General information about Curse Tablets has been gathered from Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds by Daniel Ogden, specifically his chapter “Curses.” This essay focuses on the curse tablets of Ancient Greece in the Classical and Hellenistic period. Buried across what was Ancient Greece are curse tablets, or binding spells (in ...
Do you know what phase of the moon you were born under? If you don’t, there are many handy websites out there for disseminating the precise phase of the moon at the exact moment of your birth. One website you can key your birthdate info into can be found here. It will tell you which ...
Astarte, the Assyrian goddess, is one of the oldest goddesses known to – – and worshipped by – – humankind. As was the case with most deities, she had reign over many different things. Some referred to her as the queen of heaven and it was believed that she ruled over both the moon and ...
For centuries, the black cat has been a powerful symbol, representing a range of topics from witchcraft, Halloween, and they’ve even been used in advertising. The black cat’s connotation has often been negative, commonly seen as signs of bad luck in many cultures, and their association with witchcraft has fated them to be a permanent ...
Numerous underlying themes are present throughout Macbeth, the classic play written by the great playwright, William Shakespeare. One of the chiefs themes present throughout the play, however, is that of ambition. Ambition was a theme that was clearly evident as Macbeth, and his counterpart, Lady Macbeth continued to strive for political power and glory, and ...
Shakespeare’s choice of the supernatural, historically based plot of Macbeth was not an arbitrary one. The Scottish King James VI ascended the throne in 1603 and was, thereafter, known as King James I of England. The date of Shakespeare’s Macbeth is placed at between 1605 and 1606. Shakespeare chose a theme that would please the ...
Literature and art are replete with allusions to Greek mythology. For example, a painting of Botticelli depicts the birth of Venus, and Handel wrote some lovely music for an oratorio entitled “Semele.” I personally have wanted to trace these myths back to their original source as much as possible, and perhaps others have had the ...
Inversion Sets the Stage In the play’s opening scene, King Lear sets the mechanism of inversion in motion by dividing his kingdom between his evil daughters, Regan and Goneril, disowning his good daughter, Cordelia, and banishing his loyal servant, Kent. In so doing, he “divests” himself of those persons who represent goodness, honesty, loyalty, and ...
Phoebe is a medium-sized satellite of Saturn, NASA claims that its radius is 106.5 kilometers, which makes it considerably smaller that Titan but larger than such small chunks of rock as Pan and Daphnis. It traces a giant-size ellipse as it revolves around its mother planet. The semimajor axis of its orbit is more than ...
Trees hold a special place in our family. They are equally sacred to the Native American and Celtic sides of our family tree. While Oklahoma isn’t the best climate in which to grow willow trees, there are a few sprinkled throughout the state. Most of the Native American tribes associated with Oklahoma have a special ...
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