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Books on: greek myths god

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Greek Myths and Mesopotamia: Parallels and Influence in the Homeric Hymns and Hesiod

Book by Charles Penglase; Routledge, 1994

Subjects:

Hesiod--Theogony, Hesiod--Works And Days, Homeric Hymns, Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

The Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period is considerable - yet it is a largely unexplored field. In this book Charles Penglase investigates major Mesopotamian and Greek myths. His examination concentrates on journey myths. A major breakthrough is achieved in ...
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The Mesopotamian influence on Greek mythology in literary works of the epic period is considerable - yet it is a largely unexplored field. In this book Charles Penglase investigates major Mesopotamian and Greek myths. His examination concentrates on journey myths. A major breakthrough is achieved in the recognition of the extent of Mesopotamian influence and in the understanding of the colourful myths involved.The results are of significant interest, especially to scholars and students of ancient Greek and Near Eastern religion and mythology.
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Greek Myths and Christian Mystery

Book by Hugo S. J. Rahner; Biblo and Tannen, 1971

Subjects:

Christianity And Other Religions--Greek, Greece--Religion, Mysteries, Religious, Mythology, Greek

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...MYSTERY GREEK MYTHS AND CHRISTIAN...show how Greek piety was...the Church, "God having spoken...because it is God who guides...psychological of all Greek intimations...grace. Of the myths which such...both of the Greek mysteries...influence of the god-man myths of his time...
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The Queen of the Air: Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

Book by John Ruskin; Biblo-Moser, 1869

Subjects:

Athena (Greek Deity), Mythology, Greek

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...on the Greek Myths of Storm, given...the subject of Greek Mythology; but...There is no God," the folly...Ill give up my Greek myths. 21. That is...of Egyptian myths: and very certainly, Greek art is developed...Hermes is the god of lying, as...
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The Two Hands of God: The Myths of Polarity

Book by Alan W. Watts; George Braziller, 1963

Subjects:

Polarity--Religious Aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...that the themes here will be the father god, the goddess, and the hero. Each volume...volume a compendium of all the principal myths of the given type. What was desired here...almost entirely excluded the oft repeated Greek, Roman, and Nordic myths. For a number...
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The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers

Book by Werner Jaeger; Clarendon Press, 1947

Subjects:

God (Greek Religion), Philosophy, Ancient, Theology

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...doctrine of the One God and sets out to...deepest insights of Greek philosophy. This...than the infamous myths of the poets...importance which the Greek thinkers attribute...the approach to God or the gods theoi...XENOPHANES DOCTRINE OF GOD T HE ancients...two schools of Greek philosophy, 1...

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Journal Articles on: greek myths god

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Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries, and the Tautegorical Symbol

Journal article by Nicholas Halmi; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005

Subjects:

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Criticism and interpretation, English romanticism, 1798-1832--Religious aspects, Greek mythology--Influence, Prometheus Bound (Play)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

Greek Myths, Christian Mysteries...liberal admixture of Greek and Latin terms is representative...Christian orthodoxy, of God, his Word, and his gift...humanity, the humane God, who retained...his lecture that the Greek gods are allegorical...
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Myths and Traditional Beliefs about the Wolf and the Crow in Central Asia: Examples from the Turkic Wu-Sun and the Mongols

Journal article by Namu Jila; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 65, 2006

Subjects:

Central Asia--Myths and legends, Crows (Birds)--Portrayals, Crows (Birds)--Religious aspects, Mongolia--Myths and legends, Turkic literature--Criticism and interpretation, Wolves--Portrayals, Wolves--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...to worship him as the god Quirinus (GRANT, HAZEL...they all are based on Greek myths, and in all the versions...the god of pastors in Greek mythology. He is an ugly god with feet of a goat...1998, 595). (16.) About myths and legends of the wolf...
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Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis

Journal article by Rick R. Marrs; Christianity and Literature, Vol. 56, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Genesis: The Movie (Book)--Book reviews, Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...Genesis materials and Greek and / or ancient Near Eastern myths, while intriguing...regarding the sons of God and daughters of...Whereas Hebrew Myths suffers from a...whose director is God. Given Capons clear...Genesis. Like Hebrew Myths, Capon utilizes...in the mind of God) to analyzing contemporary...
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Writing, Speaking, and Gender Blending: Reading Greek Allusions in Truth and Bright Water

Journal article by Suzanne Rintoul; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 40, 2007

Subjects:

Allusions--Evaluation, Greek history--Evaluation, King, Thomas (Canadian writer)--Criticism and interpretation, King, Thomas (Canadian writer)--Works, Oral history--Evaluation, Oral history--Protection and preservation, Sex (Biology)--Evaluation, Truth and Bright Water (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...embodies the reification of holy text as of God the Father, becomes more than the kind...structure that represents the written law of God the Father. As such, Monroe--a father...task of investigating Kings allusions to Greek mythology and family dynamics was to read...
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In the Beginning: Hebrew God and Zen Nothingness

Journal article by Milton Scarborough; Buddhist-Christian Studies, 2000

Subjects:

Buddhism--International aspects, Christianity--International aspects, Cosmology--Religious aspects, Creation--Religious aspects, God--Analysis, Ontology--Religious aspects, Religions--Relations

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...theology takes the view that God is eternally involved...influenced in part by the myths. 38 The wisest move...will of a transcendent God as part of a divine plan...eternal nor temporal. God is beyond the oppositions of Greek dualism. Relative to...

