Trickster

I really like the Bugs Bunny.

Trickster

We talked a lot about the trickster having an appetite and that being what drove the actions of this character. What seemed to keep popping up in my mind is that the trickster enjoys balance, and that this balance may be the actual long term incentive for the obscene person. Yes one of the tools are chaos, but that seems to be used to balance out some sort of deficiency with in the society. Robin Hood comes to mind when I think about this chaos creating balance. This "hero" reeks havoc on the rich, but his actions bring up the financial status of the poor. Yes in the Disney version there is some morals behind these actions, but as we stated in class, but in the less child like version this could just be the character being obscene and seeing beyond just the scene of the poor being unfairly treated, as seeing that in-order to keep the balance of his environment he needs to create chaos in the rich society. Also, because the trickster resides in the liminal space, there is a need to have some sort of balance between the world of the immortal, and the human race. The trickster needs both of these places to thrive in-order for his threshold or move between world to exist. If only one area is dominant, then his world no longer serves a purpose. This is why this character will steal items form the gods and give them to the humans. While it is seen as a great deed by the humans, it is really just a way to preserve this neither nor space where the obscene lives.

Jesus the Trickster?

This is going to sound a little strange, but in the case of giving humans some sort of devine need while taking the punishment for giving the humans these needs, it in some way sort of sounds like Jesus. He gives man kind eternal life, and takes on the sins that prevent people from normally having this. Yes it is not the gods punishing Jesus for giving man kind this eternal life, but there is still a punishment. Just a thought.

Moses

Another idea that came to mind about important biblical stones was when Moses hits the rock with his staff and water flows from it. Also the 10 Commandments were written on stones. I'm sure there are several more cases, but these two came to mind when I was thinking about Moses.

Arthur as JC

Wow the religious implications are pretty blatant in the end of this. Arthur dying and then being prophisised to return when Britain needs him screams Jesus Christ, as does the fact that he is betrayed by someone who used to be his follower (Mordred). This one is a little lose but Bedivere fails to return the sword to the lake as Peter denies Christ; however, Bedivere only fails to return the sword twice while Peter denies three times. Arthur fulfills a prophesy as does Jesus. Lancelot reminds me of the apostle Paul. At first he is harmful to Arthur as Paul was to the Christians, but at the end, he repents and becomes a priest as Paul became an apostle of Christ. Guinevere seems to me like Mary Magdalene. Guinevere was never a prostitute, but she sure wasn't faithful, but after the death of Arthur, she becomes a nun. Mary Magdalene was saved by Jesus from stoning, and then became on of his most devoted followers. That's all I have.

Hecate

According to wikipedia, Hecate, like many other goddesses, covers many different areas. Here are the ones listed on this oh so reliable website: "childbirth, nurturing the young, gates and walls, doorways, crossroads, magic, lunar lore, torches, and dogs." Dogs? It just seems like the Greeks were looking for a god/goddess for a dog, played spin the bottle, and boom Hecate- goddess of the dog. That was just a random thought. One interesting idea that wiki gave was that Zeus honored the goddess Hecate over all others. It also points out that she is the known for her knowledge of herbs and plants. This makes a lot of sense since it was herbs that she gave Jason so that he would be godlike. She also one heck of a mediator working between the Olympians and the Titans as well as mortals and divine spheres. She is also represented in threes (Ill include a picture). This makes a lot of sense she seems to represent the three stages of a woman goddess. These are just some interesting things I've learned.

Cult of Mithras (round 2)

I decided since I had a little time this morning I would try to find some more interesting information. I just googled in Cult of Mithras and went for it. There are two things that are pretty interesting in the head lines that popped up. The first is that The Cult of Mithras is a part of a couple video games so it OBVIOUSLY was violet. The second is that the majority of the headlines come up as the battle between The Cult of Mithras and Christianity. Some articles even say that Christianity stole many ideas from the cult. What I am still struggling to find is any violent actions these men took. There is talk about them being soldiers, but not slaughtering besides that of Mithras and the bull. Another little interesting fact is that the spell check on this blog does not recognize Mithras, but it does recognize Mithra. I thought that was kinda cool.