In the beginning, there was nothing, no sand, no sea, or cool waves. The heaven or the Earth did not exist. Before the earth was made Niflheim was made. In Niifleim rose twelve rivers. The south was Muspell, where heat and brightness guarded by Surt, who was a giant who carried a flaming sword. The north was frigid Ginnungagap, where the rivers froze and all was ice. Soon enough the ice thawed, and the drips thickened and formed the shape of a man. The man’s name was Ymir, the first of and ancestor of the frost-giants. Then more ice fell and created a cow. The milk of the cow flowed four rivers and fed Ymir. By the third day of the cow licking, a whole man had emerged, and his name was Buri. Buri had a son named Bor, who married a girl named Bestla, who was the daughter of one …show more content…
The frost giant was Ymir, but he wasn’t a god, and eventually turned evil. There was a conflict between the giant and the young gods, and Bor’s three sons killed Ymir. The three sons had cut Ymir so bad to the point where all of his blood had drowned all the frost giants except one who survived only by building an ark for himself and his family. Bor’s three sons dragged Ymirs body to the center of Giinningagap, and they made his body into Earth. The sea was made of Ymir’s blood, his bones became the rocks, his hair became the trees, and his skull became the sky. They made the stars form sparks and molten slag from Muspell, and other sparks moved in paths just below the sky. The clouds were made of Ymir’s brain. They believed that the earth was a disk, so they set up his eyelashes to keep the giants at the edges of the disk. Bor’s sons found two logs at a sea shore and made
The Mesopotamians believed their world was created after the Gods sent Marduk, the Warrior God to defeat the oldest of the Gods, Tiamet, the patron of Primeval Chaos. Tiamet created terrible dragons, serpents, Hurricanes, tempests and just about anything she could in order to prevent the Gods from creating someone to worship them, (The Creation Epic, Tablet 1, pg. 7). Marduk was summoned to kill Tiamet, which he did and created Man out of his blood and bone, (The Creation Epic, Tablet VI, pg. 11).
These two are all tangled together, so Shu, god of air, pushed them apart. After Odin and the other gods slew Ymir in the Norse creation myth, Ymir’s huge body formed the earth, his blood the sea, his flesh became the land, his bones made up the mountains, and his hair made the trees. Odin and the other gods formed the sky with Ymir’s skull by holding it up with four large pillars. In the beginning of the Enuma Elish creation, it mentions how the two gods, Apsu and Tiamat, made the sweet water sea and the salt water sea. After a war that killed Tiamat’s army, the god Marduk raised half of Tiamat’s body to form the sky and the other half to form the earth.
After Josiah the king of Judah was killed in the battle of Carchemish, his son Jehoahaz succeeded in his father’s throne and became the next king of Judah. He was twenty three years old when he began to reign as king and he reigned three months in Jerusalem, and he was evil before the Lord and God used the same Egyptian king Neco who killed his father to put Jehoahaz down from the throne which he inherited from his father at Jerusalem. It was at these time Neco the king of Egypt put the land of Judah under tribute for a hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. King Neco of Egypt then band king Jehoahaz of Judah and took him to Egypt where he was held captive until his death and made his brother Eliakim the next king of Judah (2 chronicles 36:1-4; 2 kings 23:31-36).
King Kamehameha is a very good leader because he can fight, he knows tactics and warfare to conquer his enemies. He is also a very good leader because he can intimidate his enemies from his past victories. Kamehameha is good at making people believe that he was an effective leader by helping his people fix the war-torn land. He is also a effective leader because ha places kapu on things the ali’i and maka'ainana can’t touch or do. Kamehameha was an effective leader because he was resourceful he was resourceful because he observed what other people were doing and he used that for his own good. He was also very selfless because he rewarded his main chiefs with grants of land.
When you hear of historical figures that “conquered” a certain time period, you think of barbarians, spartans, or other gruesome, battle-tested men. While William I, the King of England and Duke of Normandy, was also nicknamed the “Conqueror”, he achieved success reigning over his time period in very different ways than that of Genghis Khan or Alexander the Great. Regardless of his path to success, William I played a huge part in the religious evolution of England. Using his advantageous leadership position, William I was able to be prosperous for many decades. His illustrious career is historical proof that a country does not need to be overtaken by brute force alone. William the Conqueror was a very commendable leader, and he used his knowledge, leadership, and military prowess to conquer multiple countries for almost the entirety of his life.
Relatively close in proximity, the multiplicity of natural resources, a code of ethics and innovative development bestows the way societies critically think while evolving, growing and prospering. Natural resources, such as the gift of water, mandate how civilians structure their societies strategically. As empires/dynasties ripened in ancient civilization, religious/educational practices inspired a code of ethics and lifestyle, then, and continue to do the same today. An emerging deviceful commerce penetrates various regions transpiring economic growth. Parallel scrutinizing prominent ancient civilizations, implements a keen awareness of how the human species evolves historically, presently and envisioning futuristically.
