Gaia

Established from the idea of exchange, gods and goddesses were expected to contribute votive offerings. (Fairbanks, 1898, 297) Furthermore, family relationships, specifically incest, determined the outcome of the gods. An example of this is the incest of Gaia and her son Ouranos, producing the three terrible monsters of Kottos, Gyges and Briareus. (Fairbanks, 1898,…

Greek Mythology performed an enormous role in the structural development of ancient Greece, not only as a society, but as human beings. Peculiarly, their religion was not exactly one of originality. In fact, their religion was loosely based on earlier civilization’s religions. It contains many remarkably similar resemblances to some of the most ancient recorded religions in history. Ancient Greek religion believes in an abundant amount of gods and deities but there is one, all powerful ruler…

Gaia, primordial goddess of the earth, birthed Ouranos, god of the sky, parthenogenetically and later took him to be her lover. Together they created the twelve titans, but because Ouranos refused to share his power with anyone else, he did not allow Gaia to give birth to the children. Engorged with the weight of her offspring, Gaia tried convincing the children to get revenge on their father for not letting them be…

emotional stress and bad decision making. For example, I agree with writer Kristina Torre’s statement in the article Gun Legislation: Debate Over Gun Proposals Rages Across State: Two Dozen Bills being Considered at Capitol, college student Lauren Gaia mentions that although college students are adults, they are also very emotional, overloaded with work, and exhausted (Torres). Some college students are substance abusers, they party on the weekends and face workload of homework on the weekdays,…

The Otherworld is an outlet for many cultures. It is expressed in many ways, depending on the mythology that is involved. The otherworld is core to many cultures; however, this forces the question, why? Why does one reach towards the Otherworld to explain the happenings of this world? This essay argues that the otherworld is an exciting concept to answer the questions of the world, while relieving pressure off of ourselves. Stories told of the Otherworld may be different from our world, but they…

Gaia and Pontus started to create numerous offspring, of which were two important children, Keto, which took the form of a human woman but still possessed alarming powers over sea creatures and Phorkys, which took the form of a red-skinned merman with scales…

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis is the scientific name for Hibiscus. Other places around the word may call it Chinese hibiscus, China-rosa, and Hawaiian hibiscus (USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program). Hibiscus is native to East Asia, but may be seen in numerous places. It is widely cultivate around the world. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis came from the scientific classification: Kingdom is Plantae; unranked are Angiosperms, Eudicots, and Rosids; Order is Malvales; Family is Malvaceae; Genus is…

had several children. First were the twelve titans, then three Cyclopes, and finally three hideous beasts, each with one-hundred arms and fifty heads. Uranus was afraid of the power of his children, and so he hid them in the recesses of the Earth. Gaia was distraught at this, and she offered a golden sickle to her children for which to kill their father. Most of them shied away, but the titan Cronus took it, then waited until it was dark and struck Uranus with the sickle. While Uranus wasn 't…

This could show the difference in the ideals of each society that one focus around a great natural disaster and the other was focused around a war of some kind. in comparing the myths the idea that the stories follow the same guidelines of chaos, into Gaia, into the gods, and than the population of earth is similar in both…

Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used. Acharacle Primary School delivers a clear message of ‘Ecominialism’, which means the use of careful design to achieve sustainable construction, without spending extra cost, energy and maintenance (Liddell, H., 2008). Using Brettstapel construction, which is a glueless form of massive timber construction that…