One of the biggest social events of India‚ Durga Puja is considered the main festival for Bengalis. It is a ten-day carnival in West Bengal‚ the eastern state of India. Magnificently created puja pandals are erected at every other street of Kolkata‚ the capital city of West Bengal. Every pooja pandal is unique in its own terms‚ with beautiful patterns that are true delight to the eyes. A spurt of fanfare can be sensed all through the ten days‚ especially on the last four days of the festival. Bengalis
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Nude woman (Venus of Willendorf) and Female personification (Tellus) were represent of the goddess and they came from different periods. Venus of Willendorf was found in Austria‚ discovered by archaeologist Joseph Szomabathy and dated in ca. 28‚000 - 25‚000 BCE. She is really tiny‚ she just height about 412 inches and the carved from limestone. Tellus is a very good work of the artist name Ara Pacis Augustus‚ It was found in Rome‚ Italy‚ dated in 13-9 BCE‚ Marble‚ and high 5’3”. It is the procession
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Allah’s Three Daughters. Three leading goddesses played an important part of Arabian mythology: Allat‚ a fertility goddess who is mentioned as a desert goddess in the Quran; Al-Uzza‚ also a fertility goddess; and Manat (the goddess of fate). Because the Arabians worshipped the moon and Allah is considered the Moon God; his three “daughters” were very important. (Arab Triple Goddess) Other Gods. Wadd‚ the god of love and friendship; Amm the weather god; Al-Qaum the god of war; along with many
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house a decorating it with paper cuttings and lights everybody buys new clothes‚ exchange sweets and make varieties of sweets on diwali. In the evening‚ people light up earthen lamps and candles to illuminate their houses. Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi‚ the Goddess of wealth are worshipped on Diwali. Children light fire crackers and sparklers in their home. Everyone enjoys this festival very much. It brings joy and happiness to all. Diwali or ’Deepawali’as it is known as‚ is the festival of lights
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invitations. He invited all of the gods but purposely excluded Eris‚ the goddess of strife and chaos. He “feared” that the presence of Eris would ruin the wedding feast. But the news about the party had spread all over the world‚ and Eris eventually find out about this. Scene I. Eris residence. Eris is relaxing in a cot when her talkative servant who has tendencies for gossiping approach her. Eris’ minion (EM): A good day to you‚ my goddess Eris. I have the hottest news in Olympus that would surely catch
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depicts the goddess Venus‚ having emerged from the sea standing on a seashell‚ arriving at the seashore. On Venus’ right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae‚ Goddess of the Seasons‚ waits to receive Venus and spreads out a flower-covered robe in readiness for the Love Goddess’ arrival. Botticelli’s Venus was the first large-scale canvas created
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most famous for his thunderbolt. Hera is the Queen of the gods and is the goddess of marriage and family. Poseidon is the god of the seas and is most famous for his trident. Demeter is the goddess of fertility and her symbol is the poppy. Athena is the goddess of wisdom and is famous for coming out of her father Zeus’s head fully grown. Apollo is the god of knowledge and is the twin brother of Artemis. Artemis is the goddess of the hunt and is the twin sister of Apollo. Ares is the god of war; he
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Tabitha Montgomery November 27 2011 Hum 2210 Professor J. Whitmarsh Aphrodite ’s Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love‚ beauty‚ and pleasure she was also known as Venus in the Roman era. There are two stories on how Aphrodite’s was born. Some say she was the daughter of Zeus and Dione. The most known story is she was born when the father of the gods‚ Uranus was castrated by his son Cronus and he threw Uranus genitals into the ocean and from the sea it created bubbling sea foam and arose
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In the time of ancient Greeks many people believed in certain Gods and Goddesses and their mythological stories. Among the many gods and goddesses there was Athena‚ Goddess of wisdom‚ crafts‚ and war. Also there was Apollo‚ God of the sun‚ music‚ healing‚ prophecy‚ and poetry. Apollo’s twin sister Artemis Goddess of hunting and archery. Then there’s Poseidon‚ God of the ocean and brother to the most powerful God of them all‚ the God of all Gods‚ Zeus. However‚ there was only one specific God that
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preserve the organs of mummies for their afterlife. The only organs ancient Egyptians thought of as significant were the heart‚ stomach‚ lungs‚ liver‚ and intestines. However‚ the heart was left in the body to be weighed against the Ma’at (truth goddess) feather in the afterlife as the deciding factor of the deceased fate: eternal afterlife or devoured by the god Amenti. Ancient Egyptians practiced a seventy day process of preparing the deceased body‚ therefore following the myth of Osiris the original
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