My name is Tyrion Lannister, I was born the second son of Tywin and Joanna Lannister of Casterly Rock. I have an older brother and an older sister named Jaime and Cersei, both of whom were destined for greatness as greatness was expected of them. Me? I was born a dwarf as well as a second son, nothing is expected of me. Many people have fond memories of family, I on the other hand do not. I do not ever remember my mother, not the brightness of her smile, or the way her hair flowed in a summer's breeze, or even a soft kiss upon my young cheek. The reason I don't know all of these things is because my mother died giving birth to me, a fact my father and my sister still to this very day curse with every breath in their spiteful bodies. My brother Jamie is a good sort, I often enjoyed his company, I always respected him, and he never lied to me.
Myths – as they are known to most of the world – give insight into the pasts of various countries and religions as the people saw them. They have been used to explain phenomenons in nature or describe the tales of courageous and important men and women throughout history. Creation myths in particular define how the Earth itself was created, along with the universe, heavens, hell, people, and creatures that exist today. Genesis of Christian mythology, for instance, tells the story of how the single deity God spoke and formed everything from day and night to man and woman. Various African creation myths, such as with the Yoruba, explain the creation of the Earth through at least a couple gods working together and all life sprouting from a seed. But all share a common themes, such as a form of chaos or nothingness before life is created. Joseph Campbell notes that “... the idea of an absolute ontological distinction between God and man – or between gods and men, divinity and nature - first became an important social and psychological force in the near East, specifically Akkad, in the period of the first Semetic Kings, c. 2500 B.C.,” showing another similar trait – a god or set of gods exists to create in each story (626). Joseph Campbell makes a comparison of how both Genesis and the Book of the Dead of Egypt share the same idea of their bodies belonging to their god in some way, or being reabsorbed into them at death (630-631). Others, like the Japanese and Iroquois creation myths, claim the Earth was once covered entirely of water before land was formed. Adam and Eve of Genesis and Izanagi and sister Izanami of Shintoism provide examples of myths that share both a passive and active pair of people who eventually create the Earth's population. In any case, certain popular creation myths, some closely tied to prominent religions, share more common characteristics than others. An entire sub-study, called comparative mythology, gives insight into this subject.
speaks of a place so young every creature lacked a name. This correlates to the
The reason they are called wisdom teeth, because they come in later than the rest of your teeth, when a person matures. Like car insurance, the rates go down when you are around 25 years old because it says, the individual is less likely to become reckless when they drive.
I really enjoyed your post and thoughts on Solomon. Your conclusion of the post stating , “ that we can be the wisest person in the world, but that does not gain us anything if we are not following God” really hits home concerning whole narrative of Solomon. I believe Solomon was a God fearing man who truly wanted to please God in the beginning of his reign. Sadly, Solomon let worldly desires overshadow his love for the Lord. Solomon knew what was wrong in God’s eyes, but he got ensnarled in sin’s trap and was unable to break free. Hill and Walton (1991) state that, “the reign of Solomon ushered in the ‘golden age’, yet the later years were marked by religious and moral decay” (p. 294). How could Solomon be known for such greatness,
The Norse story of creation begins with nothing but chaos and darkness. Then the elemental fires of Muspelheim combined with the ices of Nifheim caused the giant Ymir to emerge. As Ymir began to sweat, more giants were born. As more of the ice melted away a giant cow emerged and she uncovered the god, Buri. Buri then had a son named Bor who
If Yggdrasil were to die, the apocalypse would erupt. Norse believe that the Titan, Ymir, had to die for Earth’s creation, while the Greeks believe that the Earth was created by Eurynome simply bounding on the ocean. This may further reflect the ease in which crops grow in the origins of the mythos. Works Cited Rogers, Eugene F, Jr. Theology and Security: Classic and Contemporary Readings. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, Inc., 2002.
According to Japanese mythology, the first god appears when the universe created, named Kotoamatsu kami. Then after he died the world begins with the birth of seven gods, called Kamiyonanayo. These seven gods arise and then pass away in what the Japanese call the "plain of high heaven." After this, a couple were born, the last named, Izanagi and Izanami, who were ordered by their peers to consolidate the earth, which at this point was a chaos of muddy water. Izanagi and Izanami stood on the bridge of high heaven, thought to be the rainbow, and dipped their jeweled spear in the murky water below. When pulling the spear out of a piece of mud dropped of the tip and is said to have formed the island of Onogoro.
Juhwertamahkai proceeded to make a grease bush, on which he created tiny ants. But these tiny ants proved useless so he produced white ants to build with earth until it is what it is today. Following this he made man, which he called Nooee, the buzzard, and to him all power was given. Ensuing this, he created a hardened ball of ice and tried placing it in every direction in the sky until it finally fit in the East. The Earth Doctor did the same with the moon in each direction until it fit in the east as well. He then created stars by mixing water with the tonedumhawteh, the Doctor-stone, and threw it into the sky. Once all this was finished, he generated the mountains and seeds of everything good to eat. This story takes a very unique twist here on how people came to be. The first people were perfect and there was no sickness or death. But as famine began to take place people began to eat each other, so Juhwertamahkai made the sky fall and kill everyone. With this in mind, the Earth Doctor produced more people who started to turn gray, even the babies in the cradle had gray hairs. Juhwertamahkai didn’t like this so he made the sky fall again. This time the people