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 Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:05 pm
Drakulya666 Actually I beleive the first answer would be Oedipus. He was prophesied that he would kill his father and they thought they had him killed but he was sent away instead. He in a later year heard about the prophesy not knowing it wasn't his true father. He came across Laius and killed him(not knowing that that was his father.) Then he beat the sphinx and was awarded the newly widowed queen. He married her and had four kids to later find out it was his mother. She killed herself and he blinded himself and left. One thing I never gotten about myths, like this one, is how in the world do you not know you're shagging your mom?! or killing your dad?! It's just...geez!
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:25 pm
they thought they killed him but the shepherd they gave him to didn't kill him just sent him away and the people he was sent to never told him they weren't his parents. When he heard the oracle he got as far away from his 'father' as possible. He didn't know either of his real parents and his parents didn't know he was alive.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:03 pm
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 9:40 am
Apollo I can think of quite a few kings who slept with their mothers, and even one with his brother...And in which mythology are we talking? Greek, Roman, Norse, what? Or does it not matter? But as for the second one, Zeus and Hera wanted to know which gender pleasures more from sexual intercourse and when he answered women Hera was so angry she blinded him. Then Zeus, to make up for this, gifted him with the powers of prophecy and a very long life (the guy lived for 700 years for goodness sake!) Yeah, I was gonna ask Lugh to make it more specific. But I thought since he didn't add specifics he wasn't aiming for any one king so I named one off. And please refrain from answering the questions that are already answered. It'll only confuse people. 3nodding
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:04 pm
Lumiere Vulpine Apollo I can think of quite a few kings who slept with their mothers, and even one with his brother...And in which mythology are we talking? Greek, Roman, Norse, what? Or does it not matter? But as for the second one, Zeus and Hera wanted to know which gender pleasures more from sexual intercourse and when he answered women Hera was so angry she blinded him. Then Zeus, to make up for this, gifted him with the powers of prophecy and a very long life (the guy lived for 700 years for goodness sake!) Yeah, I was gonna ask Lugh to make it more specific. But I thought since he didn't add specifics he wasn't aiming for any one king so I named one off. And please refrain from answering the questions that are already answered. It'll only confuse people. 3nodding tay. Sorry, still new here 3nodding
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Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 6:05 am
Sorry it took me so long, I had to do work on my Inn and then had work irl. DK Grar~
OK! Let the games continue!
Q1: Name 2 mythical allusions from the book "As I Lay Dying". There are many, I just want two (2) of them.
Q2: Let's see how well you know our calender. List off all the gods/deities/celestial bodies that are honored with a day or a month.
EXAMPLE: Month = moon Month was originally pronounced 'moonth', then later developed into the word 'month'.
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:38 am
I haven't even read the first book, so thank you internet! However, I do have the information from the second elsewhere, so...
1. a) Darl frequently describes Jewel with imagery of wood, here and elsewhere. Some readers think that in so doing, Faulkner is trying to associate Jewel with Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility and wine who was also a god of trees. Dionysus was conceived in the woods at Nemi. Jewel was also conceived in the woods, as you will learn in section 40.
b) The horse is no ordinary animal, and Jewel's relation to it is rather special, too. Faulkner makes sure you know that with two fleeting references to ancient myth. As the horse stands on its hind legs, slashing at Jewel, "Jewel is enclosed by a glittering maze of hooves as by an illusion of wings...." Suddenly, the horse has become Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology.
(Both taken from Free! Barron's booknotes so don't shout at me.
2. Celebrations of the 1st January (or Overlapping)
(This is EVERYTHING, pagan, Christian or otherwise. But it is celebrations, rather than traditions, so the calender new year isn't in there.)
a) 12/25 to 1/5: Yule--Old Anglo-Teutonic festival honouring God Freyr, Goddess Freyja, and God Balder.
b) 12/31 eve to 1/1 eve: Old Greek festival in which offerings were made to the Wind Gods of the eight directions.
c) 1/1 to 1/31: January dedicated to Old Roman God-Goddess Janus-Jana, who knows both past and future.
d) 12/31 eve to 1/1 eve: Gamelion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honouring all the Gods and Goddesses.] [Flutes were played; prayers were said; offerings of barley, olive oil, incense, and food were burned in an offering hearth; and libations of water and wine were made.
e) The day of Mary, Mother of God (Catholic Christian)
f) Feast Day of Saint Basil (Orthodox Christian)
g) Shogatsu (Shinto) - Also called Gatan-sai; Celebration of a new year
That's all that I can get for now.
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:56 am
O.O!! Wow. were my questions really that far off?! How about I ask them again, only being more specific...
Q1: In the book "As I Lay Dying", there are many biblical allusions that pop up, name only 3 of these allusions.
Q2: In the past, the Gods have given us many things, in return, we named our planets after them and other celestial bodies. We also did the same for the days of the week, and some of the months.
Example: Sun = Sunday, Moon = month (moonth), Janus = January. You cannot use these examples!
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:53 am
What? Oh, crap, I got the wrong end of the stick on the second. But I did use mythical on the first, so let's just have another go...
1. a) Addie - Job. Job was tested in life by having everything which he had taken away, and his friends thought that he had committed a great sin to suffer so. Parallels unfold as the story is told, including the line by Jewel: "Why do the just suffer and the wicked flourish?"
b) Chapter 39 - Addie's boast that Jewel will be her salvation echoes two lines from the 66th Psalm in the Old Testament. "We went through fire and through water; but thou [God] brought us out into a wealthy place." The next line is a paraphrase of a section of the 23rd Psalm: "Though I walk through the valley of death, I fear no evil, for thou [God] art with me."
Better?
2) Er... I'll leave that for the next post.
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:17 am
Just for fun, the days/months!
January - Janus, the Numina of the pathway.
February - From Februa, the Roman festivel of purification.
March - Mars, the Roman God of War.
April - Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty.
May - Maya, the Italic Goddess of Spring.
June - Juno, the Roman Queen of the Gods.
July - Named for Julius Caesar.
August - Named for Augustus Caesar, the first true Emperor of Rome, who was deified after death by popular vote.
Sunday - Sun, from the Norse word "sunna."
Monday - Day of the Moon
Tuesday - Named for Tyr, Norse God of War.
Wednesday - Named for Odin(Wodan), Norse Chieftain God.
Thursday - Thor, Norse God of Thunder and Lightning.
Friday - Freyja (Frigga/Freya), Norse Goddess of Love.
Saturday - Saturn, obviously. (also known as "the day of washing")
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:22 am
This is edited because I answered the question wrong AGAIN...
2) Mercury - Mercredi [French] (roman); Venus - suggested April [from Aprilis or Aphrilis, from Aphrodite] (roman); Mars - March (roman); Tyr xd - Tuesday (norse); Woden - Wednesday (norse); Thor - Thursday (norse); Frey/Freya (not sure which) - Friday (norse); Maia - May (greek); Juno - June (roman); Mani - Monday [apparently] (Germanic); Sunna - Sunday [again, apparently] (Germanic)...
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 4:43 am
1 point each! ^.^
Gimme a couple adays to get some more questions up. I'm having some problems at home. stressed
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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:14 pm
it's been more then a couple days please post a new question
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:18 pm
It's been a few hours past 2 months, to be exact.
Sorry about my absence, I've been having luck in searching for an occupation to keep my wallet full and my mouth happy. biggrin
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:25 pm
North American Legends:
1. In Iroquois myths, why is Bare Hill bare?
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