Tarnas took the further step of observing that the mythological figure best expressing the character traits of the astrological Uranus was Prometheus. In an article in theJournal of the British Astrological Association,Tarnas said, “The more I examined the matter the more I realized that every qua...
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Discusses the presence of the mythological figure of Prometheus in the Italian Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio's "Decameron." Boccaccio's efforts to re... Barsella,Susanna - Mln 被引量: 3发表: 2004年 Psychology as an Art and as a Science: A Reflection on the Myth of Prometheus This ar...
The oldest record of Prometheus is in Hesiod, but stories of theft of fire by a trickster figure are widespread around the world. Some other aspects of the story resemble the Sumerian myth of Enki (or Ea in later Babylonian mythology), who was also a bringer of civilization who protected h...
Freemasonry extolls the virtue of intellect and knowledge represented by the light. They worship Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind (a statue of Prometheus can be found outside the Rockefeller building in New York). Not coincidentally, in anot...
In this article I aim to bring to the fore a problematic trait of Polish philosopher Stanisław Brzozowski’s (1878–1911) thinking, which is his insistence on the metaphysical importance of human domination of nature through work, technology, and maximization of production. The focal point of ...
(A Defence of Poetry). Shelley's experimentation with different 'Prometheus' personae (distinguishing between the mythological Prometheus, his own 'Prometheus' character and an abstract notion of Promethean creativity) is his way of exploring the question of what agency is left to the poet who ...
D. The trickster is an important mythological character because his tricks contribute positively to human culture. 3 The author discusses Prometheus and Coyote in paragraph 2 in order to A. illustrate two different views of the trickster-hero ...
In addition to character (ethos), logic (logos), and emotion (pathos), the fourth appeal is to narrative (mythos), or the substantive body of values contained within the socio-cultural elements of a given culture. Using the works of Joseph Campbell, Kenneth Burke, and Roland Barthes as ...
The material about Asael reflects the influence of Greek myths about Prometheus or perhaps other Near Eastern myths about similar figures.25 In sub- sequent developing tradition, the figure of Asael comes to be identified with Azazel in Leviticus 16.26 The mythic character of this polemic against...