I apologize for not having another week of Egyptian mythology (I could’ve had a whole blog dedicated to it!) as one of you would have liked, but ironically my favorite movie of all time is Disney’s Hercules. However, since Heracles is a demigod, there will unfortunately not be any blog posts on him. If you […]

This week, I decided to go back to the roots of this blog: Ancient Egypt! For my last two passion blogs, I want to write them on my favorite region (Egypt) and my favorite god/goddess (you’ll find out next week!). In this blog, I’ll introduce you to Sekhmet. Names: Sekhmet, Sakhmet, “She who is powerful,” and […]

This semester I am taking a course on Ancient Mesopotamia, and it is absolutely fascinating to catch a glimpse of the ancient world through the eyes of the Sumerians. I had such a hard time picking just one god to post about since they are all so interesting. This week, I will introduce you all […]

I don’t know about you guys, but I am definitely feeling the burnout at this point in the semester and the lack of any multiple day breaks doesn’t help. Anyways….for this week’s blog, I decided to dive into something that I don’t know about outside of what Marvel and its Avengers movies have taught me: […]

As we are finishing up our deliberation topic on food waste and beginning our issue briefs on environmental issues, this week I’d like to introduce you to the Greek goddess Gaia. Names: Greek – Gaia, Gaea. Roman – Terra, Tellus. Region: Greece / Ancient Mediterranean God of: Gaia is the goddess of the Earth and mother of all […]

For this week’s passion blog I’ll be researching a topic I know almost nothing about, so I apologize if it’s an overgeneralized pain of a read. As requested, I’ll be introducing the Mesoamerican deity Quetzalcoatl. Names: Quetzalcoatl, Kukulkan, Gucumatz, and Ehecatl Region: Mesoamerica God of: Quetzalcoatl is considered the Creator God, as he created the world and mankind. […]

If you’ve heard anything about Ancient Egypt, then you may have heard of Anubis. Anubis is the Greek name of the Egyptian god Anpu; however, for the sake of this blog, I will be referring to the god by the more popular Greek name.   Names: Anubis, Anpu, and Inpu Region: Ancient Egypt God of: Anubis […]