Western Classical Thought and Culture
... The fates suggest an impersonal, amoral order, independent of the choices of gods or human beings. Zeus, on the other hand, suggests a moral order, embodying an intelligence and will that transcend normal heroic values, but still belong to an intelligent moral being. In these two different ways Home ...
... The fates suggest an impersonal, amoral order, independent of the choices of gods or human beings. Zeus, on the other hand, suggests a moral order, embodying an intelligence and will that transcend normal heroic values, but still belong to an intelligent moral being. In these two different ways Home ...
Study Guide for Exam 1
... Exam 1 covers the bulk of our course reading text, Edith Hamilton’s Mythology (Parts I, II, V, VI, and VII). The materials in Module 1 on the Graeco-Roman and Norse pantheons may be helpful to students as they study for this exam. This exam does not cover the bulk of Module 1 or the Leonard and McCl ...
... Exam 1 covers the bulk of our course reading text, Edith Hamilton’s Mythology (Parts I, II, V, VI, and VII). The materials in Module 1 on the Graeco-Roman and Norse pantheons may be helpful to students as they study for this exam. This exam does not cover the bulk of Module 1 or the Leonard and McCl ...
Comparison chart: Greek vs. Roman
... Frigga (Frigg, Fricka), Odin's wife, was considered to be the Mother of all; and protectoress of children. She spins the sacred Distaff of life, and is said to know the future, although she will not speak of it. Some believe that Friday was named for her instead of Freya (see above), and there is co ...
... Frigga (Frigg, Fricka), Odin's wife, was considered to be the Mother of all; and protectoress of children. She spins the sacred Distaff of life, and is said to know the future, although she will not speak of it. Some believe that Friday was named for her instead of Freya (see above), and there is co ...
major roman gods - PAMS
... • Wisest of the divinities. • Wielder of the thunderbolt. • Father of Perseus, Hercules, Helen and other important mythological characters. ...
... • Wisest of the divinities. • Wielder of the thunderbolt. • Father of Perseus, Hercules, Helen and other important mythological characters. ...
Relationship Values and Sexuality
... seek, don't pin me down, guardian of virginity, tom-boy, private, close relationship with sibling Apollo. Did not associate with men with few exceptions. Dike Dionysus ...
... seek, don't pin me down, guardian of virginity, tom-boy, private, close relationship with sibling Apollo. Did not associate with men with few exceptions. Dike Dionysus ...
Völva
A vǫlva or völva (Old Norse and Icelandic respectively); plural vǫlvur (O.N.), völur (Icel.), sometimes anglicized vala; also spákona or spækona) is a shamanic seeress in Norse paganism, and a recurring motif in Norse mythology.