Assignment: Mythology Research Project
analytical Essay
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Assignment: Mythology Research Project
In The Yoruba and Madagascar myths of creation, the beginning of the
world was a formless Chaos which was neither sea nor land. Orisha Nla, also
called the Great God, was sent down from the sky to the Chaos by Olorun, the
Supreme Being. His obligatory mission was to create solid land and to aid him
in the accomplishment of this task, he was given a snail shell, a pigeon, and a
five-toed hen. After the earth and land were separated, a chameleon was sent
with Orisha Nla to inspect his work and report to the Supreme Being. Olorun was
satisfied with the good things reported to him and sent Orisha Nla to finish.
He planted trees, Olorun made rain water fall from the sky and grew the seeds
into a great forest. The creation of earth took four days and on the fifth
Orisha Nla rested from his work.
Orisha fashioned the first people from earth for Olorun, but only the
Supreme Being was able to give them life. Orisha Nla hid in his workshop trying
to watch him, but a spell of deep sleep was cast onto him so that only Olorun
knew the secret. He made the first man and woman and their daughter and her
husband. The rest of the human beings descended from the them.
As time passed, the Creator noticed that as humans multiplied and
prospered, they gave thanks to Mother Earth but forgot about him. He decided
thenceforth to take the souls of half the humans signifying a tribute.
In the myth, Why Men Must Die told by the Zulu's of Natal in South
Africa, we are told how because of a slow moving tiny animal man-kind suffered
and still does of mortality. The first man on earth, also a god, sent the
chameleon to give humans the message that they will be like the gods and never
die promptly. Because he took too long to travel to mankind and spread the good
news, he sent a viper out of annoyance with the message that he changed his mind
and they will not live forever.
In the Egyptian creation story my group has studied, everything descends
from Nu, the sea. His son Ra, becomes the Creator and makes a god for
everything in our world: Shu, the wind god, his consort Tefnut, “The Spitter”,
brought rain, Seb, the earth god, Nut, goddess of the firmament, who were the
parents of Osiris and his consort Isis, and Set and his consort Nepthys.
The story also tells about sins that people had since their earliest
In this essay, the author
- Explains that olorun, the great god, was sent down from the sky to the chaos.
- Narrates how he was given a snail shell, pigeon, and an ox.
- Narrates how olorun met with orisha nla to inspect his work and report to the supreme being.
- Analyzes the myth of why men must die told by the zulu's of natal in south.
- Explains that ra becomes the creator and makes a god for nu, the sea.
- Opines that poisoning the creator, in order to obtain his secret, goes as far as obtaining power.
- Explains that olorun planted trees, made rain water fall from the sky, and grew the seeds into a great forest. the creation of earth took four days and on the fifth
- Explains that olorun was able to give them life. orisha nla hid in his workshop trying to watch him, but a spell of deep sleep was cast onto him.
- Explains that the first man on earth, also a god, sent the chameleon to give humans the message that they will be like the gods and never die promptly.
- Analyzes the story of the creation, the deceit of god, his anger with the people, and the punishment he gave them in order to teach them.
- Explains that ra divided the world between two of his gods: osiris and horus. once people die, they die.
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- Myths and Legends from the Worldexplanatory essayThere are many Myths and legends in the world and some are more common than others. Different people believe in different myths and legends. They are different myths and legends that correspond with different religions and countries. Myths can be a long story or a short story, some myths can be more interesting than others.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that there are many myths and legends in the world and some are more common than others.
- Explains that adam and eve are one of the common myths, jewish, christian, and islamic religious believe that they were the first parents of humanity.
- Explains that god created animals so that adam wouldn't be alone, but god saw adam needed a human partner, so he put adam to sleep and created eve.
- Explains that god made a tree, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. the serpent persuaded eve to eat the forbidden fruit and adam tasted it too.
- Explains that the lug was a god of the sun and light known for his good looks and his skills in arts and craft.
- Describes how balor locked his daughter ethlinn in a crystal tower, and the celtic priestess rescued the child. lug was raised by the smith god goibhniu, his uncle.
- Describes how the lug was involved in between the gods goibhniu, luchta, and creidhne and helped organize the army of the tuatha de danaan.
- Explains that el dorado is a wealthy city of gold and the king who ruled it. the story happened shortly after the "first" spanish explorers landed in south america.
- Explains that the spanish called the king el dorado "the gilded one" because his body was covered in gold.
- Explains that el dorado was placed near lake guatavita, not far from today’s bogota, colombia. the story was based on the muisca people who performed a ceremony that is the same as el dorados ceremonies.
- Explains that the spanish and germans searched for el dorado in 1538 but found nothing once again. they hope the europeans will look elsewhere so they can leave them in peace.
