...People have many different aspects of Loki, having their own opinions on him, Hero, Villian, other, and I believe that he is an Anti-Hero. Loki has all the traits and Anti-Hero would have, he has no goal, he switches sides, he’s a trickster, and he does wrong, then goes back to make it right. There aren't many details that stand out in the book to me but just looking at few of the things he does all arrows point at Anti-Hero. Loki would be considered an Anti-Hero by many, including myself because he has no goal. For example, in the book when the Eagle stole their food Loki tried defending Odin to help him (and himself) to get the food back from the Eagle, but then when he got caught by the Eagle he quickly turned. Usually, when heroes get in the deathly position they don't care and do the best they can to save others before saving themselves but Loki makes a very nonhero-like decision and made that bad deal. Other actions in the book show that he just lets things happen and sees what he can get out of it. So, making that deal with the Eagle and having no goal to what He really wanted at the moment gave him his reputation....
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...all know who Loki Odison is. Potrayed by Tom Hiddleston, the character has been fenomenal. Most of us have the most common misconception that Loki is the bad guy. Yes, he is, in the traditional movie sense. It is not like he is a good guy in any sense and that his actions are justifiable, but I severely disagree on the label of villain attached to Loki. He may be bad, but he is not pure evil. His actions may have gone too far, but they are not out of his desire to inflict misery to others. He has motives and in fact, if told from his perspective, he might very well be considered as a tragic hero. Loki was born as the son of Laufey, the king of the Frost Giants, but had been kept hidden because of his diminutive size. A battle broke out between Asgardian gods and the Frost Giants, causing Laufey slain and the giants defeated. It was then Loki was discovered by Odin, the king of Asgrad. Odin took him back and raised him along with his biological son, Thor, in hopes that he would one day bring about a permanent peace between those two eternal enemies. Loki was never told of his origins and was raised to believe he was the blood offspring of Odin and brother of Thor. This is so telling of what it was like for Loki growing up: he’s not like the other Asgardians. Even at his own home, the favoritism was apparent. Odin, who he believed as his own father, blatantly preferred Thor. Things finally are brought into an out of control careening river of emotions when Loki learnt his true...
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...Regarded universally as the trickster god of mischief, the character Loki from Norse mythology has become popular in today’s pop culture. Loki is idolized on the big screens as a villain but also a victim whose character is largely misunderstood. Recent culture has, however, distorted Loki’s original characteristics. Traditional Norse mythology describes Loki as being a “scheming coward who cares only for shallow pleasures and self-preservation,” leading the reader to believe that a character’s characteristics and overall meaning can develop over time. (McCoy). Moreover, Loki’s character has developed through the centuries to fit the current society’s moral aspects as such ancient Scandinavia’s brutal lifestyle and modern culture’s need to...
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...In the Bible, Christ’s resurrection is explored after his death, leading into resurrection. Events that lead to his demise lead to his return in the real world, bringing a new and insightful light to the story. The significance of Christ being able to self-resurrect back into the world is because he’s the only one to ever do it, and do it successfully, whereas other Gods don’t have the ability to do so. To further explain, according to the Bible, Christ is the only deity but self identified man to essentially do this. Considering his abilities is through God, and God wanted reveal to man proof of his power through Jesus, without directly showing it to them like many times prior, by raising Jesus from the dead. To emphasize this, “because He has appointed a day on which, He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.” Christ had mentioned several times that his death and resurrection would be the one thing to give to the sinful and unbelieving world God made for them. Such as, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.” Further explaining that he knew he would be able to come back with ease. Foreknowing one’s own death is common in most Mythologies...
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...The dichotomy created between Baldr and Loki might have led Loki to murder Baldr. Loki could have been acting out of jealousy. Everyone loves Baldr, while the other gods dislike Loki despite his utility to them. Loki has also given gifts to the gods. He gifts Odin his child, Sleipnir and gives Thor an enemy, the Midgard Serpant (39, 52). The gods’ distrust of Loki prevents them from seeing Loki’s contributions. Baldr does not give any gifts, yet receives the Frigg’s protection (65). Loki could be reacting out of envy when he kills Baldr. Frigg works to give Baldr invincibility because of his dream of his murder (65). However, the text does not say Baldr can see into the future, so his dream should not have any affect on his safety. This gift...
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...Laurita Uzaite 2/25/2014 Mr. Demos Quiz #5: Middle Ages, Christianity and Gothic Period Although now the images of Jesus and the narrative scenes of Life of Christ are the most common subjects representing Christianity but before the fourth century , not to discover anything Christians were not allowed to draw and take pictures ,symbols and signs of God. As time passed more and more people of all classes started to belief in Christianity, as well as, the art became slowly two-dimensional. Christian artists were going for a more spiritual symbols and pictures rather than material empire. They also began to flatten spaces and increased stylization of their figures. The adoption of Christianity by Constantine Christian art derived its style and much of its iconography from popular Roman Art. That is why new Christian artists still had some Roman features in their artworks. At the time the most attention received the Christian artworks, that had both surface meaning and symbolic meaning, for example, Token of St. Agnes. This excellent idea about color and light were launched by Abbot Suger. He also accomplished the idea about expanding window area and using pointed arches rather than the round Roman-like arch. Pointed arches spread the force and weight from upper floors. Gothic architects invented buttresses that took of the weight off the walls, at the top of them were slim projections called flyers because they symbolized wings. The facade of the cathedral...
