walfrey's works

Friday, December 29, 2006

Citation

Works Cited

D’Aulaires, Edgar Parin. D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Mythology. New York. Delacorte Press. 1962.

Pinsent, John. Greek Mythology. Middlesex England. The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited. 1969.

Patrick, Richard. All Color Book of Greek Mythology. New York. 1972.

Ions, Veronica. Indian Mythology. London. Chancellor Press. 1967.

Millidge, Judith, Editor. Ancient Cultures, Indian Gods and Myths. New Jersey. Chartwell Books. 1998.

Berriedale, Keith. The Great Gods of the Epic. The Mythology of All Races. Louis Herbert Gray. Volume 6. New York. Cooper Square Publisher Inc. 1964.

Millidge, Judith, ed. Japanese Gods and Myths. Edison: Chartwell Books, 1998.

Ions, Veronica. Egyptian Mythology. London: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1968.

Mercatante, Anthony. "Cernunnos." The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend. Anthony Mercatante. Second. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2004.


Jordan, Michael. "Cerridwen." Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Michael Jordan. Second. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2004



“Poseidon.”http://www.webster.k12.mo.us/Schools/Edgar/ward/Fourthgradehomepages/murphyweb/casey_greek_webpage.htm. December 19, 2006.

“Athena.”
http://www.crepuscolo.net/immagini/fantasy/forgotten/imagepages/image8.html. December 19, 2006.

“Shiva.”
http://rinoa.nu/shiva/godshiva.html. December 19, 2006.

“Durga.”
http://rinoa.nu/shiva/godshiva.html. December 19, 2006.

“Thoth.”
http://www.tarotnorge.com/articles/history.htm. December 22, 2006.

“Shen Yi.”
http://www.3kingdoms.net/rtkportraithtm/rtk7portraitshtm/rtk7ports1.htm. December 22, 2006.

“The Moon Goddess.”
http://storiesfromchina.myblogsite.com/blog. December 22, 2006.

“Cernunnos.”
http://www.magickdream.com/wolfrose/cern.html. December 22, 2006.

“Cerridwen.”
http://www.ilcerchiodellaluna.it/central_Dee_Cerridwen.htm. December 22, 2006.

“Mensabek.”
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/gods.html. December 22, 2006.

“Tlazolteotl.”
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/topics/gods.html. December 22, 2006.

“Philippine Treasures.”
http://www.reflectionsofasia.com/philippine_treasures.htm. December 28, 2006.

Jonathan Enrelower. http://quizilla.com/users/NeoPrincessSerinity. December 28, 2006.

God in the Water. http://www.wessleyfreeheart.com/painting.html. December 28, 2006.

Lava. http://bigadventures123.com/PREFACE.htm. December 28, 2006.



Thursday, December 28, 2006

WALFREY'S "GODS"
APOY

Apoy is a very powerful god. He is known as the Lava God, the Father of fire and the Volcano God. His strength comes from fire and lava. He can manipulate fire and lava and use it as his weapon. It is believed that one night he was sleepwalking. He climbed a volcano and when he got to the top of the volcano, he fell into a pit filled with lava. Apoy did feel anything. In fact he swam in the lava. He became very comfortable with the lava that he decided to live there. As he lived in the lava he noticed that he was able to control all the volcanoes in the world. So it is believed that when a volcano erupts, it is because Apoy is mad, and when a volcano is dormant, it is because Apoy is hibernating.

TUBIG
Tubig is the fierce god of water. He has the power to manipulate water and any liquid substance in the earth. It was told that Tubig got his power when he was a little boy. As a young boy he was always getting bullied. One day a group of people was bullying him and they decided to drown him in the sea. Tubig’s spirit remained in the water but his body floated away to an isolated island. Nobody ever found his body. People say that when a there is a tsunami the water forms a face that looks like Tubig. Tubig controlled the sea. He sent tsunamis whenever he felt like it. Rain is also because of Tubig. When he cries, the ocean gets too much water that the clouds are forced to pick some up and distribute it to the land. Tubig is usually shown as an old man in pictures.

HANGEN

Hangen is the Wind Goddess. She is responsible for the tornadoes and monsoons. Hangen is the daughter of the most powerful god in the universe, Eartho. It was said the Hangen ran away from Eartho because they got into a very big argument. It is said that whenever tornadoes and monsoons came, it was a reminder to Eartho that she was still mad at him. Eartho and Hangen have not reconciled yet. That is why we still have tornadoes and monsoons. People say that if the two would reconcile there would be no more tornadoes and monsoons. Also, it would bring a moderate climate to the rest of the world.

