Book 1 and the 5 sentences

Io & Jove: The sorrow of a heifer for she did no wrong, but remains in her non-human form.


Syrinx: The only man who knew how to play beautiful melodies with a womans body.

Apollo & Daphne: Do not anger Cupid, or he will strike you with his arrow and soon you will feel first hand to be the hunted instead of the hunter.

Lycaon: One man, in a shape of a wolf, decided the fate of the world.

Deucalion & Pyrrha: The fate of mankind rests in the hands of the last remaining two.

Saving the Rain Forest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6SHoyIxyVI&feature=related
I dont think i'll be able to go and take a picture with a tree because i am to busy to take the time of posing and hugging the tree.... i would just get to into it so heres a link of someone who is really in love with a tree.

Lists of Gods names in Greek and Roman

Major Gods and Goddesses
Greek	Roman
Aphrodite	Venus
Apollo	Apollo
Ares	Mars
Artemis	Diana
Athena	Minerva
Demeter	Ceres
Hades	Pluto [conventionally or for a trivia question, but really Pluto, a god of wealth, is the equivalent of a god of wealth called Dis]
Hephaistos	Vulcan
Hera	Juno
Hermes	Mercury
Hestia	Vesta
Kronos	Saturn
Persephone	Proserpina
Poseidon	Neptune
Zeus	Jupiter
Minor Gods with Greek or English name on the left and Latin on the right
Erinyes / Eumenides (Furies / Kindly Ones)	Dirae / Furiae
Eris	Discordia
Eros	Cupid
Moirai (Fates)	Moirae / Parcae
Charites (Graces)	Gratiae
Helios	Sol
Horai (Seasons)	Horae
Pan	Faunus
Tyche	Fortuna

images Book 4 Metamorphoses of Ovid

This is all i read so far so these are all the images im goint to post until i read more of Metamorphoses of Ovid.

Pyramus & Thisbe

Cadmus & Harmonia

Perseus & Andromeda

Perseus & Medusa

images Book 3 Metamorphoses of Ovid

Cadmus

Narcissus & Echo

Tiresias

Pentheus

images Book 2 Metamorphoses of Ovid

The Heliades

Mercury, Herse, Aglauros

Europa & Jove

Phaethon

Images Book 1 The Metamorphoses of Ovid

The Creation

Deucalio & Pyrrha

Apollo & Daphne

Io & Jove

Myth and Reality Chp. 7

Now bear with me i dont have an iq of a genuis but ill try to write about chp. 7 in Myth and Reality.

       In the chapter it talks about memory and forgetfulness and starts off with the story of Matsyendranath and Gorakhnath, i will not tell the story in my blog since everyone should have read it and know the jist of the story, but i will take a excerpt from the story after Matsyendranath remembers his true identity.

"he understands that the 'way of the flesh' leads to death, that his 'oblivion' was, basically, forgetfulness of his true and immortal nature, and that the 'charms' of Kadali represent the mirages of profane life (115)."

     so what i processed out of this was that in our human forms we forget our true selfs which is a sin to what we really are and as soon as we remember our true identity then thats when we will become our true selfs; the cause for our forgetfulness is being 'reborn in life' and once that life has ended or we realize and remember or also anamnesis, thats when we finally see who we really are.

     After this story we talk about the indians and their images of forgetting and remembering leading to 'sleeping' as being equal to as 'forgetting' so then the story of the blindfolded man is told telling of ignorance that will make you forget of your true self. "His eyes are freed from the bandage of illusion created by ignorance...(117)." When reading this i thought that ignorance was also another way of forgetting and sleeping because your are ignorant of oneself so then blocking you from you true self also.

      Then it talks about greek mythology of memory and forgetfulness talking of people who have "prefect memory" to have the ability to recollect. After, they talk about the Goddess Mnesmosyne which in greek means "Memory" and talking of the muses that help artist with there creations. which then leads to the discussion of death in mythology and how its another way of losing memory because the memories of the souls in hades are being kept in the fountion of Lethe. But then they tell of how its reversed and how " The soul newly freed from the body no longer finds in its waters forgetfulness of earthly life (121)."

    Towards the end we get a philosphical point of view with plato and how he believes that "living intellegently, that is, learning to know and knowing the true, the beautiful, and the good, is above all remembering a disincarnate, purely spiritual existance (125)." which i thought meant if we learn about history and events and systems of other things from things that live on earth and to the things we make we truelly remember of our true selfs. which brought me to this last excerpt "philosophical anamnesis does not recover the memory of the events belonging to former lives, but of truths, that is, the structure of the real(125)."

