book V

 "But Diana was not merely a patroness of wild beasts, a mistress of woods and hills, of lonely glades and sounding rivers; conceived as the moon, and especially, it would seem, as the yellow harvest moon, she filled the farmer’s grange with goodly fruits, and heard the prayers of women in travail." (The Golden Bough Chp 7 pg 3)

Minerva, Muses, Pegasus: Minerva goes to the Muses to see a new marvel beneath Pegasus' hoof.

The Pierides: Sisters who challenge the Muses to the art of song.

Ceres & Proserpina: Prosepina is kidnapped by Pluto who received Cupids blow as Ceres searches for her.

Arethusa & Alpheus: Arethusa who was once a Nymph, lusted for by Alpheus is turned to a spring by Diana but still ends up mingling with Alpheus.

The Pierides-again: Upon losing to the Muses these sisters are turned into Magpies.

a perfect ganesh (3 clues to mythology)

I had the pleasure of seeing my mother in the most recent black box theatre presentation of A Perfect Ganesh you would all learn a great deal about mythology by seeing this show... Its not for the light of heart... so be warned. What I learned related to mythology,
#1. Two women go on a quest for self- healing

#2. They find themselves all too deeply

#3. They relate their personal losses in similarity from the god, Ganesh....

There is so much more... you must see the show to appreciate all the mythology... it will be worth your while

bad days are bad

"In these evil spirits primitive man sees the cause of many if not most of his troubles, and he fancies that if he can only deliver himself from them, things will go better with him." (Frazer 524)

I think all of my bad days are relatively the same. Usually it starts out with waking up late, getting somewhere and having everyone around you irritate you. When at work, every customer seems like the dumbest person in the world. You just wish they would all understand how crappy customer service is. Hearing the same complaints over and over and over again. You just want to snap. Luckily, I no longer work in customer service so my bad days are for the most part retired. If I do have a bad day, its usually resulting in something I did to myself and I'm just looking for others to blame. I try to be as positive as I can resulting in a decrease in bad days.

book IV

The Daughter of Minyas- Rebels of Baccus' reign, tell stories whilst a great celebration happens.

Pyramus & Thisbe- A version of "Romeo and Juliet."

Mars, Venus, Vulcan & the Sun- Mars & Venus are performing adultery, the son sees, tell Vulcan who traps them in a net only to show the other gods their shame.

Athamas & Ino- Athamas kills their son while poisened, Ino then jumps off a cliff with the boy only to be prayed for by Venus resulting in their transformation into gods.

Cadmus & Harmonia- Cadmus is transformed to serpent caressing his wife, Harmonia, she then is transformed to a snake as well.

Book III

Actaeon- A hunter who sees the goddess Diana naked, soon becomes the hunted.

Semele- ANOTHER of Jove's mistresses persuaded by Juno to Jove to "embrace Saturnia" which leads to her bolted death but her unborn child is taked and kept safe in Jove's thigh.

Tiresias- The man/woman who decides the sex of Baccus (Semele's kin)  to be man, Juno gets mad (surprise surprise) and Jove lessens his punishment to be making him blind but with the power to see into the future.

Narcissus & Echo- The "Brad Pitt" of the time not interested in Echo who dies of a broken heart but is still heard in the mountains due to Juno's curse.

Pentheus- He who questions Baccus strays away and tries to spy only to end up sparagmos by his Theban women.

Book II

"Sometimes it is the souls of the dead which are believed to animate trees." The Golden Bough p. 114

Here are some reflections from book two of Metamorpheses.

• Phaethon- In short, he demands his fathers chariot and causes amuck in the skies as well as the earth eventually leading to his untimely death.

• Heliades- Phaethons sister who weep his death and become trees at his grave.

• Cycnus- Phaethons kin transformed to a swan despite Joves murdurous bolt.
• Callisto- Another of Jove's virgins who gets pregnant and banished and to a bear by Juno. What a bitch!
• Battus- The man who betrays Mercury and is turned to the "telltale" stone.

Ovid book 1

• The Creation- There is nothing and then a god creates the world.
• The Four Ages- Gold: Everything is perfect, Silver: 4 seasons began, Bronze: People began cruelty, Iron: Bad thoughts took the mind of humans such as murder and so on and so forth.
• The Giants- Giants roamed the land and tried to take the skies.
• Lycaon- The man who prevoked Jove to destroy the human race.
• The Flood- Basically Jove floods the whole earth due to Lycaons attempt to assasinate him.
• Deucalion & Pyrrha- The "Adam and Eve" of the new world.
• Python- A great serpent killed by Phoebus.
• Apollo and Daphne- Cupid shoots Apollo and he falls in love with Daphne, who would rather be a tree than be with him I suppose.
• Io & Jove- Jove decides he wants Io so he rapes her and then (how gentlemanly) turns her into a cow then gives he to his wife Juno.
• Syrinx- A nymph in a story Mercury tells Argus.
• Io & Jove- Io turns from heifer to goddess.
• Phaethon- A peer of Io's son, his father is the sun whom he would like to meet... but we will explore that story in the next book.