- Narrates how bloody expeditions were launched to find these imaginary kingdoms. one of the most awful was led by a rebel soldier named lope de aguirre
- Analyzes how el dorado made its way into books, such as voltaire's "candide", where the main character finds a rich city by accident, and edgar allan poe’s poem.
- Explains that the american west pecos bill was a "larger than life" cowboy known for his amazing "exploits".
- Narrates how pecos bill became a cowboy when he was ten years old. he invented rope lassos and six shooters, but never hurt women or children.
- Describes how pecos bill became a farmer after his cows ate all the grass in texas. he dug the rio grande to get water for his castle and invented fence post, ten gallon hats, and the bucking bronco
- Describes how pecos bill jumped on the tornado and rode it like a bucking bronco. the tornado rained so hard that it formed the grand canyon.
- Narrates how pecos bill was walking down the street in laredo, texas, when he saw a man from boston in his fancy cowboy suit and asked dumb questions about the west.
- Explains that adam and eve and el dorado are the most popular myths and legends, while the lug, pecos bill, and the lug were the least popular.
1056 wordsRead More - Augustines "confessions"opinion essay. . . when He made the world He did not go away and leave it. By Him it was
In this essay, the author
- Explains that god is the creator and source of everything. he is also the source.
- Opines that the god who made me must be good and all the good in me is good.
- Analyzes how he says, “o lord my god, creator and arbiter of all natural things.
- Narrates how their little piety compelled them to do so.
- Explains that substance is the result of a removal; of good until there is substance.
- Opines that evil, the origin of which i was trying to find, is not because of if.
- Asks, do we have any good evidence that god exists? if so, is he?
- Opines that god and once established that there is good reason to believe he exists and he explains.
- Asks the question: what is evil? does it have any being or not?
- Explains that evil is a privation of good in this analysis.
- Explains that evil does not require a creator.
- Opines that free will and choose to do other than good abides in god.
- Explains that evil is a reduction of good.
- Opines that god's ruining our goodness is a gift that should not be taken lightly.
- Explains that for them a space within which we are given freedom to search, to experiment, and summary:
- Opines that this does mean that some will stray from the path of good and pursue evil.
- Opines that augustine's praises to god would be meaningless without free will.
- Explains that god is of all things in this world, and he is good. theists must ask themselves what evil is.
- Opines that god is the creator and source of all things. when he made the world, he did not leave it.
- Explains that evil must have come from a source other than god. if this is true, then is it not so that god could have been?
- Opines that god is not entirely good, or that he isn't omniscient and all.
- Opines that evil is a kind of hole in goodness, just like shadows are no more than holes in light.
- Analyzes how augustine describes how the soul can err when he says, "my own [soul] was
- Opines that they were certain that it was their own self, and not some other person, who made this act of will.
- Explains that free will results in the reduction of good, which is evil.
1509 wordsRead More - his own fate. The god's mislead him, and did not allow him to keep from
In this essay, the author
- Opines that oedipus' shock at his mother's death is a shock to him.
- Explains that thebes is told in an oracle that his own son will kill him.
- Explains that the slave is supposed to leave it to die on mt. cithaeron.
- Describes the childless king of corinth, polybus, who brings him up as his own.
- Explains that the boy had no way to control what his parents did to him after he was born.
- Analyzes how she tells a story of how her and laius were told by one.
- Analyzes how the man remembers that he killed a man and wonders if it was intentional.
- Explains that this witness to be found so that his fears can be laid to rest.
- Opines that laius was the witness to his murder.
- Argues that he should be left to die on mt. cithaeron just as the gods intended.
- Analyzes how the god's mislead him, and did not allow him to keep from his own fate.
- Narrates how polybus, the king of thebes, meets an old man driving a wagon of slaves.
- Analyzes how he tells oedipus that the baby was given to him by jocasta to be killed, and that it was passed on to the corinthian out of pity.
- Describes murray, robert d. jr.'s "sophocles' moral themes" and wilkie, brian, and hurt.
1223 wordsRead More - The Grateful Deadnarrative essaythrongs of people to seek a friendship with their surrounding world. He had a way
In this essay, the author
- Opines that the hippie ethic of that era- in fashion and have followed the band in summary
- Narrates how jerry picked up the interest to start playing a game.
- Narrates how the us army hammered jerry into enlisting in 1959.
- Narrates how he got his first guitar in the mid-teens and formed a band.
- Describes a local dj at the radio station named ron mckernan called pigpen.
- Narrates how they searched for a drummer to play rock and roll.
- Narrates how garcia and crew discovered him and signed him on the son of garcia.
- Explains that jerry was present, his name was phil lesh, and phil has been around music ever since.
- Explains that through college, he was known as a composer, and very talented.
- Narrates how garcia arranged to have garcia's band play live on a local radio station.
