Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Assignment #10: What I Have Learned From My Peers

Guan Yin: Her job is to save all the souls from earth before going to heaven, and she can transform herself into the creature she is saving in order to feel closer to it.

Sun Wukong: Monkey King flies around on a nimbus cloud that is reserved for him and only him.

Raven: Raven was originally white, but was turned black when trying to escape through a smokehole.

Komorkis: Komorkis is the mother of Morning Star, and the wife of the sun, Natosi.

Xi-Wangmu: She lives in the Kunlun Mountains in the far west, at the margin of heaven and earth. She also grows peaches of immortality in her garden.

Nut: Nut was extremely close with her twin brother Geb, and they were born embracing each other. They were separated so that life could exist between them.

Sekhmet: She helps pharaohs in battle and helps to heal the sick and injured.

Hathor: Hathor was portrayed as a cow in early eras, and was milked by the gods.

Ma'at: One of Ma'at's duties is to judge the dead's hearts against her feather. She also must guide her father across the sky every morning to raise the sun.

Thor: Thor is very brave and heroic, but not intelligent. He is stronger than an ox and "almost as smart."

Loki: The day Saturday has ties with the name of the trickster god, Loki.

Odin: Odin sacrificed an eye to drink from Mimir's well of wisdom.

Artemis: Artemis possesses arrows that can bring death and disease as well as the gift of healing.

Pandora: She was the first mortal woman created. Pandora was created to punish mankind for the actions of Prometheus.

The Jade Emperor: The Jade Emperor created the twelve zodiac symbols. He also partially caused the hatred between rats and cats.

Freyja: She receives half of the dead warriors while Odin receives the other half.

Glispa: The very beautiful woman became immortal at the age of 18.

Chang-e: Chang-e's best friend is her Jade rabbit, who she met when she floated up to the moon.

Rhea: Rhea is a devoted mother and is also in charge of her sacred lions.

Balder: Balder's mother asked all living and non-living objects to protect him, so he did not have many weaknesses.