Art 100 Sakhmet I recently went to the Brooklyn Museum of Art to view the Egyptian gallery on the third floor. Out of all the beautiful statues I viewed I had to choose one so I chose “The Bust of The Goddess Sakhmet”. The statue was made out of Granodiorite. I could not find what exact tools were used to carve the statue but many historians believed that small‚ manually turned drill bits and chisels were used to carve the statue. Some archaeologists‚
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Besides being the Greek Goddess of Wisdom‚ Athena is an incredibly valuable goddess‚ and she possesses many qualities that set her apart from the other deities of Olympus. First of all‚ Athena had great leadership skills‚ and was very convincing in her words and actions. This is displayed when Athena and Poseidon are competing over the title of Patron of the City of Athens. The Athenians wanted a gift from the Gods‚ and whoever had the better gift would be crowned Patron. While Poseidon offered the
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The Civilization of the Goddess Marija Gimbutas was born in 1921‚ in Vilnius the capital city of Lithuania‚ situated in the southeast of the country. She maintained a lifelong interest in the culture and customs of her homeland. She came to the United States as an immigrant from the Soviet government in 1949 after earning a Doctor of Philosophy degree in archaeology in 1946 at Tubingen University in Germany. Her background included linguistics‚ ethnology‚ and the history of religions‚ which was
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with big hazel eyes. She is said to be very tall with lanky arms and legs that make her beautiful. She only wears earth tones‚ she believes these colors make her powers more vibrant and beautiful. While some believes she is the goddess of Geography‚ she is actually the goddess of the Earth. Her most known symbol is an upside down triangle with a line going through the tip. A few of her other symbols are a pineapple( her favorite fruit)‚ or a daisy. Gi’s favorite fruit is a pineapple‚ and she really
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Avatar Due to the recent rapid urbanization‚ and the rapid increase of consumerism that we face in our world today‚ this has led to a steep decline of epic myths been shared in the same way as they have been in the past years. Families and societies hardly have time to dedicate themselves to retain and pass on important myths that have been around for a long time. These myths were seen to teach us things on four levels; which is to feed us spiritually‚ to help explain the physical world to us
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peoples lives‚ everything revolves around it. Also in the movie “Avatar” there is a tree called “The Tree of Souls” which is the center of Na’vi culture and religion. The Na’vi believe it allows them to communicate directly with Eywa‚ their mother goddess. The third archetype is a “Mother Figure” which both myths share. Both women fall from the sky with innocence‚ and the women from “Woman Who Fell..” gives birth to a baby girl and nurtures her then later who gives birth to mankind which are twins
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Wisdom Athena: goddess of Wisdom‚ and Battle Strategy. Athena is famous for her piercing‚ stormy grey eyes. Athena was a part of the Great gods of Mount. Olympus. She had her own throne along eleven different other gods. Out of all all Zeus’s Sons and Daughters‚ Athena is favored the most. “she was Zeus’ favorite child and was allowed to use his weapons including his thunderbolt” (Athena). Athena‚ although not one of the original Olympians‚ had a major role in Greek mythology and was highly respected
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The moonstone is called gem of the Goddess Diana. The ancient Roman believed that the moonstones is a trickle of moonlight. In Asia the moonstones is considered the jewel of luck. The Arab culture the moonstones are a symbol of fertility many Arab women sew them in there clothing so they can not be seen. It is said that it is an amulet for protection of the traveler’s. Goddess of the moonstones honors is Cerridewen‚ the welsh goddess of inspiration and knowledge she rules the gifts of prophecy and
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the beginning‚ during 400 B.C.‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ there was a woman‚ the Goddess of Youth that had existed. Her name was Adeline. She was her own kind of beautiful and made life and the world in her own image. She had piercing bright blue eyes with long black wavy hair. She was very tall and had a very thin body structure. The way her personality was wired was how she based the way she created life. The Goddess was self-less and bold. She was independent and strong willed. With that‚ she had
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literature and Gods. However the Romans did give some of their Gods different names and duties than those of the Greek Gods. There are other differences‚ which is shown between the Greek Goddess Artemis and the Roman Goddess Diana. These two Goddesses are very similar‚ however some differences are apparent. The Greek Goddess Artemis is compared to her Roman equivalent Diana through genealogy‚ images and symbols‚ and modern connections. Artemis is the daughter of the Greek Gods Leto and Zeus‚ and the twin
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