- Narrates how jerry and jerry played acid tests for six months.
- Narrates how the out-of-business musician decided to join the band in his own way.
- Opines that the record could have used some improvement.
- Explains how the music scene was made possible with a huge amount of talent.
- Explains that the monterey pop festival was held in mid-june, for about a month.
- Narrates how the house was raided by the cops and the band got into trouble.
- Explains that the band began to return to playing their so popular concerts, in parks, and hotels.
- Narrates how gd was hired to be a writer for their next album release.
- Describes how they played a set of three concerts at the foot of the great pyramid in egypt.
- Narrates how jerry returned to the scene with a more healthy jerry in 1992 with the bay area series.
- Describes snowboards, t-shirts, and even a line of toddler wear.
- Narrates how garcia had told friends that he had died with a smile on his lips.
- Opines that there are no words that can describe how his music made people feel.
- Describes gans, david, and peter simon's grateful dead: playing in the band.
- Analyzes how jerry's snappy guitar tune with his modest voice has driven people to seek a friendship with their surroundings. he conveyed the fragility of life that somehow nailed it.
- Explains that jerry lost half of his right middle finger in an accident early in life, but this did not stop him from learning.
- Narrates how jerry needed a real job, and when he got his guitar lessons, jerry picked up another job.
- Narrates how jerry and the two boys stayed up all night in a music shop and played all the guitars that they have always wanted to play, and sang their favorite songs.
- Narrates how bill was a stanford dance teacher who used his beat to practice her steps. he later got drums his dad sent to his boarding school in arizona.
- Narrates how they started to appeal to kids everywhere, and their shows seemed to be a great time.
- Describes the idea of having a big party where everyone would get stoned and listen to the music at ken kesey's acid tests in san jose.
- Describes how hundreds of people came up with a better idea for their "acid tests" they would move around each time. it was the beginning of the "free" stage.
- Opines that the album was less than satisfactory to the members of the band, but it gave listeners outside of california a chance to listen to their music.
- Narrates how paul simon, a songwriter and singer from new york, was chosen to call upon the bands.
- Narrates how the allman brothers formed their own band in 1973. they played for over a half of million people in watkins glen, new york.
- Narrates how he checked himself into the betty ford clinic for drug rehabilitation, but his body had too much trouble already. his hard work and dedication were not enough.
2222 wordsRead More - Godanalytical essayknowledge of good and evil. Although there is only one rule set on them, both Adam and Eve both
In this essay, the author
- Explains that to be a good parent, punishment is something that must be done.
- Explains that in genesis, the first book of the bible, god is given human motivation, characteristics, and behaviors of a father.
- Analyzes how god creates the world in the garden of eden, where adam and eve disobey god's rule of not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. cain murders his brother abel and god marks him as a murderer.
- Explains how god protects and provides for everyone and everything that he has created. god provides adam and eve with everything they need while they are in the garden of eden.
- Analyzes how god punishes adam, eve, and the serpent that tricked adam and eve into eating the fruit.
680 wordsRead More - Afterlifeanalytical essaythemselves and obtain nirvana; the Hindus hoped to sustain good kharma and survive the dharma to flee from the Wheel of Life and become one
In this essay, the author
- Explains that christians have guidelines in which to receive eternal life and follow the life as jesus christ, and according to the bible, we are saved. polytheism, pharaohs and buddha will all be prevalent in ancient civilizations.
- Explains that mesopotamians believed that the afterlife was a bleak and dismal existence. they were polytheistic and the gods were like us.
- Explains that the assyrian empire could be compared to the gods in mesopotamia. tiglath- pilesar iii helped come up with the five pillars of the empire.
- Analyzes how mesopotamian literature was pessimistic and doubtful of the gods. in gilgamesh, the society is in search of a religious basis for human action.
- Explains that egyptians were polytheistic, but they differed in many areas. they had pharaohs that ruled the kingdom of egypt.
- Explains that egyptians believed in a scheme of eternal reward or punishment for their ka, which hd to submit last judgment by osiris. amenhotep introduced the idea of monotheism during his reign.
- Analyzes how nature and religion went hand-in-hand in egyptian culture. egyptians represented gods with ferocious animals and were optimistic about the afterlife.
- Explains that hinduism is a product of slow mixing of aryan beliefs with those of the native indians.
- Explains that buddhism's goal was to obtain nirvana, which is the buddhist equivalent of hindu moksha. the eightfold path is a path of righteous done on earth.
- Analyzes how the afterlife molded different cultures. sumerians were pessimistic about nature and religion because they had nothing to look forward to after death, while egyptians lived optimistic lives.
- Explains that buddhists wanted to become masters of themselves and obtain nirvana, while hindus hoped to sustain good kharma and survive the dharm to flee from the wheel of life and become one with brahman.