GLORINA

Glorina is the most powerful and most widely respected goddess in the universe. She is very beautiful and her presence brings everybody in the room in awe. She is also cupid’s mother. Glorina is responsible with the “falling in love” between two lovers. Unlike cupid who shoots arrows, Glorina sings love songs to the lovers’ ears. When the lovers hear the music coming from Glorina, the lovers meet eye to eye and kiss. Glorina has the power to sway people’s emotions. Most agree that this is the most compelling power to have. Glorina is one with many voices. Through her songs she can make people feel sad or happy or worried or carefree. What the most spectacular ability that Glorina possesses is her perfect timing in swaying people’s emotions. People say that lovers who were brought together by Glorina will never get heartbroken. Their love will last through eternity.

Filipino

PHILIPPINE MUSIC:


A very popular type of music in the Philippines at the end of the nineteenth century and early part of the twentieth, is Kundiman. Kundiman is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. The melody is characterized by smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman as considered as an art form. Filipino composers such as Francisco Santiago and Nicanor Abelardo formalized the Kundiman and sought poetry for their lyrics, blending verse and music in equal parts. The singers of the kundiman expresses the pain and beauty of love felt by every listener. The kundiman iss not merely entertainment but an embodiment of collective emotion. The kundiman naturally served to express patriotism in times of colonial oppression, in which the love for a woman actually symbolized the love of country and desire for freedom.

Harana- Popular way to serenade girls in the Philippines. Usually the boy goes to the girl’s house at night and sings love songs. Songs are often sung with somebody playing a guitar.

Musical Timeline in the Philippines:

1970
A revival of Spanish zarzuela began.
The Manila sound of Pinoy rock begins.
1978
Freddie Aguilar’s “Anak” is the most popular Filipino song in history, and helps popularize pinoy rock.

1986
Pinoy rock becomes socially aware in its lyrical tone, and helps set the stage for a revolution in this year; at the same time, some reject this new development, resulting in a punk rock scene in Manila.
1992
The release of Frncis Magalona’s Rap is Francis M. moves Pinoy rap towrds a more distinctive national sound.
Recent
Artists that are very popular now in the Phillipines are Eraserheads and Parokya ni Edgar (rock), Regine Velasquez, MYMP and Martin Nievera (pop), Southborder and Freestyle (R&B) and Gloc 9 (hip hop).

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Gods and Goddesses

GREEK GOD AND GODDESS
POSEIDON




Poseidon, a violent and moody individual, is the lord of the sea. He is also known as the “Earth Shaker.” When Poseidon is calm, land can be seen because the water level is not high. When Poseidon is angry waves wreck ships and he drowns those who lived by the shore. Poseidon became the lord of the sea because of a girl named Neried. Neried was the daughter of Nereus, the former ruler of the sea. When Nereid and Poseidon got married, Poseidon inherited the name of the lord of the sea.
ATHENA





Athena is the goddess of wisdom. She is Zeus’s favorite child. Her mother is Metis, the goddess of prudence. Metis is the first wife of Zeus. Zeus was told that his wife Metis would bear him a son that would dethrone him. So when Metis transformed into a fly, Zeus swallowed her. Metis was stuck in Zeus’s head, guiding him there. Metis was pregnant and Zeus didn’t know this. When Metis was going to have her baby, she hammered Zeus’s head and out came Athena.

INDIAN GOD AND GODDESS
Shiva



Shiva is an ancient god. Shiva is often worshipped in the form of a lingam, a stone phallus. The stone phallus represents the underlying unity of existence in which all opposites are reconciled. Shiva is known as “the creator and destroyer. He is also known as the lord of the dance. As well as being a bringer of death. He conquers death and disease and is invoked to cure sickness.

The Mother Goddess



The mother goddess is Shiva’s bride. She is the perfect wife. She exists in forms of Sati and Parvatti. She has nice forms but also horrible forms as well. As a Durga, She is a beautiful and ferocious warrior goddess. As Kali, she is the hideous personification of death and destruction. She is usually seen with a flaming third eye on her forehead, has four arms and is covered with tiger skin.


