Ethan aha Myth-Folklore

A Documentation of Pre-Flood Earth Og the Mighty Pre-Flood Giant      Bibliography. Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish  by J. E. Hanauer.  Web Source      Back before the Great Flood, the Earth was an alien landscape. Its inhabitants were of a much  mightier kind than today and many other intelligent races, besides humans, roamed the surface.  Demons, elves, fairies, unicorns, dwarves, orcs etc. you name it, but by far, the most terrifying and  intimidating people were the giants. 'Giant' isn't a good enough term. Rather, Titans would be a more  befitting name of those country-stomping monsters.       The 'normal' ones stood 3,000 ells (2.13 miles) in height ( The Book of Enoch - R.H. Charles  version ). Some were far larger! When Og, king of the giants, stretched out on the ground before his  death, his body reached from Banias to Lak...

The Green Man      Bibliography. Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish by J. E. Hanauer.  Web Source      Reading Notes:      *Solomon enslaves evil spirits.      *David receives forgiveness from Bathsheba's husband.       *The Green Man is the one who drank from the fountain of youth.       *Moses encounters the Green Man

Og the Mighty Pre-Flood Giant      Bibliography. Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish by J. E. Hanauer.  Web Source      Reading Notes:       *Noah's Flood: The giant Og attempts to convince Noah to bring him aboard the ark. Noah refuses.       *Og brings a mountain-sized Unicorn and attaches a rope to its horn and ties the rope on the back of the ark.       *The Flood waters only come up to Og's ankles.       *Og shrinks when he starves.       *Moses and the Israelites fight Og. Og almost drops a mountain on their camp.       *Og lays down and his body stretches from Banias to Lake Merom.       *Nimrod makes his subjects believe he is a god.      *Abraham questions Nimrod's power.       *Allah saves Abraham from ...

You can now find this story in my World Mythology Portfolio! The Buddha Passes Into Parinibbana The Buddha Passes Into Parinibbana (Parinirvana) The Buddha Before He Passes Into Parinibbana      I, Siddhartha, was lying there on my deathbed. Hundreds of my diverse disciples surrounded me,  mourning. I could not understand why they did so. Did they have yet to understand the depth of my  teachings? Did they have yet to understand that death is only sad for those who love the illusion?  More so, I was not dying. Siddhartha was, but I wasn't. Who is Siddhartha but a vehicle that I used to  attain my liberation from Samsara? The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. I told my disciples that they  had no need to mourn. For in a few moments, I was to pass into that state which is so elusive, even to  the Gods. Parinibbana.       I counted down the last few moments with slow, relieved breathi...

The Buddha and Mara's demons      Bibliography. The Life of Buddha by Andre Ferdinand Herold.  Web Source      Reading Notes:      * The Buddha gains five of Rudraka's disciples.      * They leave him after he abandons the ascetic lifestyle.       * The Buddha has his last meal before attaining Buddhahood in a golden bowl.       * The Buddha defeats Mara and his army.       * The Earth bears witness to his generosity.       

Young Buddha Meditating Under a Tree      Bibliography. The Life of Buddha by Andre Ferdinand Herold.  Web Source      Reading Notes:      *Maya dreams of the white elephant and thousands of Gods rejoicing before her.       * King Suddhodana hears a great voice from the sky tell him that he will have a son who will seek supreme knowledge.       * Siddhartha is born in a beautiful garden.       * Siddhartha and his family are brought many gifts.       * The royal family has it so good, that Maya dies and Siddhartha is taken care of by her sister.       * The idols of the Hindu gods bow down before the boy Siddhartha.       * Siddhartha meditates under a tree for the first time. The shadows do not change.       * Siddhartha has the Four Sights and is troubled....

Fathering a God-Child Joseph With The Little Boy Jesus

Story Lab Mythology      I really enjoyed the Crash Course Mythology videos. Mike Rugnetta explains everything in a well-spoken manner. In the first video, he laid out the definition of mythology that was going to be used. If something is referred to as a myth, it doesn't assign any truth value to it. That is to say, it doesn't make it definitively true or false. Myths are simply stories that hold a powerful significance in conceptualizing certain functions of the world and society. They are also stories that have staying power, such as lasting for centuries or millennia.       Episode 12 discussed varying theories of mythology in progression from the archaic to the more modern. It was very interesting to hear the variety of vastly different theories about the psychological, scientific, political, and religious nature of mythology. Such figures as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Joseph Cambell, and Levi-Strauss were presented with their respective t...

Andromeda and the Sea Monster      Bibliography. "Ovid's Metamorphoses" from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Tony Kline  Web Source      Reading Notes:      * Narcissus falls in love with his reflection      * He gets turned into a flower      * Echo tries to seduce Narcissus      * Perseus saves Andromeda from the sea monster

The Flood      Reading Notes:       * Jupiter and Neptune flood the world      * Jupiter sees that Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha have survived and that they are innocent worshippers of the gods. Jupiter orders the seas to calm and the waters to recede.       * The human race is re-created.      * Jupiter falls in love with Io.      * Phaethon almost destroys the Earth with the fire of the Sun.

