Taoism (also spelled Daoism) is a religion and a philosophy from ancient China that has influenced folk and national beliefs. Taoism has been connected to the philosopher Lao Tzu, who, around 500 B.C.E., wrote the main book of Taoism, the Tao Te Ching. Taoism holds that humans and animals should live in balance with the Tao…
By Patricia Hernandez Developer Supergiant Games has released its hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades in an early-access, unfinished state – but its powers are already godlike. Time comes for us all, and in Hades II, even the gods are not spared its wrath. This epic Greek-mythology-themed action game is…
By Jini Maxwell In 2020, Hades took the world of games by storm. The latest from Supergiant games, the narrative-driven, roguelike-inspired action RPG (try saying that ten times fast) drew praise on basically every front: Hades won awards across categories as diverse as direction, design, voice acting, artistic achievement, narrative, and LGBT representation. On…
The Old Man Under the Moon–“Yue Xia Lao Ren”(月下老人) is the alias name of the Chinese matchmaker god. During Tang Dynasty in China, there lived a young man named Wei Gu (韦固) who lost his parents at his early age. As a bankrupt nobleman, he had been trying to improve…
By Daniel McCoy Baldur was one of the most beloved of all the gods. The son of Odin, the chief of the gods, and the benevolent sorceress goddess Frigg, Baldur was a generous, joyful, and courageous character who gladdened the hearts of all who spent time with him. When, therefore, he began to…
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By ArtiZen Editor & Zurab ArtiZen: Where are you from?Zurab: I am from Georgia in Europe.ArtiZen: Wow, isn’t Georgia a state name in the United States? Zurab: Yes, people always mistake Georgia as a country for Georgia State in the US. “Georgia, a country at the intersection of Europe and…
