the land of the dead
burial rituals have been practiced by humans for over how many years?
what is 300,000 years
from who does Arthur recieve his death wound
what is mordred
what is tantalus's punishment in the land of the dead?
what is he can see water and grapes but never reach them
how does jocasta die
what is she kills herself
who would you find in the first circle of hell?
what is virtuous non-christians
which two books have substantial parallels between them
what is the epic of Gilgamesh and the odyssey
what does bedivere do the first time he is told to throw excalibur into the lake?
what is he hides it
what does tantalus try to trick the gods into doing?
what is eat human flesh
what favor does Oedipus ask of Creon at the end of the play
what is care for his daughter's
in this circle of hell you will find hypocrites, thieves, evil counselors and advisers
what is the eight circle, fraud
what evidence is offered that early humans believed in the afterlife
elaborate burial rituals
what happens when bedivere finally throws Excalibur into the lake?
what is an arm reaches out of the lake and grabs the sword
according to the egyptian reading what is eternity?
what is a mirror/reflection of how one lived his life
who is in charge of Thebes at the end of the play
creon
the punishment for heresy
what is condemned to eternity in flaming tombs
what did those in the paleolithic era do in their burials which served as a ritualisation, and the worship of the mother-earth
what is sprinkled red-ochre on the dead
how does Odin select those who come to valhalla
what is he picks warriors who will fight with him against fenrir
why were hieroglyphics written down the saarcophagus?
what is it represented the backbone of a person
what is the most dominant literary device
irony
in this circle of hell you would see many clergymen including cardinals and pope's
what is the fourth circle, greed
the land of the dead was mentioned in very important texts, what are some of them?
what is the summerian epic of Gilgamesh, the Egyptian book of thoth, and the odyssey
what are characteristics of valhalla?
what is constant fighting, a roof of shields and spears, endless food, guarded by wolves and eagles
why is the heart left inside the body?
what is it was said to contain the Ab aspect of the soul
why does Oedipus rip the brooches off of jocasta's clothes?
what is he uses them to blind himself
what is betrayal