Bull God

Author : Roberta Gellis
Publisher : Belgrave House
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781947812420

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Bull God by Roberta Gellis Pdf

An epic tale of ancient Crete that depicts the curse of the Minotaur from its inception to conclusion, as told from the point of view of Ariadne, daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae. Stepping back into this visceral telling of an ancient myth, Crete and the palace of Knossos become vivid with color and life. The royal family, the gods, and Ariadne and the Minotaur are born fully formed, as the goddess Athena from Zeus’ head. It begins when she’s thirteen, on the day she is given by her parents to the shrine of Dionysus, the god of wine, to become his high priestess. Dionysus hears her Call, after generations of neglect, and he comes to her on the altar, promising to bless the island’s vines and grapes, and ignites desperate emotions in powerful people, jealousy, envy, fear—along with her family’s greed, that turn a god’s wrath against them. Thus, the curse of the Minotaur is born, a deformed babe, a monster, and Ariadne’s half-brother. She is the only person who feels the slightest compassion and tenderness towards the poor creature, caring for it when no one else will. He grows into a huge beast with the mind of a child, and the temper of a god, who will only obey Ariadne. Learning the ways of her god Dionysus, and through him the ancient gods of Olympus, Ariadne becomes a powerful force, capable of controlling her beautiful and kind, yet jealous and wrathful god.

Author : Michael Rice
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317725831

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The Power of the Bull by Michael Rice Pdf

Everyone has heard of the Minotaur in the labyrinth on Crete and many know that the Greek gods would adopt the guise of a bull to seduce mortal women. But what lies behind these legends? The Power of the Bull discusses mankind's enduring obsession with bulls. The bull is an almost universal symbol throughout Indo-European cultures. Bull cults proliferated in the Middle East and in many parts of North Africa, and one cult, Mithraism, was the greatest rival to Christianity in the Roman Empire. The Cults are divergent yet have certain core elements in common. Michael Rice argues that the ancient bulls were the supreme sacrificial animal. An examination of evidence from earliest prehistory onwards reveals the bull to be a symbol of political authority, sexual potency, economic wealth and vast subterranean powers. In some areas representations of the bull have varied little from earliest times, in others it has changed vastly over centuries. This volume provides a well-illustrated and accessible analysis of the exceptionally rich artistic inheritance associated with the bull.

Author : Donald K. Sharpes
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0820479020

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Sacred Bull, Holy Cow by Donald K. Sharpes Pdf

Original Scholarly Monograph

Author : George Bull (bp. of St. David's.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600045268

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Bishop Bull's works on the Trinity by George Bull (bp. of St. David's.) Pdf

Author : Robert Briffault
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Anthropology
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002503725

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The Mothers by Robert Briffault Pdf

Author : Gordon Roe
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462814923

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The Saga of White Bull the Fullest Extent of His Love by Gordon Roe Pdf

A Chief of a village named Black Elk goes in search of a child out in the wilderness when the childs well being would not let him rest during a cold and harsh winter. He rescues the little brave from his abusive parents who had nearly killed him then he and his wife adopted him and raised him as their own son. The little long haired brave grew up with an enormous amount of love for his new parents that treated him so kindly and for the entire tribe he now called his family.

Author : Bobby Bridger
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 029270917X

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Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull by Bobby Bridger Pdf

Army scout, buffalo hunter, Indian fighter, and impresario of the world-renowned "Wild West Show," William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody lived the real American West and also helped create the "West of the imagination." Born in 1846, he took part in the great westward migration, hunted the buffalo, and made friends among the Plains Indians, who gave him the name Pahaska (long hair). But as the frontier closed and his role in "winning the West" passed into legend, Buffalo Bill found himself becoming the symbol of the destruction of the buffalo and the American Indian. Deeply dismayed, he spent the rest of his life working to save the remaining buffalo and to preserve Plains Indian culture through his Wild West shows. This biography of William Cody focuses on his lifelong relationship with Plains Indians, a vital part of his life story that, surprisingly, has been seldom told. Bobby Bridger draws on many historical accounts and Cody's own memoirs to show how deeply intertwined Cody's life was with the Plains Indians. In particular, he demonstrates that the Lakota and Cheyenne were active cocreators of the Wild West shows, which helped them preserve the spiritual essence of their culture in the reservation era while also imparting something of it to white society in America and Europe. This dual story of Buffalo Bill and the Plains Indians clearly reveals how one West was lost, and another born, within the lifetime of one remarkable man.

