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Week 6 Review

For this week's review I chose my favorite video as the African Pantheons and the Orishas from Crash Course, which you can watch below!  I think that throughout school we learn quite a bit about the ancient Roman and Greek gods, but not many other mythologies so I am always interested in the Mythology Crash Course videos that have to do with other cultures' mythology. I really enjoyed this video specifically because the mythology of the Yoruba which the video features, have a story that explains the way in which their deities, the Orishas, came to have their powers. Like the video mentions, Greek and Roman deities seem to just be born with theirs which doesn't seem as interesting.


My favorite graphic from this week was definitely the "Do it Anyway" graphic below from ConTessaRocks. This graphic really embodies part of my personal beliefs and guiding principals, and I love seeing it expressed by others. 


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