The Bad Wife
Warrior has only one wife and loves her very much as a result; Woman gets anything she desires. Woman picks berries during dangerous season. They try to escape on horse, doesn’t work, too heavy man throws wife off horse says he will be back with warriors therefore; Man is sad party goes to rescue afterward; Sneaks into the camp at night, doesn’t see her, waits by the river where women get water meanwhile; He sees her, she tells him she will not go without her valuables therefore; He waits. She gets warriors who kill his party. He is taken prisoner, tortured. Tied to a post and left for dead. An old woman helps him. He plots revenge. Wife becomes chief. He gets revenge.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
zeus, leader of the gods
cast thunderbolts from his throne with an iron rule
forced apon the sacrafice of prometheus
and later. the world
a myth among men, seen as ruler of the sky
in trouble with his wife
due to constant infedelity
he lives a rather mechevious life
lives in a cycle of cyclical irony
to be outwitted and tempted by the forms of mortals
a slave to universal characteristics is he
patron of dramatic sqables
cast thunderbolts from his throne with an iron rule
forced apon the sacrafice of prometheus
and later. the world
a myth among men, seen as ruler of the sky
in trouble with his wife
due to constant infedelity
he lives a rather mechevious life
lives in a cycle of cyclical irony
to be outwitted and tempted by the forms of mortals
a slave to universal characteristics is he
patron of dramatic sqables
vocabulary and examples
myth: an explanation or rationalization of natural phenomena, that can be tied to religious or ethical belief.
example: the story of Hercules, the strongest man to ever live
hero:a human who goes above and beyond to help people, facing challenges with great courage and persistence.
example: Perseus's journey which ends in the The death of Medusa .
hero journey:the events and path that brings a hero from the call to adventure to the ultimate battle.
example:the odyssey which tells of the challenges Odysseus must overcome in order to return home after war.
universal: the largest plane in which to perceive reality or one size fits all.
example: all heroes are human in some way or another.
archetype: kind/ model original
example: ouranos is the first god in greek mythology.
cyclical: circle or one end a beginning one beginning an end.
example: yin and yang are the oriental symbol for ever cycling life as well as good and evil.
duality: an object or symbol that has dual or corresponding meanings
example: the ankh in egypyion mythology is the symbol of immortality, and life in general.
creation: an idea, or explanation, that justifies how the world was created.
example: in greek mythology, there was nothing then, there was darkness, then light, then mother earth, and all that exist followed.
cosmology: study of the universe and its creation.
example:
life from death: how death supports life.
example: the death of cronus, father of the gods, leads to the birth of Aphrodite.
matriarchal: society with a female power authority.
example: in greek mythology the earth was concidered a mother, her name was geia.
patriarchal: a society ruled by men.
example: in egyption mythology, marduk was deemed god of all gods by his peers.
sacrifice: giving something up for a greater cause.
example: the story of promethius, he give fire to man, and is then punished by zeus for it.
example: the story of Hercules, the strongest man to ever live
hero:a human who goes above and beyond to help people, facing challenges with great courage and persistence.
example: Perseus's journey which ends in the The death of Medusa .
hero journey:the events and path that brings a hero from the call to adventure to the ultimate battle.
example:the odyssey which tells of the challenges Odysseus must overcome in order to return home after war.
universal: the largest plane in which to perceive reality or one size fits all.
example: all heroes are human in some way or another.
archetype: kind/ model original
example: ouranos is the first god in greek mythology.
cyclical: circle or one end a beginning one beginning an end.
example: yin and yang are the oriental symbol for ever cycling life as well as good and evil.
duality: an object or symbol that has dual or corresponding meanings
example: the ankh in egypyion mythology is the symbol of immortality, and life in general.
creation: an idea, or explanation, that justifies how the world was created.
example: in greek mythology, there was nothing then, there was darkness, then light, then mother earth, and all that exist followed.
cosmology: study of the universe and its creation.
example:
life from death: how death supports life.
example: the death of cronus, father of the gods, leads to the birth of Aphrodite.
matriarchal: society with a female power authority.
example: in greek mythology the earth was concidered a mother, her name was geia.
patriarchal: a society ruled by men.
example: in egyption mythology, marduk was deemed god of all gods by his peers.
sacrifice: giving something up for a greater cause.
example: the story of promethius, he give fire to man, and is then punished by zeus for it.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
interpritation essay
Eli Hoaglund
Interpretation essay
Mythology period 6
16 September 2008
Pyramus and Thisbe
To have what you long for within sight, within smell, within audoucy, but not within touch is a cruel fate indeed. Such is the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe.
