WIKIPEDIA TRAIL: Aphrodite to Dolphins

Aphrodite 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphrodite

I started my Wikipedia trail with Aphrodite. Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. She is one of the most famous Greek goddesses and I always enjoy stories that have her in them. Aphrodite is very complex and I think that is why she is so intriguing.

Eros 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros

Aphrodite led me to Eros. Eros is the greek god of sensual love and desire. Eros is described as a child of Aphrodite and Ares. Eros is very mischievous and has many different guises. He finesses his way to intervene with God ands mortals creating bonds of love to form. 

Cupid 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupid

Eros led me to Cupid, because Cupid in Latin means to desire. Cupid is the god of desire, erotic love, and affection.  Cupid is often known as the icon of Valentine's Day. Along with Eros and Aphrodi

Dolphin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin

In both ancient and later art, Cupid is seen riding a dolphin. This is what brings Aphrodite, to Eros, to Cupid, to Dolphins.

Aphrodite

Dolphin

WEEK 7 STORY: TIME FROZE

There once was a man named Time. Time was a wise man, he was very efficient and always punctual. Time had three wives, Telepathy, Teleport, and Travel. The three wives had a very dynamic friendship and got along really well, despite the fact they were sharing a husband. Time always ran errands for his wives and he never found it to be an inconvenience for him.
One day the wives each wanted their very own turquoise crystal. The only places to get these crystals were on the outskirts of the town in one of the most dangerous and isolated caves. Time being a wise man packed everything he would need for his journey. As he finally approached the freezing cave and reached for the crystals his hand began to freeze, then his whole are, and eventually Time was frozen.
Back home the wives were running out of food and missed there husband. It had been several days and he still had not returned. So, Telepathy closed her eyes and searched for her husband. Her intuition told her he was in trouble. She recognized where the cave was and told Teleport and Travel. Teleport recognized the cave and grabbed the hands of Telepathy and Travel and all of a sudden they were there in the cave. They all gasped, their sweet husband was frozen. They all hovered around him, unsure what to do. Time was frozen and all because they wanted some crystals. The wives gathered around him and tried to defrost him. They tried to break the ice and that didn't work. They tried everything and realized that they needed to come up with a plan. Telepathy had already used her power to find him and Teleport had already used her guidance to get them there, however Travel had not used her ability yet. Travel maybe the only way to save their husband. She held onto the hands of Telepathy and Teleport and they travelled back in time to before their husband left for his journey. They went back to before they even asked for the crystals and there their husband was, healthy and back to his normal self.

(Ice Crystal Cave)

Author's Note: The Dreamer, The Guide, and The Raiser of the Dead are all married to a man. Their husband was a great hunter, so everyday he went out hunting to bring back his wives food. One day he killed an antelope. They ate it, but soon complained of hunger a little later. So, the man went out to track an Ox because that would be the only to fill them up. However, once he tracked and shot the ox, the ox charged after him and he died. The wives were still hungry and missed their husband. The Dreamer had a dream of their husband being killed by an ox. She know of the road, so The Guide led them to where his body laid. Once they arrived The Raiser of the Dead brought him back to life. Then each wife decided to make him a pot of soup, once he was able to eat so he could pick the soup of his choice. Two of them killed fowls and made them, while the third put pig in her soup. The Raiser of the Dead had the winning soup because she gave him the gift of life.

Stories From Congo: How The Wives Restored Their Husband To Life

READING NOTES: CONGO PART B

The Leopard and the Crocodile: Web Link

I have noticed in the Congo Unit it is normal for a man to have many wives. Typically the man is always the provider of the house while the women are always asking for things. So, in this story a man befriended a leopard and a crocodile. He took advantage of the leopard and the crocodile by presenting them with palm nuts. However they didn't know about one another. So, the man continued to present and the leopard and the crocodile continued to give meat and fish. Until, the end when the leopard and the crocodile grew tired of palm nuts and wanted to eat a dog instead. The man coordinated that the leopard and crocodile meet up (thinking they were each meeting with a dog). The leopard and crocodile ended up fighting each other to the death. I liked the story and how simple it is. I also like the way the leopard and crocodile were friends with the human.

(Crocodile)

EXTRA CREDIT: CRASH COURSE/EXTRA READING

Triple Goddess: The Mother of Arles

Extra Credit: Crash Course/Extra Reading Notes 

Great Goddesses

Archetypes began with Carl Jung. He believed archetypes are collective unconscious as a result of just being human...

The Father Creator and the Great Mother are the Great Goddesses focused on in this clip.

The Goddess Movement focused on:

• Fertility aspects of the female
• Signified fertility
• Successful births

In this clip, Mike talked a lot about The Triple Goddess

The Triple Goddess

• Sorts goddesses into three types: virgin, mother, and crone
• System that sees women through the eyes of men (basically by sexiness)
• Control the cycles of growth, decay, and rebirth

Mother Goddesses are many multifaceted

We saw a lot of patterns in the stories other Mother Goddesses. Many times, Goddesses try to have a relationship with mortal men and it doesn't always work out. For instance, Otohame was a Goddess who took a fisherman and kept him her immortal world for centuries. He never aged, but became homesick. So, she then returned to home and told him to not open this box. Of course, he opened the box and aged the amount of centuries he had been away from home and died. 

  

Fire and Buffalo Goddesses

(Hawaii) 

When it comes to Fire Goddesses a lot of stories have to with places where there are volcanoes. 

Pe le was a tripple goddess and had three sisters. She had a long ongoing promise with one of her sisters. The promise was that Pe le wouldn't burn her sister's friend's land if she went to go get Pe le"s man and promise not to touch or seduce him. Pe le didn't keep her promise, so the sister kissed Pe le's man. Becasue Pe le is a triple goddess she made the volcanoes erupt. 

Buffalo Goddesses are mainly focused in Buffalo Nation. The People of Buffalo Nation have a complex religious system. The Buffalo Goddess, White Buffalo Calf Woman was a very impactful goddess. She gave many gifts to the buffalo nation and told them that they were special. 

Goddesses: 

• offer a sense of order  
• and encourage the right behavior will be rewarded
• powerful
• desirable
• give and take
• they suggest a relationship between worldly desire morals
• create social order: how to treat one another

Archetypes and Male Divinities
 

In mythology, males appear as:

• fathers
• sons
• kings
• judges
• savior
• sages
• shamans
• tricksters
• lords of destruction

From creation myths, fathers appear unapproachable and the son is always striving to take his spot, but they want to won over his approval...

King/judge: gods are in human leadership roles, justify monarchical power on earth

Male divinity act as judges to humans

Savior gods: 

• The son that will nourish humans
• Humans shaman appear in many cultures, super natural powers are used to find the answers to pressing question, ex: Hermes (messenger)

READING NOTES: CONGO TALES PART A

Stories From Congo: How The Wives Restored Their Husband To Life

I read Part A of the Congo unit from African Tales. I was intrigued to read these because some of them tells stories of magical powers embodied in physical form. I really enjoyed the story, How The Wives Restored Their Husband To Life. The three wives all had very long and beautiful names, and they each had their own power. The Dreamer, The Guide, and The Raiser of the Dead and they all played an important role in the story. I think if I was going to take anything from this story and incorporate it into my own, it would be the powers given to the wives. However, I don't see my story having one husband and three wives, but I like the idea of giving them powers.

Women of the Congo, 1885