Goddess

The Hope Athena is an ideal representation of the goddess of wisdom and war. All it takes is one glance at this statue to notice the subtle clues that undoubtedly pin the identity of this woman as Athena. The most blatant clue to her identity is the aegis placed directly in the middle of her garment, which is a trademark symbols worn by both Athena and Zeus and typically characterized by the Gorgon Medusa. Being the goddess of war, it is fitting that she is wearing a helmet topped with a sphinx…

The Strength card seem to be one of the most popular tarot cards in the deck, at least among girls. Whenever I pull this card for my female friends there is a certain level of pride. The Strength card has an allure to everyone, though girls in particular seem drawn to it. The idea of a kind of inner strength built of peace and serenity over raw animal desire is such a unique and intriguing concept. The Strength card isn’t built on some two dimensional concept of being physically strong. Rather…

In The Epic of Gilgamesh women are goddesses. For example, Ishtar is the Goddess of Love and War. She uses her power to seduce men. In the story she grows fond of Gilgamesh and then ask him to marry him. In return Gilgamesh turns her down. For once her charm did not get her what she wanted. Since she did not get what she wanted…

“A goddess is a woman who breaks the mold, she’s who she wants to be… And she offers no apologies.” In greek mythology, there appear to be several different gods and goddesses each owning their own unique statistic(s). Gods and goddesses were immortals looked up to by mortals; mortals praised and worshipped them. Goddesses were powerful woman who were flawless and thought the world of themselves; this was normal. The authoritative voice these figures had on mortals was mind blowing. Athena,…

she whispered and the pathetic moan she heard was in response to his upset as well. A month later found the Goddess fighting a battle of survival. It had been through pure luck that she found herself a healer. A child of the village knocked over by a cart with blood upon his brow and sadness in his eyes. She found her own blood tears flow and with the drops he was so healed. She was a Goddess and her tears were more powerful than she anticipated. In each drop her essence fell and she collected…

West in the year 1768. He spent most of his time designing paintings such as this while in London. Description Venus Lamenting, the death of Adonis, is a drawing about Adonis, a mortal youth, as from the Ovid Metamorphoses. Venus was a mythological goddess who fell in love with him. They used to spend most of their time together hunting wild animals. He was slain while hunting and lay down on the ground until Venus descended from the sky to moan over the body. Historical Context Benjamin West…

conspired with her son Cronus to depose Ouranos (Uranus) from his rule for his imprisoning of the Titan children, Cronus castrated his father and cast aside his genitals into the sea. From the sea a white foam arose and from the foam came Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty. She has a second myth regarding her creation that pits Zeus as her father alongside Dione and this would make all of Zeus' many children her sisters and brothers meaning she has a rather large family tree as Zeus had up to 92…

Today I am going to learn how the Roman gods and goddess came about and how many there are. So again, I think about going to ancient Rome and feel myself begin spinning faster and faster. Until I stop and feel that familiar pain in my gut. When I open my eyes, I see I am again on the suburb of a city, but…

poetry becoming known was through her high social standing. She was the daughter of Akkad king Sargon which inherently made her a high priestess, eventually of Ur (Black 37). This advantage allowed her to write poetry honoring her personal goddess Inanna, the goddess of love, fertility and warfare and ultimately making Enheduanna the first named historical author (Binkley 47). Enheduanna’s respect for Inanna was shown throughout three of her poems, her most famous one being The Exhalation of…

established in Greece; whereupon her Roman counterpart existed as Diana. Controversially, there exists a debate over which goddess, Artemis or Diana, deserves the earliest recognition, but reportedly Artemis maintains as the earliest goddess. Diana’s status within ancient society became elevated due to her association as being highly sought out for temple prostitution. The goddess known as Artemis/Diana acquired her Ephesians form in 7000 B.C; in addition, the her temple there existed in its…