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There’s a lot of information about the Greek and roman gods themselves, but I’m having difficulty finding out when they were worshipped; I realize that the Greek gods are a bit older but I suspect there’s a fair amount of overlap timeline-wise. The only thing at all relative to this that I’ve found so far states that the body of mythology was fully developed by 700 B.C. and mentioned ...
There’s a strong thread among folks who gravitate to neopaganism: it’s not a different orthodoxy, a different box of obligatory dogmatic belief systems and concomitant rituals, that attracts us; but rather a sanctification of the notion that orthodoxy (any orthdoxy) is wrong. Evil, even. That whatever is sacred is something that has to be sensed anew and freshly understood, with those new ...
There were many religions in existance in the Middle East by the time of Abraham. The upper and lower kingdoms of Egypt were united in 3100 B.C., more than a thousand years before Abraham, and their pantheon of gods is well known. The Sumerian city of Ur, Abraham’s birthplace, was a center of worship of the moon-god Sin, long before Abraham.
Shagnasty March 2, 2012, 12:32am 2. It is a homosexual reference. The basic idea is that the ancient greeks didn’t like women much and that sex with them was mainly for procreation. Ancient greek men had a culture that encouraged male bonding to the fullest extent possible including male on male sex. They weren’t gay.
reek Goddesses aren’t all that busty, just as Greek figures of men or gods aren’t terribly well-endowed (the exception being Priapus and other dwarflike figures of that sort. You could have a huge penis if you were otherwise grotesque.) If you want Big Boobs, look to Indian Goddesses, especially the Asparas
Having recently re-read Mike Carey’s Lucifer comic book series, where the endgame is about the survival of not just the whole of creation, but two creations (really, really cool concept), I was wondering if any of you could recommend SF/Fantasy stories that are massive in scale. Not just the survival of the kingdom, but the whole world, not just small battles between dozens of ships, but ...
Jove is the older name the Romans had for the god Jupiter (which derives from an alteration of Jovis pater, father Jove). Jupiter was the Roman god of the sky, the sovereign deity who had powers over both gods and men (he was later identified with the Greek Zeus). If you got on his wrong side, he started chucking thunderbolts at you.
Lübeck Marzipan (German: Lübecker Marzipan) refers to marzipan originating from the city of Lübeck in northern Germany and has been protected by an EU Council Directive as a “Protected Geographical Indication” (PGI) since 1996.
The names were chosen for the same reason as Phi Beta Kappa – they were the initials of the first words of a Greek phrase that described their goals. Kappa Alpha – the first, and still in existence – was originally a debating society, but soon added a social aspect. The idea of caught on. Kappa Alpha added branches at other colleges.
Factual Questions. Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker May 17, 2001, 3:06am 1. Detective Theo Kojak and PI Joe Mannix were Greek and Armenian, respectively, as was the heritage of the two actorys portraying them–Aristotle “Telly” Savalas and Krekor “Mike Connors” Ohanian. Although the programs was not about a “Greek” police lieutenant or an ...