EGYPTIAN GOD AND GODDESS
Thoth


Thoth is the Egyptian moon god. He was a god of wisdom and he was involved with magic, music, medicine, astronomy, geometry, surveying, drawing and writing. Thoth is shown in human form with the head of an ibis. He also wore a crown consisting of a crescent moon topped by a moon disk. He is also shown as an ibis or a baboon. Both the ibis and the baboon were sacred to him. He lived in the Nile delta region, Hermopolis. Thoth was known for protecting Isis during her pregnancy and healing her son Horus when Seth tore out his left eye. Thoth was very popular in medieval magic and alchemy. Thoth was also a god of the underworld, where he served as a clerk who recorded the judgments on the souls of the dead.
Isis

Isis is the Egyptian goddess of rebirth. She is well known for her empowered femininity. Geb, the god of the Earth, was her father and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky was her mother. Isis was their first daughter and was born on the first day between the first years of creation. Isis taught women how to grind corn and make corn bread, spin flax and weave cloth. She also taught women how to tame men enough to live with them. Isis was worshipped for her knowledge of medicine and wisdom.
CHINESE GOD AND GODDESS
Shen Yi


Shen Yi is the Chinese sun god. He is usually displayed with a sun in his hand. When the earth was scorched by the heat of ten suns, he shot nine with his arrows and became the ruler of the remaining one. By doing this, he became known as “Heavenly Archer.” Shen Yi was granted a drug of immortality and he went to the abode of the immortals, heaven. His wife, Chang, tried to eat the drug but caught her before she ate it all. Due to eating only partial amount of the drug, his wife did not reached the heaven and had to settle in the moon. His enemy was the wind god, Fei Lian.
Chang


Chang is the moon goddess. She is the younger sister of the Water Spirit. She has a husband named Shen Yi, the Excellent Archer, who was given the drug of immortality by the gods. Chang found this drug of immortality and she ate it. After eating it she was able to fly. When Shen I found out that Chang ate the “drug,” Chang fled from him. She flew into the sky until she reached the Moon. She made the moon her new home. She became the Goddess of the moon and her husband became the God of the Sun. After a short separation, Chang and Shen Yi reconciled. Chang is usually presented with a hare. She represents the source of yin, the female principle, as Her husband symbolizes yang, the masculine.
CELTIC GOD AND GODDESS
Cernunnos
Cernunnos is known as the Horned God, the God of Nature, the God of the Underworld and the Astral Plane and the great Father. Creatures called druids knew Cernunnos as Hu Gadarn, the Horned Gods of Fertility. He is displayed with horns on his head, long curling hair, a beard and sometimes holding a spear and shield. Symbols the represented him was the stag, ram, bull and horned serpent. Cernunnos resided in Gaul, which is now central France. He became a prototype for the Christian anti-God, Satan scaring the European people away from their Old Religion.
Cerridwen
Cerridwen is the Moon Goddess. She is also known as the Great Mother, the Grain Goddess and the Goddess of Nature. Her husband is the giant “Tegid.” She has a beautiful daughter named Creirwy and two ugly sons named Avagdu and Movaran. Cerridwen is also known as an evil goddess with dark powers. She is the keeper of the cauldron of the underworld, in which inspiration and divine knowledge are brewed. Sometimes, she is also related to the Greek Muses, only in a more violent and dark form.





LATIN AMERICAN GOD AND GODDESS

Mensabek

Mensabek is the god of rain. He was developed by the Mayan culture. Mensabek is defined as the maker of powder. This definition relates to the mythical method of how Mesabek makes rain. It was believed that Mensabek made black powder and he would give them to his assistants. His assistants, in turn, poured the powder over the clouds and created dark, rain enclosed, clouds.

Tlazolteotl

Latin American gods and goddesses served as explanations of normal everyday occurrences. The Aztecs goddess named Tlazolteotl, was known as the mother of all gods. Aztecs believed that Tlazolteotl consumed the sins of the Aztecs, leaving them pure. Tlazolteotl was also the goddess of childbirth and was widely worshipped. The squatting position for childbirth was, at the time, common all over the world. She was worshipped because she symbolized the answers for the uncontrollable fate of humans.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Mythology

MYTHOLOGY
Mythology can be defined as a collection of stories, which describes the history of a certain group of people. It is associtead with the cultural ethnic background of its origin.