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Magazine Articles on: greek myths god

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Gladiator and the Myths of Rome: T.P. Wiseman Looks at the Development of the Myth of Ancient Rome, Derived from the Way Its History Has Been Seen

Magazine article by T.P. Wiseman; History Today, Vol. 55, April 2005

Subjects:

Gladiator (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Rome, Italy--History, Rome, Italy--Myths and legends

Collections: History, Entire Library

...before their own. When the Greek historian Polybius wanted...as mutually exclusive. Myths are stories that matter...Augustine in his City of God (fifth century AD) was...of the Empire, and the myths that mattered to the community...Gladiator is true to the myths of Rome. FOR FURTHER...
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Ancient Greek Tales for Today

Magazine article by Irene Waters; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, June 2001

Subjects:

Gods, Greek--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greece--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Greeks--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Theater--History

Collections: Entire Library

...aired and - sometimes -- resolved. Although myths often deal with a time before time, a surrealist...one. Tantalus tells age-old stories of Greek gods and their interaction with mortals...Leda, the Aetolian princess raped by the god Zeus in the guise of a swan; the union...
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One God

Magazine article by Frans Jozef Van Beeck; Commonweal, Vol. 123, March 22, 1996

Subjects:

God--Attributes, Image of God--Social aspects, Monotheism--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...cannot deny its freedom any longer, nor can it satisfy itself with myths, idols, and ideologies; it can no longer sidestep its responsibility for itself, for the nations, for the world. Faith in GOD is inseparable from the works of justice and conciliation, laid...
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The Civilizing God

Magazine article by David Klinghoffer; National Review, Vol. 55, July 28, 2003

Subjects:

For the Glory of God: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch- Hunts, and the End of Slavery (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...understandings of that God, or who engage in supernatural...number of fondly held myths get demolished in this...Muslim veneration of the Greek philosophers actually...the same reasons that Greek learning stagnated of...Biblical perspective on God. For believers in Biblical...
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Messages from the Gods

Magazine article by Richard Garner; New Criterion, Vol. 22, January 2004

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths (Book)

Collections: Entire Library

...away from a goddess and back to Penelope. In a world where no god can be relied on to love us all, to save us from disaster, or...as this deeply humane book makes clear, is the message that Greek gods brought to human lives. If only we could learn from it.

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Newspaper Articles on: greek myths god

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Roam the World of Greek Myths

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 4, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the World of Greek Myths. Byline: Joseph...monsters of ancient Greek myth," says Annabel...talkative messenger god Hermes, children 6...Apollo. This lover of myths stopped by the Library...for my favorites by god, monster or mortal...informative history of the Greek culture within text-based...
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Worship on the Isle of Rhodes; Enjoys a Break on the Chosen Island of a Greek Sun God

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), January 7, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Chosen Island of a Greek Sun God. Byline: David Winning MYTHS are as common in the...chosen island of sun god Helios. The hedonistic...only one part of the Greek story and there is plenty...cosmosholidays.co.uk The Greek flag flies in Rhodes...
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Myths, Spirituality Color Richard Dana's Scrolls

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw Eagle; The Washington Times, July 21, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...small mixed-media oils inspired by Greek myths. He has been working on the series...image on Hanuman, the Hindu monkey god. He curved the body into a sensual...inches by 18 inches. He looks to Greek mythology for the ongoing series he...
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The Power of Postmodern Myths

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 20, 2003

Subjects:

Campbell, Joseph

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...tradition, referring to the worship of the God of Israel as "an abomination" and...denigrates moral absolutes. To him, all myths are metaphors, and therefore can mean...learn about our past from the great Greek myths? Nothing. His famous maxim, "Follow...
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Puzzles, Freighters and Modern Myths

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 2, 2003

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Puzzles, freighters and modern myths. Byline: Shaazka Beyerle, SPECIAL...universe strikes and the veil concealing God is at its most opaque, prompting a terrifying...as dolmens." * * * Take figures from Greek mythology and transport them to the modern...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: greek myths god

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Greek Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...marriage of Zeus, a sky god of the conquerors...match. The classical Greek pantheon was peopled...Through a vast set of myths and legends (the clearest...between humans and god. It was Plato who...rationalization of myths and completed the...Nilsson, A History of Greek Religion (tr. 1925...
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Pan , in Greek Religion and Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...religion and mythology pan, in Greek religion and mythology, pastoral god of fertility. He was worshiped...hence the word panic ). All his myths deal with amorous affairs. In...he became associated with the Greek Dionysus and identified with...
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Mythology

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the Mesopotamian, which shares with the Greek mythology a strong concern for the relationship...Stevens have consciously constructed personal myths using the old materials and newly constructed...creation of the world; these range from a god fashioning the earth from abstract chaos...
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Graves, Robert Ranke

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...history, I, Claudius (1934) and Claudius the God (1934), as well as fictionalized reappraisals...of poetry, such as The White Goddess (1947), Greek Myths (2 vol., 1955), and Hebrew Myths (1963). Other works of criticism include The...
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Fire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...many peoples. Fire as a god is a characteristic feature...connection between the Greek colony and the metropolis...of the greatest Greek myths is the story of Prometheus...common element in the myths of many other cultures...See J. G. Frazer, Myths of the Origins of Fire...

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