    Now we come to the end... what i got from this whole entire chapter is this, ignorance, sleeping, forgetfulness blocks humans from knowing there true selfs losing who we are until we remember who we once were and in some cases we can if we just remember and have Knowledge; to not be blinded or oblivious to the fact that we lost who we trully are.... or be finally freed when we die.... its our choice.

The Dream

Ok so im doing this blog early because i know i will forget if i dont quickly write what i dreamt about like five minutes ago. I dont understand it but its a dream that i dont want to forget.
    
         My dream starts with me standing in the forest at night, everything is so beautiful... peaceful... and calm. It's neither warm nor cold and all i see is the waterfall, the sparkling water shimmering and dancing. I then look harder into the forest and i see a woman in a white dress. the weird thing is i see her body but i cant make out her face because it was hidden from the trees and the only light we had was the moon and stars. But even then you couldn't even imagine her with a more beautiful face because of her body, her body was so beautiful. I wanted to walk towards her but i was forced to stay, she then took her hand and held it out to me, i knew she wanted me to go over there but i couldnt. She then stopped and spoke(she had the most beautiful voice) "im not losing you again" as soon as she said that she started walking towards me, i am almost about to see her face but then...... i woke up.

I still cant understand it, this dream was so vivid and unimaginable. All i know is that all day im going to be thinking about her and trying to imagine a face... i bet that the face i imagine wont even come close to the girl in the dream. i bet words cant even describe how beautiful she is. anyway i thought i should put this dream down cause it the first one i had in two weeks. lets hope i dream about it again.

P.S. the girl in my dream didnt have blond hair but this picture best depicts what im trying to aim for cause i couldnt find a girl with a white dress in the woods. who knew.

Its a bird, no its a plane, no its... (what i think about tristan heads blog)

       I decided to talk about Tristan Head's blog about Superman, first because he is my all time favorite superhero; second because if you think about it superman is very mythological.
      
       In Myth and Reality it says the myth "supplies models for human behavior and, by that very fact, gives meaning and value to life".  Superman has been doin this since 1938; countless of comics, radio shows, and episodes have been teaching millions about moral values and the good in people, little kids act like superman and value what he represents. In other words people all across the world love superman and what he is.
      Myths talk about the beginning of things usually about a supernatural being(s). Now even though kryptonians didnt create the earth or anything like that superman is the beginning; he comes from krypton known as Kal- El but then comes to earth and is found by the Kents and soon is known as Clark Kent this is his beginning and basically the worlds beginning since he was sent to earth to help humans. He is also a supernatural being with abilities (x-ray vision, speed, super hearing, flying) that help him through his journey of becoming Superman.
      Knowledge and the repeating of a mythological event are very important to myths. Superman carries knowledge not only from the world he lived in but also from his father Jor-El creating the fortress of solitude a sanctuary of kryptonian heritage where he gaines an infinite amount of knowledge so he may teach to humans on earth. The repeating of a mythlogical event, well Tristan and countless of other kids pretend and act out stories of supermans heroic adventures and moral stories. So kids everyday act out a ceremonial event based on the myths of Superman.
      Last but not least mythology has a beginning, middle, and an end. Supermans beginning is living in Krypton (paradise) having to leave the planet before its destroyed. He than is sent to earth and is raised by the Kents; when he gets older over time he learns that the world is chaos and destructive and that humans need his help, this would be the middle of supermans mythology. The end is him finally saving the world which hasnt happend yet in the comic nor television world but is said to happen in a prophecy.
      So thus coming to the conclusion of superman, i apologize for being a nerd but he is a myth to me that is. Tristan probably didnt know he was reciting or acting in a ceremonial recreation of superman so i would like to leave off with nice blog Tristan Head and thanks for giving me a topic to blog about.

   

Salish Creation Story

The creator of the salish people is known as a kind elderly man who lived in the sky world alone. He created 5 women from five hairs from his head and asked them what they wanted to be. Each gave him a different answer: 1) she wanted to be wickedness and cruelty 2) goodness 3) mother of the earth 4) fire 5) water. The creator did as they asked, he then said to them "That wickedness would rule earth for a time, but goodness would win in the end". So after the creation of the earth creator put the "animal people" on the earth: coyote, beaver, buffalo, fox, otter etc; he then put the water in the oceans, the land became dry except for the lakes and rivers. Coyote often became lonely so he went to the sky world to talk with the creator. One time he was so unhappy that he was crying, creator then asked "Why are you so unhappy that you are crying? Have i not made land for you to run on? aren't the other animal people there keeping you company?" Coyote replied "They are to busy with their families to visit me. I want people of my own, so that i may watch over them." Creator than looked at him and said "Stop shedding water coyote, i will make people for you." So the creator then took the last mud balls from the earth and fashioned them into people. Creator then said to Coyote " They are your responibility to teach them and watch over them, take care of your people coyote." Coyote then was happy because he now had people to visit him but not only that he was put in charge to teach the native people how to do things, to teach them to make life easier and better for them.                             