The sudden loss of love is a thing that can cause even the most reasonable people to become temporarily insane with there longing of what has been lost. In those times of irrationality choices are made that wouldn’t be made otherwise. In this case the loss of two vibrant, promising people because of the rash nature of the insanity, which shadows grief.
In literature, there are three types of interpretation or perspectives in which to veiw a situation from; natural (the tangible, physical things and symbolism), social (how the conflict effects a group be in the inhabitants of a city or an organization and how they react to it), and psychological (how it affects the individual).
Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers separated by the wall with a crack in it that joined their houses, and the beliefs of there families. This caused their longing for one another to grow; because it is inherent in human nature to want most what we do not have. After several days of basing their existence around the next secret set of whispers this state of having what they both long for so close but yet so far becomes unbearable and they decide to meet. Under the cover of night Thisbe arrives first, waits only to be scared off by a lion, in her haste she loses her cloak that is maimed by the lion. Pyrimus comes soon after to find only the mangled cloak covered in blood; in this first glance he immediately assumes that Thisbe is dead and in his grief plunges his sword into his chest. Soon after, in pyramuses dying moments, Thisbe comes back to find her love with the sword gaping from his limp body and some life still in his eyes. she Sees the cloak and immediately understands why he has done this. She kisses him in this last moment. He dies, in her sudden suddenness and grief and desperation she takes his sword and to kills herself.
This loss caused the rivaling families of the lovers to find peace between one another. When resources are scares and one is lost people become stronger to make up for it; in this case rival families find comfort in their sadness when they both know the pain that the other faction is enduring.
A basic need in human psychology is to belong or to have companionship.
Interpretation essay
Mythology period 6
16 September 2008
Pyramus and Thisbe
To have what you long for within sight, within smell, within audoucy, but not within touch is a cruel fate indeed. Such is the tale of Pyramus and Thisbe.
The sudden loss of love is a thing that can cause even the most reasonable people to become temporarily insane with there longing of what has been lost. In those times of irrationality choices are made that wouldn’t be made otherwise. In this case the loss of two vibrant, promising people because of the rash nature of the insanity, which shadows grief.
In literature, there are three types of interpretation or perspectives in which to veiw a situation from; natural (the tangible, physical things and symbolism), social (how the conflict effects a group be in the inhabitants of a city or an organization and how they react to it), and psychological (how it affects the individual).
Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers separated by the wall with a crack in it that joined their houses, and the beliefs of there families. This caused their longing for one another to grow; because it is inherent in human nature to want most what we do not have. After several days of basing their existence around the next secret set of whispers this state of having what they both long for so close but yet so far becomes unbearable and they decide to meet. Under the cover of night Thisbe arrives first, waits only to be scared off by a lion, in her haste she loses her cloak that is maimed by the lion. Pyrimus comes soon after to find only the mangled cloak covered in blood; in this first glance he immediately assumes that Thisbe is dead and in his grief plunges his sword into his chest. Soon after, in pyramuses dying moments, Thisbe comes back to find her love with the sword gaping from his limp body and some life still in his eyes. she Sees the cloak and immediately understands why he has done this. She kisses him in this last moment. He dies, in her sudden suddenness and grief and desperation she takes his sword and to kills herself.
This loss caused the rivaling families of the lovers to find peace between one another. When resources are scares and one is lost people become stronger to make up for it; in this case rival families find comfort in their sadness when they both know the pain that the other faction is enduring.
A basic need in human psychology is to belong or to have companionship.
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