five | archaeology

Anthropology and archaeology--anthropology is the study of human culture, and archaeology is a subfield of that study that focuses on past cultures and the material remains of those cultures. This encompasses the ideas surrounding this position--theories of the purpose of civilization, fertility cults, and even the Perseus Project.

Posted by jschwab on July 26, 2005 05:03 PM | Categories: five , myth & meaning

nine | impermanence

From all these pieces, one conclusion drawn is that "all social apparatus (religion and music) are the psychological manifestations of the inability to accept impermanence. Every album, every prayer, is an epitaph of the trail of dead." Since position number nine connects to so many other pieces on the board, it is often the space where a thesis is generated and placed, if the board were to be used to brainstorm and develop a paper.

Posted by jschwab on July 24, 2005 05:04 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , nine

four | Ragnarok

Ragnarok and Norse Myth indicate that in the end of the world in which the gods die. Thus we've moved from Mayan gods to Norse gods, from monsoon, a natural disaster, to the end of the world, in which natural disasters play a role in many mythologies, and from corn, a symbol of fertility, to another mythos in which the fertility of the land (represented by Freya and Freyur, Norse gods of fertility).

Posted by jschwab on July 23, 2005 05:02 PM | Categories: four , myth & meaning

six | monsoon

Monsoon is the title of a song from Source Tags and Code.

Posted by jschwab on July 20, 2005 05:03 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , six

seven | Perseus Project

Perseus Project Online is an online digital library of primary and secondary source materials for use within the Humanities and includes digitalized versions of ancient Greek texts, many of which relate to myth and fertility cults. The texts are shared with people via the use of languages such as HTML (source tags and code).

Posted by jschwab on July 19, 2005 05:03 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , seven

ten | Source Tags and Code

Source Tags and Code is the title of an album by And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead.

Posted by jschwab on July 18, 2005 05:05 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , ten

three | fertility cults

Fertility cults relate because Itzamna is a fertility god who represented the cycles of the agricultural seasons.

Posted by jschwab on July 17, 2005 05:01 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , three

eight | corn

Corn relates here because Itzamna is represented or symbolized by corn in Mayan culture, since corn was the dietary staple of the Maya people.

Posted by jschwab on July 16, 2005 05:04 PM | Categories: eight , myth & meaning

two | Itzamna

Mayan gods relate because the name of the band is taken from a prayer to the Mayan god Itzamna found in the Mayan religious text the Popul Vuh.

Posted by jschwab on July 13, 2005 05:01 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , two

one | trail of dead

"Trail of Dead" refers to an emo band whose full name is And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead.

Posted by jschwab on July 13, 2005 04:57 PM | Categories: myth & meaning , one

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