The nature of many goddesses in myth goes to multiple roles or symbolic elements. The Greek goddess Artemis is an excellent example of this. Strongly identified with the moon, Artemis has a variety ...
Cosmic Creation Myths Across Cultures
The myths of human culture reflect complex cosmologies. Contained within these narratives are tales of the genesis of the universe and also its destruction. The similarities of these myths in such a r...
Multiple religions and faiths in world history all offer some form of a creation myth. These myths serve to explain the beginnings of the world, as well as man’s beginnings. Many of these creation...
Gender in the Greek and Abrahamic Creation Myths
Part I: Consider gender roles as they exist in the Greek creation myth. How do men versus women tend to behave or act? What powers or abilities do males or females tend to have? Finally, what roles do...
The image of the goddess in Greek mythology encompasses many faces. The goddess archetype stretches from the life giving fertility goddesses, to the destructive goddesses of the underworld, to goddes...
Homer’s “ The Iliad” is the story of various conflicts and resolutions. Against the overall backdrop of the Trojan War, Homer presents a situation in which characters make and break agreements, ...
It is often thought, particularly in modern productions of the play, that bitter and ultimately tragic quarrel between Medea and Jason mirrors contemporary concerns such as today’s gender issues. In...
Indeed ‘The Navajo Origin Legend’ story is a Native American myth that gives meaning and values of Navajo culture, history, and human creation. The Navajo story might potentially function to chang...
Neptune was first seen in 1846 by two French astronomers, Galle and d’Arrest, although the planet and its movements had been previously predicted by two English astronomers, Adams and Le Verrier. Bo...
The omnipresence of mythology in human culture, inclusive there within mythologies concerning the creation of existence itself, speaks to a certain common trait in the human consciousness: the desire ...