Wednesday, March 30, 2011

The Trickster

There are 6 main traits that define a Trickster.
1) ambiguous personality
2) deceiver-trick player
3) shape shifter
4) situation inventor
5) messenger/imitator of gods
6) sacred/lewd bricoleur

When speaking of the Trickster we are within a liminal space,in-between point, where the boundaries of the normal world are earsed and we are free to say things that would be considered out of bounds like profanity words or things that protain to sexual desire because we are within this liminal space the rules dont apply.
the Trickster is motivated to do such this to satisfy his appetite for the flesh such as sleep, hunger, sexual desire etc. Often at times the trickster is considered a cultural hero because he supplies a wisdom or a moral to the people or by accident he supplies them with a tool.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Hercules last wife

Hercules last wife was named Deianira. There are mulitple versions of this story but all invole the same centaur that tries to take Deianira from Hercules but never succeds in doing so. At the end of one version Deianira kills Hercules with one of his shirts that has been soaked in the blood of the centaur. One interpatation of Deianira's name is great destruction.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Gilgamesh

We have read a story of Gilgamesh and his quest to finding inmortality and  of his strength. Through some searching i found that Gilgamesh was the inspriation of one of the charcaters in one of the all time best game series, Final Fantasy. In the games Gilgamesh wears blightly colored armor and clothes just as told in the story. he also carries many weapons which which can be stolen from him and gives u one of the strongest armor sets there are in the game. This goes along with the story of Gilgamesh becuase he is the strongest there is and his is favored by the gods. It also shows that games find charcaters to put by looking into myth stories.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Isis and Osiris and zombies

In the Eygptian myth Isis and Osiris; Osiris dies and goes to the undrworld where Isis goes to retreive him and help him get back to the immortal world in the sky and later becoming the God of the Underworld. Osiris is depicted by the Eygptians with having green skin. I can only think of only one other type of "human" that has green skin caused by the decay of dieing. Zombies. So by linking the two together and with Osiris being the God of the Underworld, he is the God of the Zombies. So Eygptians are giving power to Osiris by idilizing him as a God and thus if there were to be a Zombie invasion I beleive it would originate in Eypt.



Osiris


Zombie


Monday, January 31, 2011

The Titans and Olympians(Greekname, Romanname, Area of power)

The Creators
        Gaea            Terra        Mother Earth
        Uranus          Uranus     Father Sky

The Titans
     Atlas                                  holds up the sky
       Aphrodite      Venus          Sexaul desire/Beauty
       Cronus          Saturn          Sky
       Helios            Sol              Sun
       Selene                               Moon
       Oceanus        Nereus         Thee River
       Rhea             Ops              Earth
      Themis                               Prophecy
      Prometheus(forethought)
      Epimetheus(Afterthought)
The Olympians
      Zeus             Jupitur          Thunder and Lightning
      Hera             June             Marriage
      Hades           Pluto             Under World
      Hermes         Mercury        Messanger
      Hepaestus     Vulcan           Forge
      Hestia           Veste             Hearth
      Posiden        Neptune         Sea
      Persephone  Proserpine     Under World
      Demeter       Ceres             Grain
      Apollo         Phoebus          Medicine/Poetry/Ardury
      Atemis         Diana              Hunt/Moon/Virgin
      Ares            Mars              War
      Athena        Minerua           Weaving