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Deities and dumbasses
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An iconographic investigation of the attributes and functions of Ancient Egyptian canine deities and their relation to death.
… similarities between canines and the main canine deities: Anubis, Wepwawet, and Duamutef, listing the connections between the funerary, canine gods and the animals the Egyptians linked to them. It also looks at the hieroglyphic representation of both the gods and the canines. The animals in …
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Maiden, Mother, Corpse: Greek Goddesses’ Dominion Over Life and Death in Myth and Literature
… that reality. Four of Greek mythology’s central deities were called upon in order to intervene, and in the stories and cult practices that included these deities two patterns consistently emerge. The first is the association with the feminine, and the second is the way two opposite concepts are …
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Diálogo entre obras de arte: a performance “Oju omodé - Olhar de criança” e a coleção de painéis da sala Carybé do Museu Afro-Brasileiro/UFBA
… panels, which show representations of some deities from the Afro-Brazilian mythology of Candomblé. The main research method used was the artist's book, which contains the records of the conceptual construction of the performance, which also takes on the character of a field diary. It is …
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The Lantern and the Sword
… creation myth of a new universe where brother deities of light and darkness battle for dominance. Light creates a Lantern to illuminate all reality and Darkness creates a Sword to help control the extent of the light. The god of light then creates a champion to lead his forces against his dark …
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Courier of Souls
… in a world plagued by curses cast by spiteful deities, and the only safe haven from curses are the roads themselves, which cause curses to burn. Following in her father’s footsteps, she strives to match his skills as a courier, and respect the legacy of her adoptive father, who saved her from a …
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Representation of Gender and Sexuality in Roman Art with particular reference to that of Roman Britain
… the visual presentation of gender for specific deities, personifications and figural images in funerary art; this includes concepts of sexuality that in some cases become entwined with the study of gender. I have endeavoured to demonstrate how socially constructed values add to the …
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La Fortuna romaine et l'héritage grec
… two significant innovations compared to other deities of the Roman pantheon, since on the one hand, it completely changed in nature over the centuries, and, on the other hand, when this gradual change, Goddess Latial it is in its origins, it becomes a goddess Roman itself. Thus, the …
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Morphisms.
… projection of animal qualities onto mythological deities. Discussion also includes the process involved in creating the artwork as well as artistic influences in technical concepts.</p>
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"Zeus the Head, Zeus the Middle": Studies in the History and Interpretation of the Orphic Theogonies
… the natures of Phanes, Zeus, Dionysus and other deities. In chronological order I analyze the fragments of four theogonies that were attributed to Orpheus: the Derveni, Eudemian, Hieronyman, and Rhapsodic Theogonies. Most modern scholars have described these poems as if they were similar to …
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Urtiin duu: performing musical landscapes and the Mongolian nation
… Their melodic contours allude to landscape deities, or ezen, associated with particular geographical formations and regional topographies, and their texts often praise important Tibetan Buddhist deities or monks. A musical tool utilized in efforts to calm and soothe livestock, these songs …
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Neil Gaiman's American Gods: An Outsider's Critique of American Culture
… landscape, and ideology. Rich with re-invented deities, legends, mythic creatures, and folk heroes cast in a decidedly American mold, American Gods examines the American character, evaluating the myths and beliefs of the culture from the vantage point of an outsider. By examining the character's …
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The divine horseman in the art of the western Roman Empire
… when developing an iconographical form for local deities. The thesis investigates the transformation of Graeco-Roman imagery and looks at the way artists adapted the Roman forms which would have become familiar to them with the advance of the Roman army and Roman settlement in the provinces of the …
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Te ahi tawhito, te ahi tipua, te ahi nā Mahuika: Re-igniting native women’s ceremony
… sacred relationships with customary feminine deities. Attention is focused on the creation of personal ritual practices that respond to contemporary decolonising and ecological contexts. A mana wahine theoretical and methodological framework motivated by emancipatory agendas that seek to …
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The Evocation of Cult in Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painting
… the vase-painters and their construction of the deities. The vases were obtained mostly from the BAPD and the LIMC, grouped in scene-types and evaluated to establish the trends arising in the representation of divinities. The change in the depiction of Apollo from an archer to a kithara player, …
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Memorial inscriptions from Syria-Palestine: A study in genre and theology
… been selected and discussed in three parts: (1) deities in the memorial inscriptions; (2) the characteristics of the deities, focusing on their various roles as described in the inscriptions; and (3) the theological characteristics of the memorial inscriptions. The study showed that the memorial …
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Beyond the Threshold: Allusions to the Òrìsà in Ana Mendieta's Silueta Series
… analysis of the iconographical references to the deities have yet to be explored. This thesis aims to provide such an analysis of Mendieta's works; thus enriching the current discourse on the Silueta Series.
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The Mari Lwyd and the horse queen : palimpsests of Ancient ideas.
… hill figures, Celtic coinage, Roman horse deities, mediaeval and modern Celtic masked traditions. Even modern Welsh traditions, such as the Mari Lwyd, infer her existence and confirm the value of her symbolism in the modern world
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Friend, Foe, or Other? Monsters and Identity on the Odyssean Sea
… but full of sea creatures, monsters, and deities eager to ensnare and devour the long-suffering hero. However, the Mediterranean of the Archaic Age that produced the Odyssey was a well-charted sea, where Greeks frequently interacted with foreigners. This thesis approaches the sea in the …
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Sir William Jones and Representations of Hinduism in British Poetry, 1784-1812
… of Hinduism in his nine ‘Hymns’ to Hindu deities (1784-1789) influenced the use of Hinduism within the works of these later Romantic poets. It is interested in the way in which Blake, Southey, and Shelley use Hinduism, by way of Jones, to represent, react to, and recontextualise …
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