Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Enyo ,his sister or mother
Mind :
"Horror." Greek counterpart of Roman Bellona, myth name of a goddess of war known as the "waster of cities" and depicted as being covered in blood and carrying weapons. She was a companion of Ares and is sometimes said to be his sister or mother
Rappaccini's Daughter
Story :
In "Rappaccini's Daughter," Hawthorne has created a carefully-constructed allegory for the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, but with one significant twist: the gender roles of the
two major characters, Adam and Eve, are switched. In Hawthorne's version, Giovanni represents Eve and Beatrice represents Adam, with Rappaccini and Baglioni filling the roles of God and Satan, respectively.
In "Rappaccini" the opposite is true, it is Giovanni who brings the source of the couple's downfall (the potion) into the garden and provides Beatrice with it. It is Giovanni, not Beatrice, who represents Eve in this tale.
Fūjin
Mind Story :
Fūjin (風神?) is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods. He is said to have been present at the creation of the world and when he first let the winds out of his bag, they cleared the morning mists and filled the Gate between heaven and earth so the sun shone.
He is portrayed as a terrifying dark demon, resembling a red headed black humanoid wearing a leopard skin, carrying a large bag of winds on his shoulders.
A legend of Japanese Buddhism states that Fūjin and Raijin, the god of thunder, were both originally evil demons who opposed Buddha[citation needed]. They were captured in battle with Buddha's army of heaven, and have worked as gods since then
EIRENE - eirênê the goddess of peace
Mind story :
EIRENE (or Irene) was the goddess of peace (eirênê) and of the season of spring (eiar, eiarinos). Late spring was the usual campaign season in Greece when peace was most at risk. Eirene was one of three Horai, goddesses of the seasons and the keepers of the gates of heaven. Her sisters were Eunomia (Order or Good-Pasture) and Dike (Justice).
She was probably identified with the Hora Thallo (Green Shoots), whose name Hesiod gives to Eirene as an epithet in the Theogony. Her opposite number was Polemos (War).
In classical art she usually appears in the company of her two sister Horai bearing the fruits of the seasons. Statues of the goddess represent her as a maiden holding the infant Ploutos (Wealth) in her arms. In this guise she was identified with Demeter and Tykhe
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