983 wordsRead More - Louis XIV and Peter The Greatexplanatory essaythat ll the power was contained in himself. So he did a very clever thing, he took
In this essay, the author
- Opines that all of these things ended up costing them a great deal of money.
- Explains that they were being taken away slowly and he gave them positions in the army.
- Explains that louis xiv made all the decisions and no one could stop or disagree with him.
- Narrates how he was forced to share his power with his brother and sister.
- Explains that one of his main goals was to regain access to the baltic sea.
- Explains that peter the great was the first tzar to create a russian army and navy.
- Opines that it was a good idea for him to have an army that was strong and modernized.
- Explains that to build these empires it cost a lot of money.
- Explains that louis xiv needed to make sure that the power was contained in himself in order to become a true absolute ruler.
- Explains that louis xiv's aims were to strengthen the army.
- Explains that the army is the foundation of the empire and protects the nation and gives power to it.
- Opines that the true question is whether absolutism did more good for its nation or did it hurt it more.
- Explains the loss of population due to the wars both countries were in, and the lands that they fought on were no longer able to grow food, leading to famine.
834 wordsRead More - Mythology: Past and Presentanalytical essayDepending on who you ask to define myth, most times you will get something like, “Stories about fictitious Gods or people that were written a long time ago”. As common an answer as this may be, the real definition states that myth is, “a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.” What most people miss with the concept of a myth is the fact that these people were speaking these stories to their family and friends not only as a means of entertainment, but also as a way of explaining things that they did not have an answer to. Mythology actually has quite a bit in common with stories that were written in modern day, and these elements have been passed down over many generations to help not only tell a good story, but convey a message to the reader.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that myth is a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without determinable basis of fact or natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods
- Analyzes how "typical american" has elements of myth intertwined between its pages. the story's main struggle is reminiscent of a classic theme among greek myth.
- Analyzes how myth is apparent in today's literature in "a raisin in the sun". the conflict between walter and his inner self is common with the representation of the centaur in ancient myth.
- Analyzes how the roles of women in typical american and a raisin in the sun were diverse, yet all shared a common element.
1032 wordsRead More - Essay on Antigoneanalytical essayEven though the parents attempted to stop this tragic event from occurring, there was no way to avoid it. For on his travels, he met along the road, a party of men that were traveling as well, but they could not agree on whom had the right of way. This caused a brawl to break loose and many of the men died. Oedipus realized, after speaking with Jocasta, that by this description, that one of the men in the traveling party was really his birth father as well as king, which he had slaughtered by his own hands!
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes sophocles' most famous theban play consisting of two parts, "oedipus the king" and "antigone". both parts are necessary in understanding the things that happened around them, and what type of man had raised antigone.
- Narrates how oedipus solved a sphinx riddle, became king over thebes, and became wed to the previous queen, jocasta, without his widowed mother's knowledge.
- Narrates how he summoned a seer and questioned his father, who adopted him, and discovered the truth about his abandonment by his natural parents.
- Narrates how oedipus met a group of men on his travels, but they couldn't agree on who had the right of way. the brawl broke loose and many of the men died.
- Narrates how oedipus stabbed out his eyes with jocasta's dresses' needles, and begged creon to banish him, leaving him to wander the earth with his youngest daughter antigone.
- Describes antigone's journey back to thebes to settle her brothers' quarrel over the throne.
- Analyzes how creon, being the new king, made a decree that if anyone was to bury polyneices, they should be put to death.
- Analyzes how haemon, angered at his father for antigone's distress and suicide, attempted to kill him after failing to avenge her death.
- Explains that eurydice, the wife of creon and mother of haemon, overheard the conversation, went silently into her room, and committed suicide.
- Opines that the heroine of this story is the fearless and honorable girl, antigone. she acted more motherly than sisterly, always seeking honor and caring for her fallen family. the villain would be the king, creon, who was increasingly more concerned about his personal authority and welfare.
762 wordsRead More - Maya Deren's Divine Horsemenanalytical essayThe excerpt from Divine Horsemen by Maya Deren opens with an explanation for the existence of myths. Man needed an explanation for his origins and generation after generations stories explaining just that are passed down. However if no one was alive to see the true origins of man, how can myths be created (Deren 23)? Deren explains that the death is a beginning while also an end. Essentially, comprehending the true meaning of death is what allows us to understand being (Deren 23). Many things we consider identifying qualities of one state are actually not definitive or unique to one situation. A dead body for example is still, but so is a sleeping person. A corpse may have some physiological issue that caused their death, but even that is basically
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the excerpt from divine horsemen by maya deren opens with an explanation for the existence of myths.
- Explains that haitians believe in a continuous cycle of rebirth. the limit between the living and the dead is often compared to the mirror.
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