Author : Walter Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : English wit and humor
ISBN : UOM:39015030849106

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Parodies of the Works of English & American Authors by Walter Hamilton Pdf

Author : William E. Wallace
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780691195490

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Michelangelo, God's Architect by William E. Wallace Pdf

"As he entered his seventies, the great Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo despaired that his productive years were over. Anguished by the death of friends and discouraged by the loss of commissions to younger artists, this supreme Renaissance painter and sculptor began carving his own tomb. It was at this unlikely moment that fate intervened to task Michelangelo with the most ambitious and daunting project of his long creative life--the design and construction of St. Peter's Basilica. In this richly illustrated book, William Wallace tells for the first time the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades--and of how the artist transformed himself into one of the greatest architects of the Renaissance"--Back cover.

Author : Jeremy McInerney
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691140070

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The Cattle of the Sun by Jeremy McInerney Pdf

Includes selections translated from the Ancient Greek.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : CUB:U183015730076

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Notes and Queries by Anonim Pdf

Author : Einar Haugen,Camilla Cai
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0299132501

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Ole Bull by Einar Haugen,Camilla Cai Pdf

A child prodigy, Bull was admitted to the Bergen orchestra as first violin at the age of eight. He soon was idolized on both sides of the Atlantic for his superb improvisations and his ability to play the violin polyphonically. Though he was hailed as "the Paganini of the North," some critics labeled him a charlatan for his apparently magic tricks on the violin. Bull counted among his friends the great names of his era: Schumann and Lizst, Emerson and Wagner. Longfellow and Hans Christian Andersen modeled characters on him, and he was in part the inspiration for Ibsen's Peer Gynt. Although he spent most of his adult life abroad, Bull was a tireless promoter of Norwegian art and culture. His concert improvisations were rooted in his native slåtter (folkdance tunes), and he modified his own instrument using the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle as a model. By mid-century, Bull realized his dream of establishing a national theater in Bergen. He gave Henrik Ibsen a start in theater management, employed the poet Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and promoted the music of Edvard Grieg. His attempt to establish a Norwegian colony, "Oleana," in the United States, however, failed through poor management. The words of the poet Aasmund Vinje, "That surely would be a man to write a book about," have been taken to heart by authors Einar Haugen and Camilla Cai. In addition to providing the first comprehensive listing of Bull's works (with full descriptions of all known sources), analyses of his compositions and their influences, and reviews of his performances, this biography gives life once again to a fascinating and flamboyant figure.

Author : George Bull
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1725
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022861306

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The Works of the Right Reverend George Bull ... Concerning the Holy Trinity. Consisting of I. The Defence of the Nicene Creed. II. The Judgment of the Catholic Church of the Three First Centuries, Concerning the Necessity of Believing that Our Lord Jesus Christ is True God, Asserted Against M. Simon Episcopius, and Others. III. The Primitive and Apostolical Tradition Concerning the Received Doctrine in the Catholick Church of ... Jesus Christ's Divinity, Asserted ... Against Daniel Zuicker ... Translated Into English: with the Notes and Observations of Dr. Grabe ... By Fr. Holland by George Bull Pdf

Author : Michael Kessler,White Wolf Publishing, Incorporated,Geoff Skellams,Andrew Watt,Voronica Whitney-Robinson
Publisher : White Wolf Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1588466779

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Houses of the Bull God by Michael Kessler,White Wolf Publishing, Incorporated,Geoff Skellams,Andrew Watt,Voronica Whitney-Robinson Pdf

Created by the machinations of Ahlat, the Southern God of War, Harborhead is a nation in turmoil. A state built on conquest and blood sacrifice, it has had its warlike, expansionist tendencies and intertribal violence curtailed by the Realm's force of arms. Its armies conquered, its people enslaved and its resources stolen to enrich the Empress' coffers, Harborhead has suffered under the Realm's yoke for hundreds of years. Houses of the Bull God details the nation of Harborhead, a long-time satrapy of the Realm. Though subjugated by the Scarlet Empire, its Five Peoples yet harbor dreams of freedom - and of conquest. Now, with the Empress gone and the Great Houses busy preparing for civil war on the Blessed Isle, the opportunity to realize those dreams seems to be at hand. But the Realm isn't likely to give up such a rich territory without a fight. Inside are presented the important players on both sides of this coming conflict and the War God Ahlat and his retinue, the only ones who will profit from the impending struggle regardless of its outcome. Book jacket.

Author : Ian Anderson
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 1895811635

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Sitting Bull's Boss by Ian Anderson Pdf

James Morrow Walsh can rightfully be called the original Mountie. In late 1873 he led the first troop of scarlet-coated policemen toward the great Canadian prairie. In the summer of 1875 he was assigned to construct Fort Walsh in the Cypress Hills above the Canada-U.S. border. Below the border, or medicine line as the Sioux Nation knew it, 15,000 Native Americans were drawn a year later to the camp of Sitting Bull on the Little Bighorn River. By 1877, newspaper headlines from Chicago to New York tweaked the curiosity of millions by referring to Walsh as "Sitting Bull's Boss." The years leading up to those headlines and the times that followed were the most dramatic era in the history of the west.