Scandinavian Pantheon
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This 8 page paper explores the role of female deities within the Nordic Pantheon and relates that to modern Scandinavian society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KTgodpan.wps

Shaping the Conceptualization of Folk Culture
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A 10 page paper which examines how cultural nationalism and antimodernism have affected the concept of folk culture. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAnovsc.rtf

Similarities and Contrasts Between Classical and Sumerian Mythology
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A 10 page orientation to ancient mythology and a comparison of Sumarian and Classic Mythology. Bibliography lists nine sources.
Filename: Ancimy.wps

Steven Barnes’ “Lion’s Blood”
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This 5 page report discusses Steven Barnes 2002 book, “Lion’s Blood” which deals with an alternate history universe in which Africa colonized the Americas, bringing European slaves with them. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: BWlion.rtf

StinkyCheese and the Gingerbread Man
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(5 pp) Almost all of us love stories. There is even an old legend that the reason God created humans so that there would be someone to tell him the stories. Generally they are adapted or sanitized depending on the age in which they are told, and sometimes by the storyteller himself. And sometimes the story teller may just wonder what would happened if you just changed a certain part. Such is the case of The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka (1992) and Lane Smith (illustrator). In this discussion we will look both at the "stinky cheese man" and his predecessor through the work of Maria Tatar, in the 1998 version of The Classic Fairy Tales. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBstnkch.doc

Superman vs. Achilles, Odysseus, & Others
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In this excellently-prepared 7 page essay, the writer argues that motifs in modern stories such as Superman are actually derived from those of ancient mythology. Comparisons are made between Superman's weakness for Krypton and Achilles' heel... -or--the Norse god Balder,-- who was immune to everything except mistletoe. Moreover, just as Theseus had Ariadne, Superman had Lois Lane. Similarly, Aeneas can be compared to Clark Kent etc; No Bibliography.
Filename: Mythsupe.wps

The 'Nature' Of Egyptian Myths
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This 15 page paper explores the ancient Egyptian religious beliefs in terms of how it relates to nature and natural forces. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KTeytmyt.wps

The Battle of Zeus and Typhon and Parallels in Hindu and Zoroastrian Myth
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This 4 page report discusses the fact that some of the world’s most fascinating stories and myths are surprisingly similar despite the thousands of miles and years between lands and cultures. They each follow a very similar pattern, although that of the battle between Zeus and Typhon is the most well-delineated and graphically-portrayed of any of them. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWhesiod.rtf

The Bull and the Virgin: Two Very Different Spanish Symbols
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A 5 page discussion of the meaning of the symbolic representation of the bull and the Virgin Mary in Spanish culture. Contends that the symbology of the Virgin Mary and the Bull could be said to collectively represent the traditional patriarchal hierarchy of Spanish culture, the Virgin Mary representing the ultimate model of womanhood without any of its earthly and sinful connotations and the bull representing the sensual and bodily side of Spanish culture. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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