RELG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Brahma Vaivarta Purana, Christian Mythology, Vritra
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Hades = god of underworld: kidnaps persephone. Daughter of demeter, goddess of grain: demeter weeps, living things die, persephone tricked into eating pomegranate seeds, forced to stay in underworld for 1/3 of year. Autumn = when d knows p must go back. Odin one-eyed: god of magic, war and wisdom, gave eye in exchange for wisdom, rules valhalla where slain warriors reside, hung from yggdrasil for 9 days. Gains wisdom and ability to use magical runes. These myths give us the ides of a lost group whose stories eerily resonate. They were true for someone but they"re all dead now: don"t compete with our own truths. Patrick henry give me liberty or give me death! . George washington and the cherry tree might not have happened, but the story has a meaning (shows honesty ) John henry racing the steam drill tries to show mankind can do more than technology (henry wins but dies at the end)