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Jeopardy Scores!
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Henderson the Rain King
That Biblical quote used, either at the end of ch. 7 or the beginning of 8, I'm using an audio book and jumping between listening devices so sorry for my inaccuracy, about Henderson's relationship to animals is Daniel 4:32 for those of you also in Bible as Literature with Michael. The link takes you to the KJV of the bible online so it should match your book verbatim and be a nice tool for the rest of your semester if you haven't used it already. The quote directly though is this;
Interesting links to myth though, of course a stretch but never too far as the Bible acts as a living book of myth and myth is always present whether in the present or not; driven from men to live with the beasts. Could this be interpreted as driven from the race of humans to reside as a beast? Not such a long leap after all, eh Actaeon? Or Pan? Or, really, nearly every other metamorphosis in the book that isn't into mineral or vegetable. Henderson the Rain King is full to overflowing with microcosmic myth references.
Beautiful.
Just for those interested, the earlier translation is this:Daniel 4:32
Viewing the 1769 King James Version. Click to switch to 1611 King James Version of Daniel 4:32
And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling [shall be] with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Daniel 4:32
Viewing the 1611 King James Version. Click to switch to 1769 King James Version of Daniel 4:32
And they shall driue thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; they shall make thee to eate grasse as oxen, and seuen times shall passe ouer thee, vntill thou know that the most high ruleth in the kingdome of men, and giueth it to whomsoeuer he will.
- 1611 King James Bible
Interesting links to myth though, of course a stretch but never too far as the Bible acts as a living book of myth and myth is always present whether in the present or not; driven from men to live with the beasts. Could this be interpreted as driven from the race of humans to reside as a beast? Not such a long leap after all, eh Actaeon? Or Pan? Or, really, nearly every other metamorphosis in the book that isn't into mineral or vegetable. Henderson the Rain King is full to overflowing with microcosmic myth references.
Beautiful.
Of course, I wouldn't drink out of there either...
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Found a mention of a nymph in a song by Train called Save Me San Francisco. In this song it's a mention to the West Indian music style but it's fun to notice it as a mythological name and then learn of the modern use of it. Proof, yet again, that myth, like rock and roll, lives on!
Just another interesting mythological connection if any of you are space nerds like I am. Jupiter is, it seems, getting his belt back which he'd taken off early this year if this water I'm drinking isn't Lethean.
Calypso is one of the Nereids.
Just another interesting mythological connection if any of you are space nerds like I am. Jupiter is, it seems, getting his belt back which he'd taken off early this year if this water I'm drinking isn't Lethean.
Calypso is one of the Nereids.
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11/4 TEST Notes
Eliade - Chapter 4
Literal eschatology - end of the world
Metaphorical eschatology - end of your perceiving the world
insufficiently
The Golden Bough is in: Eternal Darkness Nintendo game
Apocalypse Now
Eureka 7 anime
Wicker Man
V for Vendetta
"Religions of the Book": Judaism, Christianity, Islam - "once and for all" apocalypse.
1) What were the pierides? Magpies.
2) What did Scylla steal from her dad? Purple hair.
3) How did Daedelus trap the Minotaur? The Labyrinth
4) How did Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth? Twine from Ariadne.
5) What was on Europa’s basket? The story of Io’s abduction.
6) How did Shakespeare outdo Ovid in grotesqueness? Levenia’s hands were cut off as well.
7) Mythological animal from Green Leaf? The Bull.
8) Where was Adonis struck by the boar? The groin.
9) What mythic rule did Proserpina break? Ate some pomegranate.
10) Why are there seasons? Proserpina ate while in the Underworld.
11) In Cadmus and Harmony, what are the 3 stages? i) Conviviality. ii) Rape. iii) Indifference
12) One of the few stories in Ovid with a happy ending? Pygmalion
13) “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
14) Dr. Sexson believes that in Ovid, the task of the artist is not to represent nature but to alter nature.
15) What was the central difference between Arachne’s and Minerva’s tapestry? Minerva’s displayed the “state sponsored art” Arachne weaved the gods as invasive criminals.
16) According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, how did Hercules die? Chunks of flesh. (The shirt)
17) What was Adonis’ gore turned into? Anemone flower.
18) According to Homer’s Odyssey, why do we suffer? So the poets have something to write about.
19) Ekphrasis - Velasquez and the Titian paintings
20) Who is the wife of Hercules who received the Shirt of Flame? Deianira
“The imagination must have a local habitation and a name.”
21) Tom and Christine Corrins’s Parents
22) Nessus was the name of the centaur who kidnapped Hercules wife.
22) What does sleep signify mythologically? Amnesia
23) The horn of plenty comes from where? Hercules ripping the horn off Achelous
24) What was the fate of Icharus? (To end up in a painting) Fell out of the sky and drowned.
25) Acording to Eliade, what does catharsis mean? Black eyeliner
26) The life of a culture is mirrored in the life of the individual. Ontology Recapitulates Phylogony
27) “I shall have life!” I will live forever - Ovid’s Metamorphosis
28) Mememoreme - Remember me.
29) TR from 1300-2400 - Dr. Sexson’s Office Hours
Literal eschatology - end of the world
Metaphorical eschatology - end of your perceiving the world
insufficiently
The Golden Bough is in: Eternal Darkness Nintendo game
Apocalypse Now
Eureka 7 anime
Wicker Man
V for Vendetta
"Religions of the Book": Judaism, Christianity, Islam - "once and for all" apocalypse.
1) What were the pierides? Magpies.
2) What did Scylla steal from her dad? Purple hair.
3) How did Daedelus trap the Minotaur? The Labyrinth
4) How did Theseus find his way out of the Labyrinth? Twine from Ariadne.
5) What was on Europa’s basket? The story of Io’s abduction.
6) How did Shakespeare outdo Ovid in grotesqueness? Levenia’s hands were cut off as well.
7) Mythological animal from Green Leaf? The Bull.
8) Where was Adonis struck by the boar? The groin.
9) What mythic rule did Proserpina break? Ate some pomegranate.
10) Why are there seasons? Proserpina ate while in the Underworld.
11) In Cadmus and Harmony, what are the 3 stages? i) Conviviality. ii) Rape. iii) Indifference
12) One of the few stories in Ovid with a happy ending? Pygmalion
13) “We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”
14) Dr. Sexson believes that in Ovid, the task of the artist is not to represent nature but to alter nature.
15) What was the central difference between Arachne’s and Minerva’s tapestry? Minerva’s displayed the “state sponsored art” Arachne weaved the gods as invasive criminals.
16) According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, how did Hercules die? Chunks of flesh. (The shirt)
17) What was Adonis’ gore turned into? Anemone flower.
18) According to Homer’s Odyssey, why do we suffer? So the poets have something to write about.
19) Ekphrasis - Velasquez and the Titian paintings
20) Who is the wife of Hercules who received the Shirt of Flame? Deianira
“The imagination must have a local habitation and a name.”
21) Tom and Christine Corrins’s Parents
22) Nessus was the name of the centaur who kidnapped Hercules wife.
22) What does sleep signify mythologically? Amnesia
23) The horn of plenty comes from where? Hercules ripping the horn off Achelous
24) What was the fate of Icharus? (To end up in a painting) Fell out of the sky and drowned.
25) Acording to Eliade, what does catharsis mean? Black eyeliner
26) The life of a culture is mirrored in the life of the individual. Ontology Recapitulates Phylogony
27) “I shall have life!” I will live forever - Ovid’s Metamorphosis
28) Mememoreme - Remember me.
29) TR from 1300-2400 - Dr. Sexson’s Office Hours
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