...Dreaming, or 'Tjukurrpa' (australia.gov.au), are words to describe the knowledge that the Aborigines passed on every generation through stories, song cycles, laws, ceremonies, dance and forms of art (from Retroactive 1). Some dreamtime stories tell great sea journeys and dramatic beginning, some tells how animals developed their peculiar traits, some tells awesome landscapes changes and subsequent campsite moves in which came from the people of Australia (from Australia Aboriginal Heritage). One famous example of dreamtime stories is the Rainbow Serpent, which is the story telling about the great creator of the world. There are many similarities with the dreamtime stories even though there are more than 600 different cultures, the point of the story never...
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...The artwork I decided to explore for this discussion post is a piece of prehistoric rock art located in Western Arnhem Land, Austrailia. Simply titled as the “Rainbow Serpent Rock”, this art was painted on a rockface around 6000 BCE by an Australian Aboriginal culture that lived there at the time. Rainbow Serpent Rock displays a subject known as the Rainbow Serpent (or Rainbow Snake) which was a deity that is often portrayed as a being that assisted with the creation of humankind, the generation of rains, as well as a symbolism of reproductive power (Stokstad & Cothren, 2014). While there are many depictions of the Rainbow Serpent, they all share the same subject characteristics, which is a serpent that is in the shape of a rainbow. There are...
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...Ngalyod--the rainbow serpent is a bark painting done by Jimmy Njiminjuma of the Western Arnhem land region, circa 1985. Jimmy Njiminjuma is one of the most renowned artists from this region. According to the artist profile featured on the gallery website, For many years he lived with his father, Anchor Kulunba, at Mumeka outstation. Njiminjuma said that his father and his uncle Peter Marralwanga showed him how to paint. In the 1980s Njiminjuma took on the role of teaching his younger brother John Mawurndjul the art of bark painting. Njiminjuma was adept at painting a number of subjects, and one of his recurring themes is the yawkyawk. These figures are understood to be a kind of female water sprite, and the Kuninjku often paint them with...
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...Most people nowadays know that a rainbow is the reflection of light on water droplets but for centuries and centuries, all over the world people considered rainbows as magical, as a symbol of the gods. The way people see rainbows is still magical, the rainbow is often seen as a symbol for hope. Like English poet Lord Byron said “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” (George Gordon “Lord” Byron.) Even if stories about rainbows are different around the world they all have some elements in common. Rainbows have always been an important topic in the mythology because rainbows have something "magical" and extraordinary. The most famous rainbow myths come straight from Europe. In the Norse mythology the rainbow...
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...Voodoo beliefs and culture Have you ever wondered about the beliefs and practices of Voodoo, pertaining to the death and the afterlife? Voodoo is a popular religion practiced throughout the Carribean, and mostly countries like Haiti. The followers of Voodo believe in the spirit world that is influenced by the pathenon of gods. The followers of Voodoo believe in the after life and that death is the passage to cosmic community of ancestral spirits. The Voodoo religion can be directly traced to the West African,Yourba people. These people lived in the 18th and 19th century, Dahomey. The roots of Voodoo can go back to 6,000 years in Africa. The religion of voodoo spread to many parts of the world, during the African slave trade. Voodoo later become composed of being an African religion, that also had Christian followers. The Voodoo religion has spread from Africa to the Carribean islands and North America. The city of New Orleans has many people that practice modern day voodoo rituals. There are about 50,000,000 Voodoo believers world wide. The followers of Voodoo worship many gods, known as the Loas. The followers of Voodoo strongly believe that Loas and humans depend on each other. The Loas depend on humans for food and praise. Humans depend on the Loas for daily help and protection. These Loas all play a crucial part in human lives, according to Vodouisants. There are various supernatural characters that Vodouisants believe in. One of these...
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...stars. The fourth day has passed. God then created every living creature to roam the earth, and blessed the bird. The fifth day has passed. God said I must make man I will make man in my own image of me, and blessed these creatures. The sixth day has passed. On the day of Creation God rested. God made a deal with man everything you see on earth is yours, for this is Eve’s garden. You may take any fruit, except the tree of knowing good and evil. If you eat the tree of knowing of good from evil you will surely die. Later the serpent temps Eve to go and eat the forbidden apple. At first she said no put in the serpents crafty ways, he convinced Eve into eating the apple. Not only was he able to trick Eve but also he made Eve convince Adam to eat the forbidden apple. The consequences of eating the apple were harsh. Now men have to provide and work for himself and his family. The woman was cursed from giving child labor, and the serpent was no longer a serpent it now has to move on its belly and has no feet. This curse lasted throughout all of mans life, and for this Cain shall be a wanderer, he shall not be killed for who ever...
