Essays about: "goddesses"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word goddesses.

  1. 1. Mammisi : A study of factors contributing to women’s childbirth experiences & a conceptual suggestion for a Swedish Birth Center

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Lisa Selin; [2021]
    Keywords : birth center; birth; childbirth; mammisi;

    Abstract : This project has researched why a welfare country like Sweden has a growing number of mothers with negative and traumatic childbirth experiences and aimed to propose a conceptual solution on how design could enhance factors contributing to a positive and empowering childbirth experience.  With close contact to both midwives and mothers the research brought light on the dissonance between the physiological mechanism behind birth and the existing user journey when giving birth at Maternity Wards at hospitals. READ MORE

  3. 2. Forever young : A study of the correspondence between sculptures of Aphrodite and Venus and the female physical ideal in ancient literature

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Tobias Krönström; [2020]
    Keywords : Venus; Aphrodite; beauty; sculpture; beauty ideals;

    Abstract : This study aims to explore how the goddesses of beauty Aphrodite and Venus were portrayed in sculpture in comparison to physical beauty, as attested in ancient texts. The study uses iconography and iconology to analyse the sculptures and semiotics to analyse the ancient texts. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Rome to Ireland : a comparative analysis of two pagan goddesses and a Christian saint

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Joanna Pettersson; [2018]
    Keywords : History of Religions; Saint Brigid; Saint Brigit; Celtic religion; Celtic mythology; Minerva; Roman religion; Goddess; Hagiography; Brigid; Brighid;

    Abstract : In Celtic religious studies, it is often difficult to find reliable textual sources if you are working with pre-Christian religion, since all text is written in a Christian context. As a result, Celtic scholars have to look outside of the pre-Christian Celtic context, to search for knowledge elsewhere. READ MORE

  5. 4. The females of Labraunda : Presence or absence?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Klara Lagerlöf; [2014]
    Keywords : Labraunda; Sanctuary; Zeus Labraundos; Visiting gods; Female representation; Mortals; Immortals; Kybele; Artemis; Nike; Hestia; Aphrodite; Hera; Athena; Artemisia; Julia Domna; Terracotta figurines; Sculptures; Reliefs; Inscriptions; Pottery;

    Abstract : The history of the Zeus sanctuary Labraunda in Karia began in the Archaic period and continued until Late Antiquity. The focus of this paper is to investigate a side of the sanctuary which hitherto has not been subject to extensive study: the females of Labraunda, both immortal and mortal. READ MORE

  6. 5. SULFUR

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Institutionen Textilhögskolan

    Author : Josefin Strid; [2011]
    Keywords : soil; clay; skye; water; apricot; blue; orange; feminine; masculine; fadings; white; distinct; georgia o keeffe;

    Abstract : Orange, turqoise, apricot, brown, dirt, soil, water, sky and sulfur were my first bricks while building this collection. Ifound them in the pictures I took in Yellowstone, in the summer of 2010. While being in Yellowstone I thought aboutthe artist Georgia O´Keffee, an artist I’ve long liked. READ MORE