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...------------------------------------------------- List of kennings From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A kenning (Old Norse kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary nounin Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry. This list is not intended to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that character's article. For example, the Odin article links to a list of names of Odin, which include kennings. Only a few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. For a scholarly list of kennings see Meissner's Die Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or a good edition of Snorri Sturluson's Skáldskaparmál ------------------------------------------------- Source language abbreviations[edit] * OE - Old English * D - Danish | * G - Germanic * Ic - Old Icelandic * N - Norse * ON - Old Norse | * Nor - Norwegian * S - Swedish | ------------------------------------------------- List of Kennings[edit] Primary Meaning | Kenning Translated | Original Kenning | Explanation | Source Language | Example | axe | blood-ember | | | N | | battle | spear-din | | | N | Snorri SturlusonSkaldskaparmal | blood | slaughter-dew | | | N | | blood | battle-sweat | | One reference for this kenning comes from the epic poem, Beowulf. As Beowulf is in fierce combat withGrendel's Mother, he makes mention of shedding much battle-sweat. | N | Beowulf | blood | wound-sea | svarraði sárgymir |...
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...Freyr is the Norse God of virility, prosperity, sunshine and rain. He is a very important fertility God in Norse mythology. The Norse religion is practiced by the Scandinavian and Germanic peoples in the past and it has seen a great revival in recent decades. Freyr is one of the most beloved Gods of Norse mythology and he was often the recipient of sacrifices at Harvest Festivals, and Hand-Fasting and other such celebrations where a sacrifice would be made – often it would be a boar. He is mostly depicted with his favorite animal, the boar and a giant erection to show his fertility (both sexual and agricultural). It is not hard to understand why he would be considered a Nature Deity. He is both fertile and generous with his bountiful harvests, he would be a great choice if you were hoping to call on a God to help with fertility of land or nature.Ash is the ancient Egyptian God of the Oasis, caravan routes and vineyards. He is usually shown as a man, but with the head of an animal. There are a few animals that are commonly shown for his head, such as the lion, vulture, hawk, snake, or the Set-animal (or Seth-animal) which is not an recognizable animal in modern times and it is thought to have been a mythological creature. He is known as a Nature Deity by his associations with the dessert and his ability to provide an oasis which would be a welcome change from the harsh, dry desert. In addition to providing fertile oasis with water and vegetation, he was also God of vineyards. Wine...
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...In the day of Thorstein and his contentious relationship with Thord, the sense of competition they both faced in their community was commonplace. They were both in similar horse businesses. Their respective personalities, however, could not be further apart. Thord was known as an arrogant man, while Thorstein was more quiet and calm of temper. In what today would probably be described as a sheriff, Bjarni was the community chieftan. One of his servants was Thord, who was known to be a braggart about his prestigious position in working for Bjarni. Even in the Middles Ages, when Thorstein the Staff-Struck is set, as today, human traits in society such as jealousy, gossip, revenge, pride and competition are universal. So are the human traits of family dysfunction, ridicule, trickery. When reading this Medieval story with the intent of searching for human traits, it is very easy to see how the story is rife with them. Thorstein lives with and is in business with his elderly, cantankerous father Thorarin. These two men as well couldn't be further apart in temperament. Thorarin goads and ridicules his son Thorstein, for his even-temperedness and calm demeanor. Sure enough, at one point Thorstein and Thord do have a physical confrontation, which Thorstein is reluctant for his father Thorarin to be made aware of, as he realizes how his pugnacious father will most likely react. Sure enough, his father reacts true to form, goading and ridiculing his son by asking him if had been “beaten...
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...In Norse mythology Thor has the role of the God of thunder and the strongest of all norse gods. Not only is Thor the God of thunder he is also The God of strength and war as well. The reason this all sound so close to a certain marvel movie is because the Thor franchise was very heavily based on norse mythology and if you are a familiar with the movies there are a few things that you don't know about this hammer wielding hero. We could trace Thor's family history from ymir all the way to Freya and Odr,but for the sake of not taking forever to explain it I'm only going to tell u about his immediate family. Starting with his parents Thor is the son of Odin and Fjorgyh (Jord), but Odin was married to Frigg and they had three children. Thors half siblings (different mother) were Baldr ,Bragi , and Hadr.As for Thor's love life he married Sif a goddess of fertility and had one child with her thrud. However his third and fourth children Mangi and modi had another mother and her name was Jarnsax. As opposed to Zeus Thor didn't throw lightning bolts and create thunder when he was angry or upset. Thor used a hammer named Miolnir, and was given to him by his father Odin, because he was the best warrior in asgard he was worthy to wield this powerful weapon. The hammer is one of the most historically significant objects associated with Norse mythology. According to https://norse-mythology.org Thor’s hammer...