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...(nominative draco) meaning "huge serpent, dragon", from the Greek word δράκων, drakon (genitive drakontos, δράκοντος) "serpent, giant seafish". The Greek and Latin term referred to any great serpent, not necessarily mythological, and this usage was also current in English up to the 18th century. Morphology A dragon is a mythological representation of a reptile. In antiquity, dragons were mostly envisaged as serpents, but since the Middle Ages, it has become common to depict them with legs, resembling a lizard. Dragons are usually shown in modern times with a body like a huge lizard, or a snake with two pairs of lizard-type legs, and able to emit fire from their mouths. The European dragon has bat-like wings growing from its back. A dragon-like creature with wings but only a single pair of legs is known as a wyvern. Comparative mythology Further information: Chaoskampf, Sea serpent, Proto-Indo-European religion § Dragon or Serpent and Serpent (Bible) The association of the serpent with a monstrous opponent overcome by a heroic deity has its roots in the mythology of the Ancient Near East, including Canaanite (Hebrew, Ugaritic), Hittite and Mesopotamian. Humbaba, the fire-breathing dragon-fanged beast first described in the Epic of Gilgamesh is sometimes described as a dragon with Gilgamesh playing the part of dragon-slayer. The legless serpent (Chaoskampf) motif entered Greek mythology and ultimately Christian mythology, although the serpent motif may already be part of...
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..."The Teddy brothers adventures through infinite space". Written and Artistic Mediums by StevenGanson With special guest, " Rodney the raccoon ", and Leo the leopard". Prolouge A long, long time ago. When dinosaurs, and huge serpents roamed the earth. Teddy bears were the most intelligent life forms, on the Planet earth at that time. Earth was a paradise at that time, but all of that was about to change. This planet was so beautiful, at that time and no one would have believed, that all of that was about to change. for a giant killer comet was headed toward the, " plants earth. #1These are the Teddy brothers. 'Caleb Teddy', 'Ted Teddy', 'Fred Teddy', and, 'Dean Teddy'. And their friends, 'Rodney the raccoon, and, Leo the leopard....
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...It is a story since the features of the land are physical record of Dreaming events. Aboriginal adherents can justly call the land 'their Bible' the land is where the activity of the Dreaming takes place and persists into the present, Spirit Ancestors inhabit the land and leave behind certain sacred parts of the terrain. "We don't own the land the land owns us" in essence, the Dreaming comes from the land. Spirit Ancestors are the creators of the land. The earth was flat, uninhabited, with no trees, hills, animals, insects or any living creatures. Spirit Ancestors gave rise to living forms, each spawning a living species through their journey which then emerged as the Dreaming stories, such as Wayamba who gave life to turtles, the Rainbow Serpent etcetera. The journey of Spirit Ancestors across the land is recorded in the Dreaming stories. As Spirit Ancestors moved through the land they usually left tracks behind, those tracks created the land,rivers and mountains. After the Spirit Ancestors created the land they modified into the trees, mountains, rocks, stars and waterholes. Hence the power of Ancestor Spirits is immanent and infused into the earth, where it remains till today. The kinship system is a character of social organisations and family relationships. It is a complex system that determines the relationship between people, what tribe they belong to, their roles, responsibilities and duties in relation to one another, ceremonial business and the land. It is a complex...
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... The Snake head fish also known as “serpent headed fish,” is an air breathing fish similar in appearance and behavior the native Bow fish or mud fish. Many of the Snake head fish can be found in residential canals and ponds and are mistaken for the Bow fish until their orange fin features and their toothed jaws are seen. They also typically have red eyes and is gold tinted brown to pale grey in younger fish while older fish are generally dark with large black blotches. They describe Snake head fishing as extremely aggressive and voracious. FWC are thinking that Snake head and other exotic fishes are being dumped into the local canals and just have reproduced sparking a great amount to the local streams, rivers, canals and lakes. Not a lot of details on the Snake head but as of now the anglers seem to think that the fish could reach up to at least 5 feet with skepticism. Largest Snake head caught was recorded at 31.5 inches and weighed 9.2 pounds. If caught with a Snake head you are looking at a high fine of at least $500.00 fine or 60 days in jail. Snake head fish are believed to be predators to small fish and hide in the mud and or sand on the shorelines. [bassonline.com] [myfwc.com] The Rainbow Trout Fish Oncorhynchus mykiss is another name for Rainbow Trout Fish. Rainbow trout originated from the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America areas and are very popular fish. They are also called “Steelhead.” Adult fresh water stream rainbow trout average about 1 and 5 pounds. Their...
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...Bennett, Arnold. Clayhanger Bowen, Elizabeth. The Heat of the Day Butler, Samuel. The Way of All Flesh Chesterton, G.K. The Man Who Was Thursday Conrad, Joseph. Heart of Darkness AND one of: Lord Jim, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, Under Western Eyes Ford, Ford Madox. The Good Soldier Forster, E. M. Howards End, A Passage to India (plus the essays “What I Believe” and “The Challenge of Our Times” in Two Cheers for Democracy) Galsworthy, John. The Man of Property Greene, Graham. One of: Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World Joyce, James. Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses Kipling, Rudyard. Kim Lawrence, D. H. Two of: Sons and Lovers, Women in Love, The Rainbow, The Plumed Serpent Lewis, Wyndham. Tarr, manifestos in BLAST 1 Mansfield, Katherine. “Prelude,” “At the Bay,” “The Garden Party,” “The Daughters of the Late Colonel” (in Collected Stories) Orwell, George. 1984 (or Aldous Huxley, Brave New World) Wells, H. G. One of the following: Ann Veronica, Tono-Bungay, The New Machiavelli West, Rebecca. The Return of the Soldier Waugh, Evelyn. One of: Vile Bodies, A Handful of Dust, Brideshead Revisited Woolf, Virginia. Two of: The Voyage Out, Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, Between the Acts (plus the essays “Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown” and “Modern Fiction” in Collected Essays) B. POETRY The...
