utterly with fire the city of his fathers and the shrines of his father’s gods‚ -sought to taste of kindred blood‚ and to lead the remnant into slavery”. In Creon’s opinion‚ Polyneices is so wicked that even gods do not want to see him buried. When asked whether the gods have covered Polyneices’ body‚ Creon replies angrily that “was it for high reward of trusty service that they sought to hide his nakedness‚ who came to burn their pillared shrines and sacred treasures‚ to burn their land‚ and scatter
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A person that has made me see my values and passions more than anyone would be my highschool art teacher‚ Ms. Shriner. When I was in highschool‚ I was the secretary for the club she ran‚ DBYEA (Daniel Boone Youth Education Association). Although I had no interest in becoming a teacher‚ I loved what she stood for her and her community involvement. She made me and many others feel like we were not too young and insignificant to do something. We grew into a family‚ and were a part of something greater
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unordinary. For example‚ the hog hair and magic powder is synonymous with the brushing of teeth. The men scraping their faces is like men shaving every morning. The women cooking their heads could be viewed as them blow-drying their hair. Personal shrines could also be called bathrooms. When put in different context‚ one can tell that these once seemingly out-worldly rituals are actually American rituals painted in a different
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Kālī (Sanskrit: काळी‚ IPA: [kɑːliː])‚ also known as Kālikā (Sanskrit: काळिका)‚ is the Hindu goddess associated with empowerment‚ shakti. The name Kali comes from kāla‚ which means black‚ time‚ death‚ lord of death‚ Shiva. Since Shiva is called Kāla—the eternal time—Kālī‚ his consort‚ also means "Time" or "Death" (as in time has come). Hence‚ Kāli is the Goddess of Time and Change. Although sometimes presented as dark and violent‚ her earliest incarnation as a figure of annihilator of evil forces
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Temples of Hampi Virupaksha Temple Virupaksha Temple is located in Hampi 350 km from Bangalore‚ in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi‚ designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Virupaksha is a form of Shiva and has other temples dedicated to him‚ notably at the Group of Monuments at Pattadakal‚ another World Heritage Site. Hampi sits on the banks of the Tungabhadra River in the ruins of the ancient city of Vijayanagar‚ capital of the Vijayanagara
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reformations started with the great shrine of Demeter at Eleusis (Brouskari‚ 1997)‚ which he had brought under state control and constructed the first major Hall of Mysteries (Telesterion) for the annual rites of initiation into the cult (Hammond‚ 1967:6-8). Pisistratus had opened the grounds of the Acropolis‚ the sacred ground of worship in Athens for centuries‚ to many local cults in Attica and they were either moved into the city or had established secondary shrines. For example the temple of Artemis
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A POPULAR DEVOTION TO STO.NIÑO I. INTRODUCTION o HISTORICAL BACKGROUND On April 28‚ 1565‚ Juan Camus‚ a sailor in the fleet of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi‚ found in a modest house of the then village of Cebu the image of the Santo Niño‚ which at the time all agreed had been brought from Europe. Deeply impressed by this finding and aware of its significance‚ Legaspi ordered an official inquiry conducted; the document drawn on May 16 of the same year and still extant in the archives of the Santo Nino
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IHow Dalai Lama came into contact with Shugden The following is an excerpt from the first volume of Dalai Lama´s book on Shugden. " I‚ the 14th Dalai Lama‚ committed the first mistake of coming in contact with Shugden. I did not follow the path shown by the previous Dalai Lamas. It was my mistake. Well‚ the political situation in Tibet was at the most critical stage in 1951. We were staying at Dungkhar monastery in Dromo region. Within my entourage‚ some who advised me to leave for India‚ while
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St. John Vianney Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney St. John Vianney original name is Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney. He was born May 8‚ 1786 in the French town of Dardilly‚ and was baptized the same day. His parents are Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. They had six children ‚of whom John was the fourth. His family were devout Catholics. They helped the poor and gave hospitality to St. Benedict Joseph Labre (he was passing through Dardilly on his pilgrimage to Rome). In 1790‚ during the French
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headmaster called Mr. Obi wanted to change the traditions of the community around. He closed the path that traversed the school compound as the villagers believed that the path was used by dead people and children that were born. This path connected the shrine and the burial site. They believed that the ancestors were departed by it and visited them by it ‚as the village priest explained it to Mr. Obi‚ the new headmaster at Nduma secondary school. Obi quotes‚ “That was some time ago. But it will not be
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