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171 pages of results. 11. Tower Myths (Moons, Myths and Man) [Books]
... From: Moons, Myths and Man by H. S. Bellamy CD Rom Home Last | Contents | Next 16 Tower Myths When the ancestral mountain was abandoned the descendants had lost a convenient rallying ground, where their affections were fixed, which could be seen from afar, and by which they could take their bearings when out scouting in unknown territory. In order to return to their settlements in the plains without getting lost in the vast wilderness, they either tried to build it on some natural eminence, or they decided to build an artificial hill. To either they transferred their awe and veneration, and assigned its top to their deities. Let us build a tower ...
12. Notes (The Atlantis Myth) [Books]
... From: The Atlantis Myth by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents Title Page | Ch. 1 | Ch. 2 | Ch. 3 | Ch. 4 | Ch. 5 | Ch. 6 | Ch. 7 | Ch. 8 | Ch. 9 | Ch. 10 | Ch. 11 | Ch. 12 | Ch. 13 | Ch. 14 | Ch. 15 | Ch. 16 | Ch. 17 | Ch. 18 | Conclusion | Notes | Bibliography | Index | Notes The Greek myths are probably the most complicated and confused in the mythology of the world. As smaller tribes coalesced into ever bigger units, their traditions ...
13. The Myth of the Tower [Books]
... From: In the Beginning: God by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents In the Beginning: God XVI The Myth of the Tower (xi. 2) (Originally] the whole earth was of one language, . (2 ) And .. . as they journeyed from the east . , . they found a plain .. . and they dwelt there. (4 ) And they said .. . Let. us build a city and a tower whose top my reach unto heaven .. . lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth (5 ) And the Lord came . . . to see the city . ...
... From: The Book of Revelation is History by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents Contents | Intro Cosmological Interpretation The First Cycle of Myths The Second Cycle of Myths The Third Cycle of Myths Capture Cataclysm of Luna Appendices Notes The Third Cycle of Myths THE TWENTY-FIRST MYTH (Rev. xix. 4-6, 11-16, 19-21a) (xix. 4) And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne . . . (11) And 1 saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him .. . do th .. . make war. (12) His ...
... From: Moons, Myths and Man by H. S. Bellamy CD Rom Home Last | Contents | Next 2 Myths- Man's Records of the Long Past At the conclusion of the last chapter I suggested that Man experienced the cataclysm of at least the predecessor of our present Moon the Tertiary Satellite and that the life of Man was greatly influenced thereby. In this book I shall endeavour to show that men have been an intelligent audience, watching the development of the cosmic drama, its rising to a climax, and solution of its crisis, from safe seats on certain mountain heights, and from other places of refuge. And diluvial' man has perpetuated his tremendous experiences ...
16. Aster and Disaster: Toward a Catastrophist Mode of Mythological Interpretation [Journals] [Kronos]
... , which appears below, deals with the nature of mythic tradition and its relation to other forms of oral and written literature Later articles will deal with the tradition of the Golden Age, the consequences of the Fall reputed to have terminated that blissful era, and disguised recapitulations of paradisial and lapsarian situations in subsequent human thought and behavior. DEFINING MYTH To ascertain the meaning of the term "myth", a number of procedures are helpful. Of these, the simplest is to look it up in a standard lexicon, such as The American Heritage Dictionary, where we find myth defined as 1. traditional story 2. body of myths 3. fiction 4. half-truth 5. ...
17. The Creation of Woman [Books]
... From: In the Beginning: God by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents In the Beginning: God VIII The Creation of Woman As we have seen in the preceding chapter it is a peculiar trait of many of the myths describing the creation of mankind that, only males were first called into existence. The women were created later in other ways, and out of other materials. In the Book of Genesis the myth of the creation of woman runs as follows: (ii. 21) The Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam .. . And he took one of his ribs .. . (22) And the rib and ...
18. The Night of the Gods Vol II [Books]
... 1896. MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR. T may be interesting to briefly indicate the various steps which led an official in one of the great public departments, whose active life was spent in the discharge of duties of a very different' if not less arduous kind, to devote years of labour to the study of the origin of cosmopolitan religious myths and symbols' and embody the results in a work of so profound and varied a character. Gifted with intellectual powers of no mean order, Mr. O'Neill combined an exceptional capacity for grasping general principles with a marvellous patience in mastering details. This faculty was fully recognised by his departmental superiors' and marked him out for employment from ...
19. The Great Flood -- the Myth in Genesis [Books]
... From: In the Beginning: God by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents In the Beginning: God XIII The Great Flood- the Myth in Genesis Let us first consider the Flood Myth. In its essentials, shorn of all literary by-work and unnecessary repetitions, it runs of all literary J as follows: (vi. 11) The earth .. . was corrupt .. . and .. . filled with violence. (13) And God said .. . (17) .. . I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth .. . and every thing that is in the earth shall die. (vii.10 ...
20. IN THE BEGINNING [Books]
... From: In the Beginning: God by H. S. Bellamy CD Home | Contents IN THE BEGINNING GOD NOTES Note 1 - The cosmogonic myths of the Book of Genesis have at all times aroused man's curiosity, but interest in them has always been frowned upon. Again and again the caution was given in ancient Jewish commentaries to refrain from inquiring into what was before the earth was'. The Jews roundly forbade the discussion of such problems in public and in groups. The Talmud decreed (Hagigah ii. i) The creation lore is not to be taught before more than one disciple' for obvious reasons. Another regulation was that the student had to crouch, ...
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