an…