I thought i should post my creation story just incase you guys want to read it or whatever.                                                                        

First Memory of My Beginning

        My memory of the beginning was when i lived in Pablo MT in 1993. I was three years old and i remember playing with my cousins in the back yard in the tree house; it was a beautiful day everything was green and full of life. My cousins and I were playing so many games, i remember when we were pirates in the caribbean, people in a haunted house, the lost boys ( yes i wanted to be a lost boy i didnt care if i was a girl), werewolves and vampires. we played in that tree house until it was to dark to play, thats when my dad made us a fire and we played until we couldn't stay awake for another moment; not even for another adventure.

black cat who crossed my path

All weekend i was trying to figure out what to blogg about because i felt like i needed to do so some blogging before the next class, luckily while driving in my hometown a black cat came across my path.

         A black cat crossing your path is a timeless myth and depending in which country your in is not only unlucky but considered an omen of doom, it is not unlucky its VERY bad luck. From there the superstition goes as far as belief that the black cat is a demon in disguise trying to cut off a person’s access to heaven.

       The origin of the black cat crossing your path is a mystery, but there are a few ideas about the subject. The silence and smooth characteristics in cats make people shiver and uneasiness of some Christian cultures because of there association to Egyptian religion. From here it was said that cats- and black cats in particular- acted as “familiars” to witches, creatures that are imbibed with an evil, otherworldly sentience that give power to their master.

       But in my research i also came across stories where the site of a cat and the crossing in your path is a good thing. In Scotland if a black cat is on your front porch its an omen but the good kind; when this happens the people believe that means good prosperity is on its way. In Italy if you hear a sneeze from a cat it means that good luck will come to you always. If your ever in Japan and you hear about the cat crossing a persons path dont be scared because in japan the myth has an upside and will give good luck to that person. Well, do you still believe that black cats are bad luck?

        In Ireland families cats are not allowed in the room if family is having a private talk because it is feared that the cat will spread gossip in the town and cause the families secrets to be revieled. Not only is that bad luck but if you kill a cat in Ireland it brings 17 years bad luck. So if your ever in ireland remember not to kill a cat and never let a cat be in the room when your telling your most darkest secrets... the cat might tell.

       So which do you believe? Do you believe a black cat is evil and will bring bad omens to you or do you believe that it will bring prosperity and good fortune... or maybe to you the black cat is a "Familiar".

Coyote Stories

In the book Myth and Reality i was reading the parts of myths meaning "true stories" and fables being callled "false stories" on page nine it talks about the stories of coyote's, i was taught that you were only allowed to tell coyote stories during winter even though they are false stories, which i thought was interesting that the book says only sacred stories or myths were told around winter.
I also wanted to mention was that coyote stories though are false talk about our creator and how fire was made etc. so it was mentioning true myths within the false story, also to note that all or most coyote stories are supposed to have life lessons about greed and being mean to others etc. they are told to our children from our ancestors so they will learn and follow the lessons later in life.

Sleeping Souls

"It is common rule with primitive people not to waken a sleeper, because his soul is away and might not have time to get back; so if the man wakened without his soul, he would fall sick." - 220 Preface to The Golden Bough.

I finally did my first blog!! I'm so glad I got the last James Frazer book from the bookstore!!

After opening the book and reading that one paragraph I decided to read more about it. In my tribe (Salish, Kootenai, Blackfeet) I learned that your soul can leave your body. I've heard stories from my mother and my great great grandmother saying they saw something terrible in their dream (the dream is what your soul saw outside of your body) before they would tell me the story they would have to eat because if you didnt before telling you dream it would come true. After they tell there stories we would go in the sweat house and prey to the creator to get rid of whatever was troubling us and our families.

I read about other peoples beliefs in the book and found out that some of the stories were similar to ours. I've been listening to the stories of my ancestors and I truly believe what they say about our soul. I believe that our dreams are stories that our soul tells us. We experience them in our sleep and the ones that are terrifying or wonderful, those are the dreams we remember the most.
- Lanette Joseph Myth Blog