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  Probert Encyclopaedia: Other Mythology (D-F)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In Balinese and Javanese mythology, Durga is the goddess of death and disease.
In Tehaelche mythology, Ellal was a benefactor of mankind.
In the mythology of the Democratic Republic of The Congo, the Eloko are dwarves who live in the densest and darkest parts of the forest guarding their treasure, which is the fruits and animals of the forest.
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 Saudi Aramco World : Siwa: Oasis Extraordinary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Siwa Oasis lies in a broad low area in the desert of western Egypt, 300 kilometers (185 miles) southwest of the Mediterranean port city of Mersa Matruh.
Siwa owes its existence to an abundance of permanent fresh-water springs that permit intensive cultivation.
Each of the pharaohs of Egypt's 28th Dynasty had traveled to Siwa to be acknowledged at the temple there as the son of Amon-Ra, the supreme god; each, thereafter, was depicted as wearing the ram's horns of Amon on his head.
www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198805/siwa-oasis.extraordinary.htm   (1830 words)

  
 Zeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Zeus Krónios (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeus (Greek Ζευς) or Dias (Greek Δίας) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology.
Her status as a titaness suggests to some that she may have been a more powerful pre-Hellenic deity, and perhaps the original occupant of the oracle.
The oracle of Ammon at the oasis of Siwa in Libya did not lie within the bounds of the Greek world before Alexander's day, but it already loomed large in the Greek mind during the archaic era: Herodotus mentions consultations with Zeus Ammon in his account of the Persian War.
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 Zeus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Her status as a ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology) titaness suggests to some that she may have been a more powerful pre-Hellenic deity, and perhaps the original occupant of the oracle.
Zeus was brother and husband of (Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno) Hera.
His wife, (Queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealously of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno) Hera, was very jealous and consistently tried to harm Zeus' mistresses and their children by him.
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 Mythology and Science Fiction - Comparisons and Observations
Mythology as a whole, along with most television series, seem to stay away from complex characters, which are believed to be "too complex" for the average viewer to understand and connect with.
Part of this humor is due to the quirky tales of mythology that are told, such as the episode where Aphrodite calls Athena a nerd, and Athena calls Aphrodite an airhead.
If, as Weintraub believes, mythology is "a metaphor expressive of the hope, faith, and mystery of human destiny," (Galinsky, foreword) we can easily see a connection to science fiction and fantasy, which many people embrace because of the positive view of the future.
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 Probert Encyclopaedia: Other Mythology (I)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In Eskimo mythology, Igaluk is the moon spirit.
In Zulu mythology, Imilozi were spirits who used a language of whistles and hoots to tell men the secrets of the gods.
In Polynesian mythology, Ina (Hina) is a two-faced great goddess of the sea, healing and death.
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 Zeus - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Tyr was however supplanted by Odin as the supreme god among the Germanic peoples andthe Germanic tribes did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor.
Her status as a titaness suggests to some that she may have been a more powerful pre-Hellenic deity, and perhaps theoriginal occupant of the oracle.
The oracle of Ammon at the oasis of Siwa inLibya did not lie within the bounds of the Greek world before Alexander's day, but it already loomed large in the Greek mind duringthe archaic era: Herodotus mentions consultations with Zeus Ammon in his accountof the Persian War.
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 Zeus - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Zeús Krónios (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeús or Zdeús (Greek Ζεύς) or Dias (Greek Δίας) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology.
Zeus is the continuation of Dyeus, the supreme god in Indo-European religion, also continued as Vedic Dyaus Pitar (cf.
Tyr was however supplanted by Odin as the supreme god among the Germanic peoples and the Germanic tribes did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor.
open-encyclopedia.com /Zeus   (2061 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Shiva
In the Western Desert of Egypt there is an oasis called Siwa.
In Hindu mythology, when Ganga descended from the heavens, the Earth could not bear her flow so Lord Shiva agreed to bear it.
Lord Shiva's skin turned bluish as he drank the Poison that came out of the churning of the oceans.
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 DanceGallery - Introduction
Dance appears in the Ramayana reliefs of candi Siwa and candi Brahma and is seen as integral part of the narrative in a ritual and celebratory context.
It also appears as a stand-alone ‘dance narrative’ in the dance panels of candi Siwa, the main temple of the complex, that is, as dance phrases which can be strung together to create a choreography.
