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Native American traditional stories, folktales, are stories passed down from generation to generation by story telling and performance. Native Americans emphasized the importance of living in harmony with the naturual world. They had complex religious beliefs, sophisticated poltical systems, and strong morals. Some of the stories are creation myths, tales of heroes, and tricksters. Trickster…

In Robert E. Howard’s story “A Witch Shall Be Born,” Taramis, the beloved queen of Khauran, is kidnapped one night by an identical twin sister she thought was dead, who imprisons and tortures her, and steals her identity, ruling in her name as a cruel tyrant. This evil sister is Salome, a name familiar from…

The Bushongo people are also known as the Bakuba. Their neighbors gave this nickname to them, and it means “the people of the lightning”; they should be called the Bashi Bushongo (or the sons of Bushongo). It is a small country composed of tribes from different parts of Africa. It’s leaders come from Sudan and…

Aeneas, the epic hero of Virgil’s Aeneid, lacks the Roman ideals of taking control of one’s life and making one’s own way in the world in every aspect. This is evident in his brief interactions with his lover Dido, queen of Carthage. Once again, Aeneas demonstrates that he is controlled by his passivity and is…

Lore and mythology have been around human history for the longest time. These were ways in which our ancestors tried to understand and explain great natural events in the past. The ancient texts, more often than not, also contain a detailed and immersive history of the old tribes and of their triumphs and failures when…

In every structured society constructs exist. which are deemed as obvious rules for citizens to adhere to although they may not be morally or realistically correct. Gilgamesh’s world in The Epic of Gilgamesh is centered around himself and his legacy in the town that he rules over. Uruk And while Gilgamesh may be the ruler…

“The man who is incapable of working in the common or in his self-sufficiency and has no need for others is not a part of the community, like a beast or a god,” quoted from Aristotle. This statement bears resemblance to the epic heroes Gilgamesh and Achilles, as fate plays a significant role in their…

I merely finished reading about the God Poseidon. I am traveling to state you a small about him. Some of the things that I am traveling to state you about, are some of his relations, his symbol, his power, a few interesting facts, and a brief drumhead of one of the many narratives that he…

The use of similes in the Iliad is very prevalent and much used, and in books fourteen and fifteen in particular those similes have been very interesting. They have been used to describe the great and mighty fighters like Ajax and Hector, and they truly are marvelous in their comparison to the similes of the…

One of the more obvious cultural myths threaded through the movie “Fight Club” concerns the notions surrounding the definition of what is masculine. A part of American cultural mythology that is palpable in “Fight Club” is the myth of masculinity, with its attendant misconceptions and twists. The movie portrays the “demasculinization” of the American male…