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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…

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…

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…

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…

From empty Chaos, somehow sea, earth, and air were formed. They swirled around each other. The earth wasn’t walkable, the air wasn’t breathable, and the sea wasn’t swimmable. Shapes and textures shifted. Anything flammable could quickly turn to ice. Life, there was no such thing. And rules of nature and survival? There were none. There…

“Things born from darkness are darkness; Things born from light are lightness.”~ Ku (Mythome) Dust and smoke can be seen in the distance of a cloud less sky. The smoke, coming from the mountain intrigued Pele who had been following the brightest star northeast. Pele, the goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes new at…

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…

“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…