Destroyer of Giants Destroyer of Giants Gorgon-Crested Suidas s.v. Pallas (trans. Suda On Line) (Byzantine Greek lexicon C10th A.D.) : "Pallas : A great virgin. It is an epithet of Athena; from brandishing (pallein) the spear, or from having killed Pallas, one of the Gigantes." ...
INTONSUS, i.e. unshorn, a surname of Apollo and Bacchus, alluding to the eternal youth of these gods, as the Greek youths allowed their hair to grow until they attained the age of manhood, though in the case of Apollo it may also allude to his being the god of the sun, whence the...
Yahuah Alahim is not the same being as the Allah of Islam. The Arabs inherited the culture of India’s Shiva worship. Shiva is the destroyer, called Abaddon in Hebrew, and Apollyon in Greek. The Kaba (cube) is called the house of Allah, and is a Shiva shrine men are trained to walk...
The word M esopotamia is Greek for "the land between the rivers." Mesopotamia was the most fertile land in the Near East, and possibly in the world. It was here that agriculture, or land cultivation, first fully developed around 9000 b.c.e., Sometime around 6000 b.c.e., ...
Velikovsky interpreted the Greek myth that Athena had sprung fully armed from the head of Zeus to mean that the planet Jupiter had fissioned off Venus as a comet that then entered the inner solar system. Every 52 years Venus approached Earth, Velikovsky argued. Their encounters caused the tsuna...
Pazuzu was a powerful and ambiguous demon, who could be both a protector and a destroyer. He was feared and wanted at the same time, as he could be used to ward off other demons but also cause harm and havoc with his winds. Therefore, people who invoked Pazuzu had to be careful not...
Unlike Greek gods, the Devas (Hindu gods) never feared the Manavas (humans) would overthrow them. Gods who came in chariots from the sky take us to Ancient Alien Theory. All of these gods were aliens who created realities in which they came to Earth to experience and learn. ...
It is Easter on Sunday, at least western Easter. Orthodox Easter isn’t until… oh wow, May 5th. So Cinco de Mayo and Greek Easter together, that should be some fun. Anyway, all I have today is some updates around a few things I previously covered. ...
It might be assumed that his interest in ancient Greek rhythms, together with their Indian and Chinese equivalents, stems from his association with the music of Xenakis; but he has never shown any inclination to use complex mathematical formulae, and has probably been less concerned than almost ...
Named for the 10 year struggle in Greek mythology, it sits out at the site of the battle now. Stuck out in null sec, in B-R5RB, far from any sort of “safe” space in New Eden, and in a dead end system way off the main travel routes, it might not get as many visitors as ...