Cupid

And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.” ~ Genesis 2:16-17 “I will Read more…

Psyche

“No! You will not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”….So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her Read more…

Psyche’s Enemies

“For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.” ~ Ephesians 6:12 “But I’ll be ashamed to call myself a woman, if I don’t see that she Read more…

Cupid and Psyche

We’re going to stay in Greece for a bit and examine in length our first “real” tale, Cupid and Psyche.[1]  This story isn’t generally seen as a Snow White tale; however, after reading all those Snow White stories, I couldn’t help but see the same themes within this one.   Read more…

Inanna

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” ~ John 10:10 We’ll start off our Snow White discussion with the myth of Inanna, Mesopotamian goddess of love, beauty, and war, and “Queen of Heaven.”[1]   Seeing as how Read more…

The Plan

Planning this blog proved very difficult for me.  Not only was the subject material very depressing, but I couldn’t figure out what angle I wanted to take.  For Sleeping Beauty, I went from the earliest stories to the most recent, focusing on the major changes that occurred over time. That Read more…