Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Egyption God and Goddess


http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery.shtml
This website talks about some egyption gods and
goddesses. I will introduce three gods here.

For picture one,this god is Osiris.Osiris, a member
of the Great Ennead, was not only god and chief
judge of the Underworld but also god of resurrection
, the Inundation and vegetation. He was represented
as a mummified king. He was murdered by his
jealous brother, Seth, but was resurrected.

Then picture two, Horus, the son of Isis and Osiris.He

is also the god of sky. Born to Isis after the murder
of Osiris by the god Seth.He was raised by his mother
to avenge his father's murder, a struggle that lasted
80 years before the gods finally awarded him victory
and the throne of Egypt.

The last picture, Anubis, the god of death.It was Anubis
who guided the dead on the paths of the Underworld.
Early on in Egyptian history, before Osiris rose to pro-
minence, Anubis was the great funerary god, lord and
guardian of the necropolis.He was depicted as a black
jackal-like creature, or as a man with a jackal's head.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Myths about Heroes


http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/heroes/tp/TopHeroes.htm
This website talks about some heroes:
The first picture is Hercules.There is a legend that says
Hercules kills two snakes since he was a baby.It is Hera,
who put snakes.But he muders his own child(under the
guidance of Hera, of course).
The second one is Theseus.He has a famous legend.He
volunteered to feed the half man-half bull beast in the
labyrinth.With the help of the creature's half sister,

Theseus was able to slay the monster and find his way
out again.
The last picture is Odysseus.Who is famous for Troian
horse.Because he had the idea of it.He was also one of
the few Greeks to reach his homeland of Ithaca,after
10 years of war and 10 years of troubles at sea.He was
a descendant of Hermes, god of thieves.

























Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Hunter and Gatherer Myths







http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Muskrat.html#The%20Forgotten%20Ear%20Of%20Corn
The Forgotten Ear of Corn is about when an indian woman
cutting corns,she heard ""Oh, do not leave me. Do not go
away without me."She search for the sound,at last,she found
that it is an ear of corn.This myth tell us we can't waste anything.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-Peacepipe.html#Story%20of%20the%20Peace%20Pipe
In 'Story of the peace pipe' ,there are two men walking beside
the ravine.They see a beautiful woman and she gives a pipe to
them.She said that it can makes the world peaceful when you
play it.Perhaps Indian want to be peaceful so there is the myth.
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/NA-PactOfFire.html
The Pact of the Fire explains how dogs are related to human.
In this story,there was a femail dog and her babies.In cool
winter,they were almost dead.So the dog asked two humans for
food and the warmful of fire,then her babies would protect their
life.Both humans agreed,and after that,the mother dog died.