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...THE LITTLE PRINCE In the eyes of a child, there is joy, there is laughter. But as time ages us, as soon as we flowered and became grown-ups the child inside us all fades that we forget that once, we were a child. The story begins about drawings of closed and open boa constrictors. Later, the author relates a story about the Turkish astronomer who discovers the little prince's home, Asteroid B-612. When he presents his findings to the International Congress of Astronomy, dressed in his comical Turkish outfit, he is not believed. Man has not learned to look beneath the exterior, or rather, he has forgotten how. Because adults never look within, they will never know themselves or others. A fox is one cunning animal. And in the story, it is proven to be right. From the fox's lesson that one can see only what is essential by looking with the heart, the author leaves the desert as a changed person. He agrees with the little prince's thought: 'the stars are beautiful, because of a flower that cannot be seen';. The rose is very fragile and needs constant care. Love is not a matter of choice; it is a matter of consequence; indeed, it is a matter of survival. Men must learn to love one another or expire. Love is what gives life meaning. The little prince's love for his rose is so important to him that his love gives the author's life purpose and direction. The fox teaches the little prince how to love. It is the time that one 'wastes'; on someone or something that makes it important...
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...Post-1945 Multiple Choice and Short Answer 1: Dreaming - refers to all that is known and understood by Aboriginal people. It is the central spiritual concept because it determines not only beliefs and values but also relationships with other people and the overall environment. Aborigines are able to understand creation in a continuing and living sense by virtue of the Dreaming. It explains how the world was created by their ancestors and is passed on orally. E.g. dreaming stories such as the rainbow serpent. Dreaming links Aboriginals to the land, they are interdependent: “Aboriginals live their lives being at one with the land, and without land their Dreaming, tradition and culture are sure to die” (Anne Gray). Kinship – refers to the network of relationships that hold a clan together central to Aboriginal communities. Through kinship, they are instructed about particular obligations, rights and appropriate forms of behavior. It defines where a person fits into the community. Land is important to kinship and is often referred to as “my mother” so it is shared by many people. Disopession- Dispossession resulted in Aboriginals being separated from their physical land, kinship groups and the removal of their children from their families through the “Stolen Generation”. Dispossession first occurred in 1778 when the First Fleet recognised Australia as “terra nullius”. They implemented policies of protectionism where Aboriginals were removed from their rightful land and...
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...I believe that we should not only understand the book of Genesis but also being able to get some type of knowledge of the people and culture during that time. By learning how there, day-to-day life was we would be able to understand the text better. I also believe we have been created in the image and likeness of God as written on (Genesis 1:27) “So God created mankind in his own image”. We have the highest place in all of Gods creations because we were made of his image. “Wentzel van Huyssteen proposes an intriguing reinterpretation of the biblical symbol of the imago Dei, according to which the purpose of humankind as created in the image of God, is 'to set forth the presence of God in this world.” As we read Genesis, we learn that God had created the world and all living things out of nothing in seven days. He labor for six days and the seventh was a holy day of rest. When God had created man, he called him Adam but the Lord saw that he was alone so he created woman. As we look at Genesis, we can also gain a great deal of knowledge about human relationships as written on (Genesis 2:18) “Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” This verse also communicates the value of a marriage relationship. God created man and woman to be separate persons that come together and form one. God had placed Adam in a deep sleep and removed one of his ribs and from that rib God created woman she was name Eve. The book of Genesis...
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...Vodun is practiced by the Ewe people of eastern and southern Ghana, and southern and central Togo; and the Kabye people, Mina people, and Fon people of southern and central Togo, southern and central Benin. It is also practiced by some Gun people of Lagos and Ogun in southwest Nigeria. It is distinct from the various African traditional religions in the interiors of these countries and is the main source of religions with similar names found among the African Diaspora in the New World such as Haitian Vodou; Puerto Rican Vodú; Cuban Vodú; Dominican Vudú; Brazilian Vodum; and Louisiana Voodoo. All of these closely related faiths are syncretized with Christianity to various degrees and with the traditional beliefs of the Kongo people and Indigenous American traditions. Theology and practice Vodun cosmology centers around the vodun spirits and other elements of divine essence that govern the Earth, a hierarchy that range in power from major deities governing the forces of nature and human society to the spirits of individual streams, trees, and rocks, as well as dozens of ethnic vodun, defenders of a certain clan, tribe, or nation. The vodun are the center of religious life, similar in many ways to doctrines such as the intercession of saints and angels that made Vodun appear compatible with Christianity, especially Catholicism, and produced syncretic religions such as Haitian Vodou. Adherents also emphasize ancestor worship and hold that the spirits of the dead live side by...
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