Long hair‚ wise and courageous all around‚ the goddess Athena . She is the great goddess of wisdom. War and skills. Athena is known as the goddess of war and wisdom‚ according to Greek mythology. Athena is also the protector of civilized life‚ including the crafts needed to make life in the civilized world possible for both men and women. The myth goes that along with all of her siblings‚ Athena was the daughter of the most powerful god Zeus‚ and the daughter of metes. But the crazy part is Zeus
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Athena was the goddess of wisdom and war. She invented math. Her responsibilities were giving wisdom‚ inspiring‚ inventions‚ and protecting Athens. She could change herself into other forms and shapes. Her weapons were a lance‚ shield‚ and a fringed cloak. Athena lived on Mount Olympus. Her parents were Zeus and Metis. Metis was a Titaness. Her birth was more than unusual. Metis was to bring forth the new goddess‚ Athena. Zeus decided to put her into his own belly‚ as Gaia and Uranus had
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Bona Dea: The Festival of the Good Goddess The Good Goddess was one of many female deities‚ and stood for chastity and fertility‚ in addition to healing and protection. She also went by Feminea Dea (The Women’s Goddess)‚ Laudanda Dea (The Goddess to the Praised) and Sancta (The Holy One). Although somewhat shrouded in mystery‚ scholars now and the men of ancient Rome hypothesized that she was a version of an agricultural goddess‚ the most recognizable being Damia‚ the Rome version of Demeter. However
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The goddess of Radiance and Beauty: Shri as a positive embodiment In the Vedic religion‚ women and various objects highlights the basic structures of the Hindu culture. One of the most conspicuous belief in the Vedic religion is the belief in goddesses‚ specifically of the goddess Lakshmi who is respectfully called by her sacred name Shri. Shri is believed to bring positivity in every aspect of life‚ economically‚ socially‚ and health wise. She is valued by many people including kings in
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The Goddess Movement When in 1974 respected archaeologist Marija Gimbutas published The Goddess and Gods of Old Europe (Berkeley: University of California Press)‚ little did she know the effect it would have on feminism‚ religion and society. Her book was about the spiritual practices of people living in southeastern Europe 6000 to 8000 years ago. Her book presented a theory of matriarchal and matrilineal societies that in many ways were ideal. Men and women lived in harmony‚ women ran the temples
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A higher power’s divinity‚ as exemplified in "The Tyger" by William Blake and "The Goddess Who Created this Passing World" by Alice Notley‚ is seen as astonishing‚ and both speakers are full of amazement for the creation. The images used throughout the poems display the Creators’ divinity because they highlight how intricately everything is made. Although Notley’s feministic view of God sets the two poems apart‚ Blake and Notley’s poems perspectives can still be compared. In "The Tyger‚" the speaker
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Poseidon was ruler of the sea. He met a beautiful young girl named Amphrite. Amphrite became Goddess of the sea and they soon married. They then had 8 kids: Thesus‚ Triton‚ Polyphemus‚ Belus‚ Agenor‚ Nelus‚ Atlas‚ and Marina. Marina was their youngest daughter. Amphrite was worried about her daughter. Amphrite and Poseidon were both very busy and desperate‚ so Amphrite took it upon herself to ask her evil older sister Alizeh to look after ands protect her and Poseidon’s’ new born baby. Alizeh
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Mother is a child’s first preacher. a child’s first teacher. she’s God’s own angel who looks after her child. she takes care of her family‚ does the household chores‚ brings up her children and sometimes even works to raise family income. she’s like a tree. always gives never asks for anything in return. her love is deeper than marina trench infact it is endless. she puts behind her career for her child and so is truly God’s angel. she’s always good natured‚ kind at heart‚ forgiving and
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and thought it was extremely interesting. If I was a goddess‚ I would be the goddess of healing‚ Celestella. Celestella can heal all things and bring things back from the dead‚ but her powers come at a price. She can’t save a life without destroying another‚ and she can’t heal someone without hurting someone else. She has no control over who she hurts and whose life she destroys. Celestella has one sister‚ Evelyn-Raspberry‚ and she is the goddess of joy. Celestella also has a husband‚ Spock‚ whom she
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inspired me‚ my mother is the first person that comes to mind. My mother has been the biggest inspiration in my life. Everything that I am today is a result of the influence and the life lessons that she has taught me. She has made so many opportunities available for me‚ without her I do not know where I would be. My mother is a very inspiring person; the reasons for this are countless. For example‚ when I decided to run for Student Council and I didn’t think I could make it‚ but my mother was my biggest
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