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...Prologue Ako nga Pala si Natasha Julie Ann Cameron.. haba ng name ko noh? Ashie for short, apelyedo ko po ang Cameron :DD NBSB ako, dahil naniniwala ako na sagabal lang sa pag-aaral ang mga lalaki,. I hate guys except for my kuya, blame my father he left us without a trail, iniwan niya kami nila mommy, what is LOve? -for me epal, darating kung saka di pa ako handa. well, kahit NBSB ako may mga manliligaw parin ako, hihihi. pero no luck na ata ngayon, kasi dati pa yun na mga manliligaw... nag sawa na sa kakahintay. kaya ayon, wala na, pero okay lang.. **/if you want to read it on your mobile fone copy paste niyo na lang ‘toh sa notepad. :D sa ibang phone nababasa ‘toh as it. I mean as MC word talaga pero yung iba ebook so you need to cpy paste this pa sa notepad and then saka niyo isend sa cp niyo.. kung myphone gamit niyo you’re lucky enough. copy paste mo lang ‘toh sa notepad and send mo sa cp mo. okay na! kung nokia naman gamit mo, N70 na o-open siya as note.. I don’t know sa ibang model….AT! hindi ko na rin poi to na edit TT^TT, so sorry sa mga wrong spelling,wrong grammar.etc. hope u understand. thanks! :*** Chapter 1 "Natasha! bumaba kana dito kakain na" - mommy "coming right up mom"- me pag baba ko, hmm, mas safe ng idescribe na si mommy ang nag handa ng food namin kahit hindi, >:) "good morning Kuya" –me lagi ko siya ginegreet, kahit di niya ako ginegreet. close kami pero di niya lang type mang bati pag umaga. :D 1 year agwat namin, kaya close. "Ashie...
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...the movie Thor in 2011 that have been produced by Marvel Studios. The movie portray about the battle between Thor, the crown prince of Asgard and revengeful Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves that plan to cover the Nine Realms with darkness using the weapon called Aether. In the first part, the Aether entered into Jane body when Jane is transported to another world where the Aether is sealed. Due to this, it causes the Malekith to awaken and attack Asgard in order to obtain Aether. Thor and Loki team up to trick Malekith to extract Aether from Jane body and destroy it, but their effort failed. In the end, Malekith died due crashing with his own ship after battle with Thor causing his plan to destroy entire universe and restore glory of Dark Elves using Aether in Greenwich futile. (149 words) IDENTIFY ANY FOUR ISSUE / PROBLEM REVEALED IN THE MOVIE The first issue or problem that has been arise in Thor: The Dark World movie is between the main actor, Thor and Loki. Loki is the character who are the youngest brother of Thor but actually he is only adopted son of the King of Asgard. It can be seen when Thor as an eldest brother do not trust his own brother at all because of Loki’s attitudes or behavior which is make him...
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...There’s another shabbily dressed person sitting on a chair and reading something. A pretty receptionist enters the room carrying a cup of coffee which she places on the table. The man looks up, gives her a curt nod and then goes back to what he was doing. The receptionist spots the shabbily dressed guy and walks up to him. Receptionist: You here for the interview? Man looks up at her, nods and then looks back down. She peeks into the manuscript he’s reading and squeals. Receptionist: Oh my god! The Greek Gods! I absolutely LOVE them!! *looks at the title* How can you even call them crazy? Your book doesn’t make sense. Loki looks up at her and frowns. Receptionist: I mean, how can you not love them? I love ALL of them! There’s Athena, Apollo, Hades, and oh Zeus! You know, the king of aaall Gods! He’s so cool, and big, and strong, and handsome- Loki: And married? Someone violently sneezes in the background. Zeus: See brother? I’m as popular as always. Let’s go and have a look at the...
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...The ancient cleansing ritual had begun, and Amadeus was terrified. His best friend, Corneleus, was dying and the ancient priests were preparing to burn his head. Although He was extremely ill, he was also scared about his pending ceremony. Corneleus knew it had to happen in order for him to be ready for the passage to the underworld. Hades, the God of the Underworld, had decreed it. The ceremonial fire was lit and through the smoke, Amadeus could see his friend writhing in pain. Although this process was short, it was quite disturbing for Amadeus. Corneleus died shortly after the ceremony. After seeing his friend suffer, he decided he never wanted to go through that himself and if he had to be cleansed, then he would do it himself. Amadeus...
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... Typically, villains aren’t good people—they have the lowest scores on the morality scale. But that’s just it, once you’ve hit rock bottom, there’s nowhere else to go but up! Bad guys like Darth Vader and Ebenezer Scrooge started out evil, but self-reflection changed that. While heroes tend to begin at the top with little room to grow, villains must first gain the strength to admit their faults and better themselves. Villains struggle more than their opposites to be the best they can be. Furthermore, the role of villain has significantly changed over the years. Today, villains are much more charismatic and charming than their hero counterparts. Take Loki from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe. Even though in the first Thor movie, he’s evil and tries to kill his brother, Thor, Loki is attractive, manipulative, and lures in quite a large number of fans. Villains are no...
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