Superheroes pagans & deities
Subtitle: evolution of the Eastern Mediteranean's great faiths : mystery, myth & mystique
By: Karl C. Hendrixsen
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Corystevens Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Ocala, Fla.?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780942893076
Subjects: Gods; Paganism; History and criticism; Religion
Other titles: Superheroes pagans and deities
Description: Mythology is the essence of memorable storytelling. From earliest times people in every part of the world have used oral narratives to describe the mysteries, tragedies, and foibles of human existence. Stories passed from generation to generation and were often filled with vivid imagery, gross exaggerations, and laced with inaccuracies. Due to the typically authoritarian setting for the storyteller, mythology evolved from simple explanations to the supernatural, the superhero, and the sacred. The result in all early cultures was complex and fanciful tales of humanoid gods and goddesses who impacted nature, human activities ranging from creation to birth, death, the afterlife, and everything in between. It is a human characteristic to want to believe in the superhuman. The legacy of mythology impacts us all. Superheroes Pagans & Deities makes the case that mythology and paganism continue to effect our daily lives.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-201) and index.
Table of contents: title: Early cultural evolution --; title: The origins of regional monotheism --; title: Babylon and Canaan at the time of Abraham --; title: Egypt around the time period of 1600 BCE --; title: Egyptian exodus mystery --; title: The Ten Plagues of Egypt --; title: Geologic causes of the Ten Plagues of Egypt --; title: The conflicting stories of Joseph --; title: Successor to Moses and mystery of the Promised Land --; title: Egypt's centrist position for early religion --; title: The Semitic Contribution to Egyptian monotheism --; title: Akhenaten, the heretic king --; title: Power surge to restore Egyptian paganism --; title: The rush to end monotheism in ancient Egypt --; title: Historical transcendence to a universal god --; title: Israelite prophets and the Talmud --; title: The divinity of Jesus Christ --; title: Islam --; title: Creation myths --; title: The afterlife of myth and religion --; title: Egyptian gods and goddesses --; title: The Hittites --; title: Sumerian and Akkadian gods --; title: Greek gods and goddesses --; title: Roman gods and goddesses --; title: Scandinavian gods --; title: Aztec gods.