It is not a coincidence that the story chosen as a theme for the Prambanan sendratari is depicted in reliefs on the inner side of the balustrades of candi Siwa and candi Brahma, in the inner court of the complex.
www.arch.nus.edu.sg /danceweb/Dance/danceintro.html   (1476 words)

  
 Toward Understanding Headhunter and Cannibal religion
Adolf Jensen has repeatedly expressed his own despair about his inability to explain the central fact of Hainuwele mythology, that is, its existential connection with headhunting as well as the implied necessity of ritual killing.
And all of this misunderstanding happened in broad daylight--in spite of the fact that the hunter context of the plot is not in the least disguised.
But such domestic animal-related activities are not the subject matter of Hainuwele mythology; nor are they among the goals that the sacrificial Maro rite was meant to enhance.
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 Notes and Themes
The oracle of Zeus-Ammon was the oracle of Jupiter (Herodotus IV.181).The name “Siwa Oasis” must have been attached to the oasis by the Macedonians, like Ptolemy I, returning from the invasion of India, Shiva or Siva being the name of Amon there.
The oracle was established in memory of the event and in honor of the deity.
When J. Wilson writes (volume to honor Albright) that it is an admission of failure that the chief cultural content of Egyptian civilization—the religion, with its mythology again and again narrated and alluded in texts and pictured in statutes and temple reliefs, is not understood—he is right.
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Nothing is more beautiful in the range of mythology than the conception of Demeter with Persephone, impersonating the maternal earth, rejoicing in the perpetual return of her daughter in spring, and mourning over her departure in winter to Hades" (389 (1894).
Xenophanes of Kolophon, a Greek philosopher of the sixth century B.C., taught that "the mighty sea is the father of clouds and winds and rivers." In Greek mythology Oceanus is said to be the father of the principal rivers of earth.
In old Norse mythology we read of the terrible "Frost Giants," offspring of Ymir, born of the ice of Niflheim, which the warmth exhaled from the sun-lit land of Muspelheim caused to drop off into the great Ginnunga-gap, the void that once was where earth is now.
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 l'atitude
stretching about 80 km across, siwa is famous for its thousands upon thousands (upon thousands) of date palm trees.
located as it is in the middle of the desert, isolated until the 1980's from most contact with any other cultures, siwa had until recently completely retained its uniqueness.
in siwa i found the stereotypically English-Patient type of scene i always imagined when someone mentioned the sahara.
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 Ancient Egypt with pics
Mythology and its magic can be a good source for activation and inspiration
Amon's cult spread to the oases, especially Siwa in Egypt's western desert, where Amon was linked with Jupiter.
Alexander the Great won acceptance as pharaoh by consulting the oracle at Siwa, and he also rebuilt the sanctuary of Amon's temple at Luxor.
www.infomideast.com /mythology/history3.html   (4674 words)

  
 Zeus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Phidias made the god’s robe and ornaments from gold and carved the body out of ivory.
Zeus Kroniōn (descendant of Cronus), or simply Zeús or Zdeús (Greek Ζεύς) or Dias (Greek Δίας) ("divine king") is the leader of the gods and god of the sky and thunder in Greek mythology.
Tyr was however supplanted by Odin as the supreme god among the Germanic tribes and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but with Thor.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Zeus   (2317 words)

  
 Chocobo Chat
His exact nature and role, however, are difficult to determine because of the complex picture of him given by the wealth of archaeological and literary sources.
Siren in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction by the sweetness of her song.
In Roman mythology, the Trojan prince Aeneas and Psyche were able to pacify it with honey cake.
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 Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: The Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The compact introductory essay on mythology, pluralism, and reception of myths is a model of comprehensiveness and clarity.
The entries are broad in range, covering not just mythology but also "religious places and religious officials, divination, astrology, and magic." In addition, there are many entries on Judaism and Christianity, providing broader context to religious life in the Greco-Roman world.
Although its scope is somewhat narrower, the entries are thorough, scholarly, and accessibly written; there are many illustrations; and the scholarly apparatus of references to ancient texts and other supplemental material is unobtrusively included for those wishing to pursue their research further.
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 Siva, Bhavani and Shiva
Her name means "living, being, existing." She is is also known as Siwa, pronounced "sheeva" in modern Polish and Old Slavic; she was worshipped in Poland, Czechoslavakia, East Germany.
In some mythology, Slav Svarog is the supreme god, and since he created the living Universe (Naoumov), he could be considered the "original god".
