Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Worriors

Worriors


Deities

Ares (아레스) Greek the god of war
Artemis (아르테미스) Greek She is usually depicted as the maiden goddess of the hunt, bearing a bow and arrows.
Athena (아테나) Greek Athena is an armed warrior goddess, and appears in Greek mythology as a helper of many heroes, including Heracles, Jason, and Odysseus.
Bellona Roman Roman goddess
Freyja Norse Freyja is a fertility goddess, the sister of the fertility god Freyr and daughter of the sea god Njörðr. Freyja is also a goddess of war, battle, death, magic, prophecy, and wealth. Freyja is cited as receiving half of the dead lost in battle in her hall Fólkvangr, whereas Odin would receive the other half. Some scholars argue that Freyja, Frigg, and Gefion are avatars of each other. She is also sometimes associated with the Valkyries and disir.
Minerva (미네르바) Roman the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess Athena
Odin (오딘) Norse war, wisdom, battle, death, magic, poetry, victory, hunt
Sekhmet Egyptian Sekhmet is a warrior goddess depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians.
Valkyries Norse The Valkyries in Norse mythology are female deities, who serve Odin. The name means choosers of the slain or "Chanters of the slain" .
Vishpala Indian Vishpala (in The Rigveda) is a warrior queen who, after having lost a leg in battle had an iron prosthesis made. Afterwards, she returned to fight.


Myth (except Deities)

Amazons (Αμαζόνες) Greek The Amazons (in Greek, Αμαζόνες) are a mythical ancient nation of all-female warriors. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia. The histories and legends in Greek mythology may be inspired by warrior women among the Sarmatians.


History

Hua Mulan Chinese Hua Mulan a legendary woman who went to war disguised as a man.
Yim Wing-chun Chinese Yim Wing-chun, often cited in Wing Chun legends as the first Wing Chun master.


Superheros/heroines

Wonder Woman American Wonder Woman, a comic book character based on the Amazon legend


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:War_goddesses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:War_deities
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Goddesses_by_association
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deities_by_association

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

The Vine and the Branches, John


The Vine and the Branches.

It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.

- John 15,16

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Art, Iris Murdoch


Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than face the gods.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)