The term ‘‘mentor’’ is derived from the Greek mythology, where, in Odysseus’ absence, Mentor assumed the responsibility of guiding Telemachus until he matured and was able to think and act independently. Mentoring is a ‘‘voluntary, intense, committed, extended, dynamic, interactive, supportive, trusting relationship between two people, one experienced, and the other a newcomer, characterized by...

The worship of Renuka, the mother goddess can be seen in many places of India. In the southern parts of India, Renuka is worshipped in the name of Yellamma or Mariamma. Renuka, as mentioned in Puranas is the mother of Parasurama who according to Indian mythology is considered as the incarnation of Visnu and his cult also can be seen in many parts of India. But in the regions of Vindhya Mountain...

It is common knowledge that the Democratic Russia Movement has become the first political organization able to unite the democratic forces in Russia, and thus challenge in an efficient way the political monopoly of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). However, the political and economic crises in the country have affected the success of this large organization. Cracks in its unity ha...

What I propose is that, by delving into the world of mythologies, there we might find some indications, helpful for understanding what happening with environment today. To do so, will revisit a particular mythology from South Europe, an archaic (probably, pre-Indo-European one), namely Basque mythology. Here, earth (lurra) appears as maternal character (Ama-lur) and becomes, in sense, divine fi...

1THIS subject is one wlhich is always of interest to those engaged in the Art of Healing, and has been so all down the ages. It is interesting to try and trace the origin of the differences in this relationship, its evolution and change in different parts of the world, in different periods of time. It is probably true to state that it is possible to find all the different stages and variations ...

in this article the writer has depicted the role of the nourishment in the formation of the culture by investigating the persian mythology of the first human beings, mashia and mashianeh. by comparing the narration of this mythology with the similar ones, the author has shown that the vegetarianism is the ideal form of nourishment in the iranian culture, while the carnivorism is the contrasting...