Myth & Mythology Essay Examples & Topics. Page 2

The Cambodian "Myth of Lightning, Thunder, and Rain" is a narration of a dance symbolized by the fight between the characters, Reamesor and Moni MeKhala.

This essay will discuss and compare the way women are represented in Marie de France's The Lais and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Although the two authors in question embraced different literary traditions, there are similarities in their [...]

Themes of Self-Sacrifice and Love in the Iliad Easily seen is the strength that is given from Zeus to mortals either in those into whose hands he gives the surpassing glory, or those he diminishes [...]

Book IX of The Odyssey is structured as a series of flashbacks that reveal the wanderings of Odysseus and his men.

In other words, the ritual of killing the ruler to seize the throne is normal; it is the natural order of things for the Greeks and Romans.

Hades is the eldest son of Kronos and Rhea, the god and the guardian of the Underworld, the realm of the dead.

The governess is not scared of the ghosts, she is horrified by the fact of what they can do to the children.

The early inhabitants of America, like other ancient groups, derived their own legendary stories on creation of the universe, the people and the locality together with their heroes and their deities in the universe.

The central theme of the novel is the journey of Shadow and the conflict between the new gods and the old gods.

They also believed that the owl was a keen full watcher of Athens trade, and that is why it was engraved at the back of their coins.

The main distinction of Oedipus from other characters of Greek plays is that he is not complex; most of his feelings and qualities lie on the surface and he is not afraid of displaying them.

Dionysus is viewed as apposite in character to Apollo; he is a god that is described to be slow to anger and always willing to help those that are in need. He is willing to [...]

A myth can be described as a story which explains something, an event or a certain situation in the world people live in, with people believing in it.

Thus, the myth is one of the literary genre which helped ancient people to understand and explain the structure and natural phenomena of the world, environment, people and other creatures around, the origins of everything [...]

There is a certain rationale in this kind of suggestions after all, Medea had gone about expressing her contempt with women's lot on numerous occasions: "The man who was everything to me, my own husband, [...]

Odysseus was creative and capable of great endurance, and the gods paid heed to him, and it was due to his temper.

This myth attempts to explain the origin of the land or the earth by the Seneca people, and like many other myths on the issue of the originality of land, these people held to the [...]

The Garden of Eden theory is dedicated to the analysis of gender roles and reflections based on mythological presentation; the image of male and female is disclosed through Adam and Eve, being the principal mythological [...]

The Trojans were the ancestors of the Romans according to the Aeneid, and their enemies were the Greek forces who had besieged and sacked Troy; yet at the time the Aeneid was written, the Greeks [...]

Through the dynamic of science itself, a new world-view - a new picture of the nature of the universe - is emerging from the present cultural confusion and is showing the first signs of solid [...]

When the Argonauts land at Lemnos and meet the women of the island, Queen Hypsipyle convinces the men to mate with the women so that they can repopulate the island, omitting the fact that the [...]

The details of the incident were never looked into carefully, since at that time Thebes was besieged by the Sphinx a horrible creature with the appearance of a winged lion with the face and the [...]

Considering the destruction, the loss of human lives and the reduction to slavery of even the Trojan Royalty, aside from the fact that the attack was done in stealth to a sleeping civilian population, Ulysses [...]

Greek God and Goddess have not been given any proper mention in The Bible, but at more instances it has been given reference as unknown gods and the goddess to the people of Asian origin [...]

Both the Eden story and the Flood Story have clear counterparts in the Gilgamesh epic, whose restless hero also has his parallel in Odysseus of the Iliad, even as Gilgamesh fated friendship with Enkidu can [...]

The human personality traits determined the gods and goddesses to be immortalized, hence the actions that were observed in the myths were as a symbol of the actual actions of men.

The myths tell that hera and Zeos were married in the garden of the gods, and in honor of the occasion, a marvelous tree, bearing apples of gold, sprang out of the earth.

Odysseus and his men reach the land of the Kyklopes, a rough and uncivilized race of one-dyed giants. Groaning in pain, the giant hurls boulders at them and prays to his father, Poseidon to wreak [...]

The episode about the sons of Japetos is placed in the center of the story as the conquest of the supreme power of Zeus over the people and gods.

Homer is the first teller of the ancient myth about the Trojan war to both attract sympathy for the Trojans and warn against the flaws of such a government.

The village stood no chance in the attack of her rival warlock Averis known to be the strongest of the magicians, the high caste.

He led him to the highest point of the mountain and pointed him to a certain point on the land where there were lots of fig trees referred to as Mugumo in your native language.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the reasons why Zeus was able to remain in charge of the gods and what the crucial difference between Zeus and the other gods was.

My armor is blazing in the hot rays of the old sun. He defeated the beast, I must admit it, and and saved the kingdom.