Constructive Feedback and Growth Mindset Try Feedforward Instead of Feedback by Marshall Goldsmith      I really enjoyed this article because I've had experiences with the strategies discussed and I think that they're very innovative and necessary. For some people, being a leader is such a power trip that they don't like the idea of receiving constructive feedback. Some people are just in leadership positions to enjoy power over others while being immune from scrutiny. They're not in it to actually lead people to a better place. Which, is the very reason leadership positions were invented in the first place; to give us some kind of orderly example to follow so that we could improve. Therefore, it's necessary that leaders receive feedback so that 1. we can make sure they're not just getting some power trip out of it and 2. to actually help our leaders help us improve. Which is what leaders are for. I also liked how this article changed feedback into ...

Infancy Gospels Topic Research Joseph and Little Boy Jesus      I chose the Infancy Gospels as my research topic because they just have so many interesting and taboo stories about Jesus' early life. These stories paint a very interesting picture of Jesus that take him out of the "cliche zone" and make us remember why he's such an influential figure.  The Idol      This story from the Infancy Gospels tells about Joseph and Mary taking the boy Jesus into Egypt. When they arrive, there is much commotion in the land and an idol explains to a priest that the unknown and true God has come. The idol topples over at that instant. I could write a story based on the idol's description of Jesus and how he describes the experience as he feels the power of God's greatness fall upon the city.  Jesus the Exorcist      This gives a lot of the accounts of Jesus exorcising demons from people. I could write a really descriptiv...

Fathering a God-Child Joseph with Little Boy Jesus      My name is Yosef. I am a Palestinian Jew living in Nazareth of Galilee. I am writing this as a  personal documentation of the events happening in my life, as of right now. I do not think of myself  as a very literate man. I am merely a traveling carpenter. However, I feel that what I am witnessing  needs to at least be attempted at being put to scripture. So, I hope that if my written word does not  lose itself to time, future generations will be able to understand my pattern of speech.       Like I said, I live in Nazareth of Galilee. With me, lives my wife, Mary, and our son, Yeshua. He  is the reason I am writing this. I call him my son, only because it is customary. I have never actually  conceived with my beloved Mary. Yeshua was born of some miracle that I at first hesitated to call  Divine . The rabbis teach us that...

Jesus in the Temple      Bibliography. "Jesus and the Philosophers" from The Lost Books of the Bible edited by Rutherford  H. Platt, Jr.  Web Source      Notes:      * Jesus stays behind in the temple as Mary and Joseph leave after a feast.       * Jesus remains in the temple for three days discussing a plethora of topics such as astronomy, physics, metaphysics, nature, and the supernatural with the doctors, all learned men of Israel.       * Jesus reveals knowledge that was previously 'unknown to the mind of any creature.' 

Mary and Joseph's Flight into Egypt       Bibliography. "The Idol" from The Lost Books of the Bible  edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.  Web Source      Notes:      * Mary and Joseph enter Egypt with the infant Jesus.       *Commotion breaks out in the city upon their entry.       * The Egyptian idols speak to the inhabitants about the cause of the commotion. The true God, who is of greater power than them, has entered the city.       *The idols topple under God's/Jesus' power.       *A possessed boy puts Jesus' clothes on over his head and is cured.       *Mary pities a wild woman possessed by the Devil, who is then cleansed of her torment. 

Feedback Loop A Fixed Mindset Could Be Holding You Back      As an athlete, I definitely related to the point that this article was making. There's an old saying (I don't remember who wrote it). "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." I feel that people who 'can't' do things are people who put themselves in that kind of a mental state before getting stuck physically. The people who don't put limits on themselves literally don't have as many limits. Our minds can be more powerful than we give them credit for.  Rewire Your Self-critical Brain      I feel like this article gave physical evidence to back up the point of the previous article. It falsified stigmatic ideas about our brains not growing passed a certain age. What's more, this article gave scientific evidence that our emotions can affect our brains physically. This idea is very powerful to me. It shows how feedback, criticism, and our ...

Topic Brainstorm Homer's Odyssey      I think that the Odyssey is one of the greatest adventure stories. I've always liked adventure epics, so this story could give me a lot of ideas for my own version. There's literally infinite possibilities with a story like this. I'd certainly like to gain inspiration from it. Infancy Gospels      I've read some of the infancy and gnostic gospels about Jesus' birth and the miracles he performed as a young child. I thought they were extremely fascinating and definitely something worth exploring more. I could see myself getting a lot of story ideas from this topic.  Ancient Egyptian Myths and Stories      I don't know a lot about ancient Egyptian mythology as I haven't studied it in-depth. It seems like it could be as broad as Greek Mythology. If that's the case, there's a ton of stories waiting for me to read. I'm interested in learning more about Egyptian myth for sure....