Since I enjoy the study of all religions, I have a fair understanding of their holidays. In light of this, and the soon arriving season of many holidays, I just acknowledge them all, whether I actually celebrate it or not. Personally, I love the mythology of the various cultures and all the different stories and gods. As I usually say, “I don’t care which god is listening or watching over me, I’m just glad there’s someone who cares to be watching or helping me.” If you think about it, how is one god supposed to keep track of billions of prayers anyway? Then there’s the quote, “God helps those who help themselves.” I have no problem agreeing with that one. I’ve worked hard, Ive done plenty of research, I’ve made many efforts toward my goals, I don’t care which god might help me along the path, I’m helping myself, so regardless of who, the god that helps me help myself is the one I thank.
I don’t usually delve into religious subjects – for the most part, I prefer staying out of the religious arguments. My study of mythology has taken me through many religions from many eras. My personal favorite is Greek and Roman mythology. I actually like to read about the lesser known gods and goddesses alongside the more commonly known ones. A prime example of my admiration of the lesser known gods comes in my novel, actually. In Dream Angel, two of my primary characters, protagonist and antagonist, Dream Angel herself and Nyxus come from those uncommonly known gods. Dream Angel, or Arora Arum when she’s not transformed, has a couple links into mythology. Specifically, she’s based on Aurora, the goddess of the dawn. The goddess herself was said to be rosy fingered, relates to the color saffron orange (Dream Angel’s outfit color until her goddess form) and bring the newborn day – thus, Dream Angel fights primarily at night against Nyxus. Nyxus has her own ties to mythology – the goddess Nyx of night. While I don’t really go any deeper than that on Nyxus, other than the fact that her power’s at its greatest at night, her mythological tie is still there. Dream Angel has another tie, but not to mythology this time. This time, it’s to the periodic table of the elements. Since the goddess Aurora was the goddess of the golden dawn, it seemed fitting that Dream Angel’s civilian name end in gold – the Latin for gold anyway. Arum is the Latin name for gold on the periodic table of the elements. Dream Angel’s tie to this is her goddess form being a golden gown. But I’m getting away from the joy of the season with my own character mythology.
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Happy Merry EVERYTHING! Hopefully, this covers ALL the holidays for the rest of the year!
Happy everything
Okay, I know it’s politically correct to say “happy holidays” and all, but I do believe in equality for all holidays. True, I don’t celebrate all the holidays (especially the ones in December) but I believe that to achieve the desired “Peace on Earth” we have to accept that people are different, have different views, and celebrate different things. This means I could be biased and simply say, “Merry Christmas” or I could be fair to all and say “Happy Holidays.”
December isn’t just about Christmas, though some people would see it that way. It just doesn’t sound right to someone who celebrates Hanukkah when you tell them “Merry Christmas” just as you wouldn’t like to hear “Happy Hanukkah” from them if you celebrate Christmas. “Happy Holidays” shows an acceptance of diversity that this world so badly needs, constantly preaches about and doesn’t have. Is that a case of “Do as I say, not as I do”? There isn’t a religion in history that isn’t guilty of that crime. The Spanish Inquisition was a major example. All that preaching of “Thou shalt not kill” (or words to the effect) and what did they do? Torture and kill. Let’s stop that nonsense and accept all holidays and religions for what they are: diverse.
Now that that’s on the table, I hope I’ve ended all arguments on the holiday issue. You’re welcome to make the issue into a discussion, but I still believe in equality for the holidays.
On to other things, now. I’ve kept myself active on hubpages for some time now, and in hope of finally getting a publisher to accept, I’ve posted a preview chapter of Dream Angel. The idea is to have a high activity level that’s visible to prove to the publisher that there’s a waiting and willing market for a groundbreaking genre like mine. So, please, go join the discussion of the book, vote in the poll, I look forward to hopefully gaining the publisher’s acceptance soon, and I think this is a good way to do it.