Indeed, compared to the Greeks, who composed legends about the creation of the cosmos and the gods, the central place in Roman mythology is given to Rome itself and its heroic people and the specific [...]

The myth "Europa & Jupiter, the House of Cadmus" narrates the romantic story about the abduction of Europa by Jupiter. Immediately, the god in the guise of a bull jumped into the sea and began [...]

According to the legend, which the story in question can be described as the creation of the Earth began as the wife of the chief of the sky complained about the dream that had been [...]

The ingenuity of the elders and respect of the societal culture is a critical governance issue. The governing figure in the story is Gisoolg who is the Great Spirit and creator.

The character of Achilles is real as it is presented in the poem although most of the powers that are portrayed through this character are mere fantasies.

This is one of the reasons why the depictions of god are prohibited by the norms of the Quran. This is one of the peculiarities that should be taken into account.

In his works Totemism and The Golden Bough, he paid much attention to the research of primitive beliefs of nations that populated different colonies.

He is a symbol of progress and the victory of the human mind over forces of nature. Artemis is the representation of the wildlife and its dangers.

The trickster's creative force is sometimes used to whip the intelligence standing of society and to highlight the importance of creating new cultural traits that people feel are important and necessary in society.

The play has won attractions across the main cities in the world. He was the King of Thebes and a cousin to Dionysus.

The ability to travel between galaxies and bend time is one of the major characteristics that are attributed to the God-like beings. In the end, it is clear that Nature is a divine part of [...]

Connecting the Story to the Bible: Where the Narrations Cross Being listed among the earliest specimen of the ancient literature, The epic of Gilgamesh bears a certain resemblance to another ancient book, which is the [...]

Apollo is the son of the mighty Zeus and Leto. The strained relationship between Apollo and his father was to continue until Zeus turned Apollo's son into a constellation of stars.

In most ancient societies, children were the property of the parents, and those children who the parents deemed unfit were killed or sold into slavery.

The parents told her that they were ready to support her under the condition that she goes back to her family and apologise to the husband.

Although it is traditionally considered that the key reason behind Pentheus's death was his denial of Dionysos as a god, it can also be argued that Pentheus's non-acceptance of Dionysos was only the factor, while [...]

This paper is aimed at discussing the journeys undertaken by the main characters; in particular one should focus on their motives of the protagonists and the way in which both Gilgamesh and Odysseus were transformed [...]

Achilles's armor is considered as one of the best and the most powerful, that is why it is not a surprise that Ajax and Odysseus wanted to have it after Achilles's death.

The author's description of the ensuing mayhem highlights the concept of pathos."On the first strike, the reports run for cover while the camera operator and the soundman persevered on, only to realise they stood no [...]

Several literatures available describe the position men and women occupied in the Greco-Roman mythology, with the most interesting consideration being on the position of the women in the Greek and Roman societies.

Santa Claus is believed to bring gifts in the houses of the good children on the night before the Christmas day.

After Enkidu's death and the loss of the magic plan of the rejuvenation walls, Gilgamesh is reduced to a humble and introverted seeker.

Plato and Hesiod tried to evaluate the ideas of justice in their worlds and the ways of how people prefer to use their possibilities and knowledge using the story of Prometheus; Plato focused on the [...]

The myth offers intrinsically narrates the war that Iris had with the sky due to the pride of Iris. The "Iris and Sky" myth fits in the etiological theme of the classical mythology.

Therefore, the myth of Deucalion and the flood is one of the examples when the natural event is explained by means of the supernatural background.

Myths and other forms of literature were the tools that the community used to pass the deeds of the heroes from one generation to the other.

The wizard in 'The Circular Ruins' lives in the reality of ordinary men before he relocates to the ruins and he is regarded by others and views himself as a normal man.

However, later in his reign, Crassus fell into conflict with King Hyrodes and he was slew by Surena, one of the king's men. Crassus died in the hands of Surena after falling apart with his [...]

He was believed to be the creator and the controller of the sea therefore, people gave him respect and they make him to become angry. Poseidon was a god of the sea and therefore was [...]

In this case, the essence of titles, class and identity plays a significant role in the narration as the explanation of the human behavior and the reasons of the social conflicts.

Dido is the queen of Carthage and Dido's father was a king of the Phoenicians. After Medea's husband abandons Medea for another woman, Medea is married to another man in the land she fled to.

According to the author, the king is "given such glory of war, such honor of combat, that all his kin obey him gladly till great grow his band of youthful comrades".the character of the king [...]

In fact, majority of the traditions that people in the modern society carry out have their origin in Greece. One Greek mythology that has influenced the whole world is the celebration of the Olympic Games.

This paper discusses the character and behavior of two Heroes in the Iliad with the aim of explaining the Geeks' concept of pride.