At the end of the First Age of Middle-earth, Sauron survived the catastrophic defeat and chaining of his lord, the ultimate Dark Lord, Morgoth (who was formerly counted as one of the Valar, the angelic Powers of the world). During the Second Age, Sauron schemed to gain dominion over ...
Join Hugh Jackman's Wolverine on an adrenaline-pumping adventure with a group of extraordinary mutants who must navigate their powers, prejudices, and personal struggles in order to save the world from imminent destruction. The X-Men franchise has captivated audiences for decades, garnering crit...
Norse Religion and Norse gods and goddesses The Norse religion is known by many different names such as Norse Paganism, Germanic Mythology, or the Scandinavian Mythology, and it is dated from the Middle Age of Humanity. The Norse mythology is plagued by tales of various deities, heroes, and ...
He revisited those days with a 90s comeback album; the title tune finds his powers intact and gives him more time to solo than the early singles did. 87: Cheap Trick: Need Your Love (Solo: Rick Nielsen) The most guitar-slinging tune in the Cheap Trick catalog, “Need Your Love” ...
In that war, Sauron was counted as the "greatest of [Morgoth's] servants that have names" and was soon feared as a lord of phantoms and dreadful beasts, a shape-shifter and sorcerer. When Morgoth left Angband much later to corrupt the newly awakened Atani (Men), Sauron directed the ...
According to Mark, though people from all rungs of the social ladder owned dogs in ancient Mesopotamia, dogs belonging to masters of the upper class wore collars that not only bore their names, but also their masters’. The significance of the collar goes beyond its practicality, then. Mark...
Veles is a major Slavic god of earth, waters, livestock, music, and the underworld. His mythology and powers are similar to those of Loki and Hermes. He is the opponent of the supreme thunder god Perun. Veles is thought to be imagined as a dragon, which in Slavic paganism is a serpent...
While such a rumination on mortality from a director’s own deathbed could probably explain away any Ingmar Bergman movie, he was never at higher powers than he was when transporting his fatalistic worldview to the terrain of plague-rattled Europe. “The Seventh Seal” has endured endless parody...
Hieroglyphic dedications and commemorations embellished the alloy and the morning sun would transform the obelisks into beacons of illumination and homage to the sun god. Ancient Egyptians ascribed their obelisks with magical powers of protection due to their proximity to the temples.History of ...
It’s not hard to speculate that in this time period of American History racism and bigotry were major contributing factors. The Doctrine Separation of Powers and its precepts were based on careful analysis of how to keep a government from failing as had happened for thousands of years. ...