Essays on Mythology

The mythic character embodies a law, or a universal demand, and, therefore, must be in part predictable and cannot hold surprises for us; the character of a novel wants, rather, to be a man like anyone else, and what could befall him is as unforeseeable...

Quoting folklorist Alan Dundes, mythology refers to “a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture by explaining aspects of the natural world and delineating the psychological and social practices and ideals of a society”. As new myths continue to form over...

My research topic focuses on predominant elements: Eros, mystery, and fantasy in “Șarpele” and “Domnișoara Christina”. These three elements are characteristic of Mircea Eliade and they can remark of Mihai Eminescu, in the writing “Cezara”, which is similar to “Șarpele”. Eros is a central theme...

In Greek mythology the Gods play an important role, they are the ones who direct the birth and life of people. Every individual’s fate was thought of as a string spun, estimated, and cut by the three Fates, Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos. In the story...

Religion is feelings, beliefs and, emotions that define the relationships between people and god. Belief in God was created in almost the same way in all civilizations. Natural phenomena had played a major role in the formation of people’s religious beliefs. When people were faced...

“We’ve all got power in our hands to kill, but most people are afraid to use it. The ones who aren’t afraid, control life itself. ” – Ted Bundy, an infamous serial killer. A serial killer is a person who murders several people at different...

Once upon a time there was a gardener whose name was David. David grew many different fruits and vegetables. He sold them to earn money to buy the world’s biggest pumpkin seed, he wanted this seed as bad as he would like to enter the...

The brain is the control center of the body, it governs and commands everything in order to perform specific and multiple functions to produce thoughts, feelings, and emotions. It is the most perplex organ inside the human body, making it the most intricate and complicated...

The old Greeks accepted there were a great number of Gods and goddesses. These Gods had command over a wide range of parts of life on earth. From many points of view they were extremely human. They could be caring or mean, irate or lovely,...

In the plot, Oedipus was ruling Thebes after running away from Crinteh and trying to prevent his fate. he was under the impression that he was creating a new fate that would trump the words of the oracle, he was fulfilling his predestined fate. Without...