Book Summary: Meghan’s life takes a fantastical turn when she discovers she’s the daughter of a mythical faery king and is now in the midst of a dangerous faery war. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, Meghan is now a prisoner, and as war looms between Summer and...
Throughout the whole body of the text of the ‘Homeric Hymn to Hermes‘ he is portrayed as a rustic god associated with the droving and abduction of cattle and other beasts. Indeed, when he was but a precocious babe in his mother’s arms in a cave high on rustic Mount Cyllene, his ...
Apollo’s change of status indicates a “long evolution of Greek culture and spirit” and consequently a theological shift amalgamating several mythical functions of other deities. For example, Apollo takes the place of Helios and becomes the “god of light”, “ideal of culture and wisdom”, ...
Hall places the origin of the nation in a mythical narrative. Such myths not only contribute to the official narrations of the nation but also help to consolidate the political power [76]. The concept of Chinese culture is mainly related to traditional values and norms, especially the strong ...
What was it about the disc that made me want to come here? Our guide asked. Contrary to accepted wisdom that the disc's pictographs are unique, I said, I have seen some of them before: Ships and men with a plumed headdress - in Egypt and in Mayan Chichen Itza in Mexico!
Others recognize this phrase as the Aramaic title of Psalm 22 — it's the old-world equivalent of a hyperlink that links the crucifixion to the whole of Psalm 22 (and vice versa), and in effect inserts the whole of Psalm 22 into the story of Jesus' death. This particular link is an...
Her whole body has been peppered with shrapnel and she is blind and almost deaf. Most of the other women in her hut are dead. Evacuated from the scene, she wakens again in the hospital. A familiar voice, Tattie, one of her friends from the plant, is by her side. But Mabel’s ...
Mythical characters, richly drawn paintings, and an ending full of thrilling possibilities. They knew I would hold onto a story like that, lean into it, try to listen up and feel my way forward.” Tau’s life journey included becoming a mother of adopted daughters, writing three books of ...
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary”, In Defense of Women Push the narrative of something good that has been lost, ruined, destroyed, and now a huge ...
When I lived in the Pacific Northwest with my parents as a kid, the house they’d bought included a covenant that stated that it was forbidden to sell the house to a black person, a Jewish person or (oddly, I thought) a Catholic. 143 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waf...