This insightful reddit post provides evidence from the Dionysiaca showing that even the god Dionysus considered it deadly enough to bring a magic diamond to protect himself from the Gorgon’s death stare: The thyrsus was held up in his hand, and to defend his face he carried a diamond, ...
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The big question of the morning is, “How are you doing at keeping your New Year’s resolutions?” Whatever resolutions you made, I do hope that one of them was drawing closer to God. Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany give those of us who are Christ-followers a unique opportunity to refle...
You’ll probably recognize Hermes’s boots and hat more than the god himself – they served as inspiration for he Flash’s original outfit. Hermes is involved in a lot of inter-diety drama as a message-carrier, but there’s also a fair number of stories of cow-stealing. Seriously, Herme...
parts of the ceremony. Acting askoumbaroorkoumbarais a high honor. According to tradition, brides and grooms will ask their godparents, but many choose to ask a sibling or close friend instead. Traditionally, thekoumbaroorkoumbaraeventually acts as the godparent for the couple's firstborn ...
In the great Dionysiac inscription of TorreNova we hear of twotheophoroi,‘carriers of the god (Dionysos?)’, who immedi-ately followed the hierophant (see below), aphallophoros,‘carrier of the phallus’,who played a major role in the final stage of the initiation (see below) and apyr...
Honestly, you could have told me this game was aGod of Warspin-off and I probably would have believed you. A few throwaway lines when the game starts in the present day about Assassins and Abstergo is really all that makes this an “Assassin’s Creed” game. Gone is the iconic Assassin...
In your present condition, it seems to me that you are being saved by the favour of some god or other, seeing that you have not yet been wiped out by the onslaught of a handful of light-armed troops. Look here, if I should draw this little d...
Ingredients:7 oz. greek yogurt|1 tbsp creamy peanut butter|1 tbsp honey|1/4 tsp vanilla extract|dark chocolate chips PIN IT Spiced Maple Apple Greek Yogurt: Instructions:Mix greek yogurt with cinnamon and ½ tsp. maple syrup. Top with diced apples, chopped walnuts and the remaining ½ ts...
Greece has stormed to the top of Group C with two straight wins at Hamamatsu Arena and is heavily favoured to make it three from three tomorrow against an inconsistent Boomers outfit sitting 1-1 after two games. But Mackinnon has other ideas against a side ranked a strong medal contender. ...