in awe at the perfectly preserved fossil. This is the legend of how Mr.Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale‚ the cluster of fossils that changed geology forever. The Burgess Shale is found in Yoho Park‚ British columbia. Back when they were formed‚ the area where they were found was called Laurentia‚ between the two mountains Mt. Wapta and Mt. Field. The Burgess Shale are fossils that remained on the ground‚ and were heavily preserved during the Cambrian period (540 million years ago). The specific
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The Romantic era was a period of great change and emancipation. While the Classical era had strict laws of balance and restraint‚ the Romantic era moved away from that by allowing artistic freedom‚ experimentation‚ and creativity. The music of this time period was very expressive‚ and melody became the dominant feature. Composers even used this expressive means to display nationalism . This became a driving force in the late Romantic period‚ as composers used elements of folk music to express their
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Creation Myths across the Cultures Hum/105 World Mythology Creation Myths across the Cultures “In the beginning‚ there was - Nun? Nothing? A great blackness? Water? Perhaps‚ there was only sand and sky?” All of the great Creation stories begin with this very simple statement‚ and then proceed to tell us of the gods and goddesses that created this vast and wonderful Earth. Although these stories had many similarities‚ they also had just as many differences. In this essay‚ I am going to
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is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month‚ it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. there are two legends which claim to explain the tradition of eating mooncakes. one tang dynasty myth holds that the earth once had 10 suns circling it. one day all 10 suns appeared at once‚ scorching the planet with their heat. it was thanks to a skillful archer named hou yi that the earth was saved. he shot
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Neville survives by barricading himself by sunset inside his house‚ further protected by garlic‚ mirrors‚ and crucifixes. Swarms of vampires‚ led by Neville’s neighbor‚ Ben Cortman‚ regularly surround his house‚ trying to find ways to get inside. During the day‚ he scavenges for supplies and searches out the inactive vampires‚ driving stakes into their hearts to kill them. He finds brief solace in a stray dog that finds its way to his house‚ but the sickly‚ malnourished dog dies a week later. After
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In Legend‚ Marie Lu uses connotative diction that creates an accusing tone in order to elucidate how individuals within a society automatically resort to class hierarchy. She concludes that humans are willing to submit to ignorance in order to live in a society that benefits them. The Republic is a place of extreme economic polarization. High-ranking characters like June and Thomas enjoy lavish lifestyles and fancy events while the poor live in slums and do not receive adequate medical care. Just
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The constellation i choose is Andromeda because i think that it’s myth it’s very intersting.Andromeda is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd-century Greco-Roman astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of the 88 modern constellations.. Located north of the celeatial equator. Andromeda is most prominent during autumn evenings in the Nothern Hemisphere‚ along with several other constellations named for characters in the Perseus myth. Because of its northern declination‚ Andromeda is visible only north of 40°
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believe that it is considered crazy to believe in Bigfoot‚ and even more crazy to look for them. They believe that the creature is nothing more than a legend. A legend started with a video in Bluff Creek california by a man named Roger Patterson‚ who filmed a creature walking upright on 2 legs across a dry creekbed in Bluff Creek‚ California. During my early life‚ I had never believed that a creature such as Bigfoot could possibly exist. Even after seeing this mysterious video‚ I was still skeptical
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The Beauty Myth Modern times have revealed a more tolerant attitude expressed by society towards those who in the past have been seen as lower class. This included people of other races‚ of mental disability‚ those in poverty‚ diseased‚ the elderly‚ children‚ and women. However‚ underneath this false sense of tolerance and the “standard belief” that women and men are created equal is the beauty myth. The Beauty Myth is everywhere in media and the social order. Women’s rights and equality is controlled
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Theories of Myth Clarice Hoff HUM/105 November 6‚ 2010 Rathi Krishnan Life has a beginning‚ middle‚ and end. As all people will never know what part of the beginning‚ middle‚ or end that is at this moment. The next generation will have the same myths given to them through the ancestors. Myths will
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