STORY LINE I. CREATION OF THE EARTH - (5 minutes) (Video Presentation – From dark to the creation of the Earth) In the beginning there was only chaos. Then out of the void appeared Erebus‚ the unknowable place where death dwells‚ and Night. All else was empty‚ silent‚ endless‚ darkness. Then somehow Love was born bringing a start of order. From Love came Light and Day. Once there was Light and Day‚ Gaea‚ the Earth appeared. Then Erebus slept with Night‚ who gave birth to Ether‚ the heavenly
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Function/Symbolism The “Initiation Rites Cult of Bacchus” was used to communicate the rites of passage for the women of Pompeii. Much like the Greek women‚ Dionysus was the one of the most important and popular gods for Roman women. He was the source of both their sensual and their spiritual hopes (Art and Archaeology). This painting may have been viewed as a sacred item because it represented the ritualistic ceremony centered on a deity that prepared girls for the psychological transition to life
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Babylon creation myth founded to be one of the oldest pieces of literature. It symbolizes the dismantling of a matriarchal society to the rise of a patriarchal society. Tiamat is the great mother goddess; she represents mother earth‚ which nourishes all life. In accordance with being the mother goddess‚ Tiamat symbolizes a matriarchal society. Marduk signifies the rise in a patriarchal society and a decline for a matriarchal society. The children represent chaos and distress since they revolted against
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canopies over the image of the mother Goddess. Traditionally the shrine cloths were made by the Vaghri Harijan community who were not allowed to enter the temples. They made the Pachedis as an offering to the Goddesses. The cloth has a formal patterned quality‚ strong and bold‚ reinforced by the starkness of red and black. Pachedis are used in religious ceremonies and record the myths and legends associated with the living traditions of the people. Always‚ the goddess is the destroyer of evil with weapons
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of people. Currently in India a system is being developed for biometric identification on an incredibly large scale. By the year 2015‚ the government plans to have 600 million Unique Identification Numbers (UID) that will be linked to fingerprints‚ iris scans‚ and facial photographs (Guha). The purpose behind this movement is not an addition to national security‚ but an increase of social benefits (Guha). The Unique ID‚ which has now been named “Aadhaar”‚ has the purpose of radically changing the
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from ruins of the Square Temple in Esnunna (modern Tell Asmar‚ Irag). The tallest figure in the collection of Sumerian votive figures is about 30 inches in height and represents Abu‚ the Sumerian god of vegetation. Next to him is a mother goddess- mother goddesses were common in many ancient cultures. They were worshipped in the hope that they would bring fertility to women and to crops. The next largest figures are priests. The smallest figures are worshippers - a definite hierarchy of size
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Iris Johansen “The Ugly Duckling” Published by “A Bantam Book” in 1996 This is the first thriller by Iris Johansen that I’ve read. She is an American author of crime fiction and romance novels. Johansen began writing after her children left home for college. She first achieved success in the early 1980s writing romances. In 1991‚ Johansen began writing suspense historical romance novels‚ starting with the publication of The Wind Dancer. In 1996 Johansen switched genres‚ turning to crime
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Erika Costa CLT3378: Essay 1 Battle of the Gods vs. Goddesses: Enuma Elish and Baal Cycle Collectively‚ epics of creation are well known for the world gradually going through the change from being completely chaotic to fairly and orderly. Looking specifically at Enuma Elish and the Ugaritic Baal Cycle‚ each depicts female and male gods in particular and unique ways. In successfully contrasting the males and females in these works‚ similarities are also therefore notably highlighted throughout
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Bonalu is a Hindu festival of the Goddess of power‚ Mahakali‚ celebrated in Hyderabad‚ Secunderabad and parts of Telangana and Rayalaseema in India.[1] It is celebrated in the month of Ashada masam‚ in July/August. Special poojas are performed for Yellamma on the first and last day of the festival.[2] The festival is also considered a thanksgiving to the Goddess for fulfillment of vows. Bonam means Bojanaalu or a meal in Telugu‚ is an offering to the Goddess. Women bring cooked rice with milk‚ sugar
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The late Iris Chang hoped that her work “THE RAPE OF NANKING” would lead to an official Japanese apology for the atrocities Japanese troops committed in Nanking in 1937. Chang’s well-intentioned attempt to secure a Japanese apology for the Nanking atrocities is meaningless because many of the perpetrators and victims are now dead. Thus‚ a Japanese apology would be an empty gesture that has no meaning. "We will probably never know exactly what news Hirohito received about Nanking as the massacre was
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