However, according to one mythology, Perun is top god, so that would make Dazhdbog "Son of the Original God".
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 NOVICA - 'Siwa God Figure'
The third member of the Hindu triad, Siwa the destroyer is portrayed with reverence by Ida Bagus Nyoman Segara Yoga.
Siwa's spiritual function is to destroy negativity in the world, and thus purify it.
In Balinese Hinduism, death is seen as Siwa...
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 Sacred Sites: Places of Peace and Power Manuscript   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Perhaps the oldest form of sacred geography, and one that has its genesis in mythology, is that of the aborigines of Australia.
According to aboriginal legends, in the mythic period of the beginning of the world known as the dreamtime, ancestral beings in the form of totemic animals and humans emerged from the interior of the Earth and began to wander over the land.
The practice of acupuncture was concerned with the study and stimulation of chi within the body, while feng-shui was concerned with the study and use of terrestrial chi.
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 Educative Cylinders for Portable Planetariums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Here is another poetic plot twist - the legend is that Helen was born from an egg because her father Zeus appeared as a swan when he impregnated Leda (it should be mentioned that some versions of the tale instead claim that it was the goddess Nemesis who laid the egg from which Helen hatched).
In Greek mythology, Oenone ("wine woman") was the first wife of Paris.
According then to later Greek mythology, Leda bore Helen and Polydeuces, children of Zeus while at the same time bearing Castor and Clytemnestra, children of her father and husband Tyndareus, the King of Sparta.
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 wiki/Siwa Definition / wiki/Siwa Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The Siwa OasisThe Siwa Oasis is an oasis in Egypt, Africa, located between the Qattara Depression and the Egyptian Sand Sea in the Libyan desert.
140 Siwa 140 Siwa is a large and dark main belt asteroid.
It was discovered by J. Palisa on October 13, 1874 and named after Siwa, the Slavic goddess of fertility....
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 Alexander the Great - Resources
Plutarch's translated description of Alexander's visit to the oasis of Siwa and the oracle.
Diodorus' translated description of Alexander's visit to the oasis of Siwa and the oracle.
Greek Mythology Quiz - get graded immediately on this quiz from Exploring Ancient World Cultures and explore other areas of this rich resource.
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 Amum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Amon was identified with Zeus, and famous for his oracle at Siwa in Libya.
The priests of Thebes told Herodotus that two of their priestesses were abducted by the Phoenicians, who sole one to Libya, and the other to Greece.
In many cases these priestesses were deemed to be the god's concubines particularly in temples of the gods associated with fertility, which was especially true in the temples of Amon-Re where the Divine Consort was often the royal princess.
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 Science Fair Projects - Ammon
The priests of Amane at Meroe and Nobatia, in fact, regulated through his oracle the whole government of the country, choosing the king, directing his military expeditions (and even compelling him to commit suicide, according to Diodorus Siculus) until in the 3rd century BC Arkamane (Ergamenes) broke through the bondage and slew the priests.
There was an oracle of Ammon established for some centuries in the Libyan Desert, in the distant oasis of Siwa.
Meyer, article "Ammon" in Roscher's Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie; Pietschmann, articles "Ammon" and "Ammoneion" in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie.
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 The Sirius Mystery by James Oberg
Another claim: that in Egypt the oasis of Siwa and the ancient Nile City of Thebes are both equidistant from the shrine city of Behdet, in the delta -- and the same exact distance, too.
For Siwa, I called Dr. Farouk EI-Baz of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, and his maps showed it at 25.50 degE, 29.22 degN (that's the oasis center, with the modern town about ten kilometers SE).
Damanhur is 521.0 km from Siwa and 625.9 km from Thebes, a deviation of 20%.
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 Category:Slavic mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For more information, see the article about Slavic mythology.
This page was last modified 03:42, 6 May 2005.
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 Pagan News - Pagan News & Information
Jupiter (god)Jupiter), and as Tyr (Ziu, Tiw, Tiwaz) in Germanic mythologyGermanic and Norse mythology.
The oracle of Ammon at the oasis of Siwa in Libya did not lie within the bounds of the Greek world before Alexander the GreatAlexanders day, but it already loomed large in the Greek mind during the archaic era: Herodotus mentions consultations with Ammon in his account of the Persian War.
Gaia and Uranus (god)Uranus that he was destined to be overcome by his own son as he had overthrown his own father.
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