In Greek mythology, Tiresias (/taɪˈriːsiəs/; Ancient Greek: Τειρεσίας, romanized: Teiresías) was a blind prophet of
Tiresias, in Greek mythology, a blind Theban seer, the son of one of Athena's favourites, the nymph Chariclo.
The blind prophet of Thebes appears in Oedipus the King and Antigone. In both plays, he represents the same force — the truth rejected by a willful and proud king, almost the personification of Fate itself.
The myths hold that Tiresias came upon a pair of mating snakes. He hit both snakes with his stick, angering Zeus' wife Hera. Hera, therefore, transformed him into a female. Tiresias married and had children and seven years later came upon another set of mating snakes.
In Greek mythology, the goddess Hera would bathe in a spring at Kanathos annually to restore her virginity.
Themis Imagery
Justice is blind. The depiction of Themis or Lady Justice blindfolded is more common in the 16th century and modern times. Blindness represents fairness and impartiality as well as the gift of prophecy.
Sophocles through the metaphor of sight reveals ironically, that it is the blind prophet who has the ability to see what is actually happening in Oedipus's life, while Oedipus has no idea of what is about to happen to him.
Tiresias is a blind seer who provides prophesies to both King Oedipus and King Creon. In Antigone, Tiresias warns Creon that his pride will be his downfall.
But we learn from the life of Prophet Yaqub (alai) that even prophets went through the same pain and they grieved for their beloved. When Yaqub (alai) lost his son Yusuf (alai), he was so sad that he grieved for many years. He cried so much that he even went blind.
He used to heal the sick and cure the blind by only touching the patient. According to Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari, Muhammad's success and victory against his enemies was one of his miracles.
He found Tiresias in the Underworld among the shades of the dead and asked him what he needed to do to get back home. Tiresias warned Odysseus that he and his men would soon put in at the island of Thrinacia, and that they must avoid harming the cattle of the sun god Helios while they were there.
Odysseus then speaks with the Theban prophet Tiresias, who reveals that Poseidon is punishing the Achaeans for blinding his son Polyphemus. He foretells Odysseus's fate—that he will return home, reclaim his wife and palace from the wretched suitors, and then make another trip to a distant land to appease Poseidon.
Other examples of mythological characters blinded by the gods include Lycurgus, Thamyris, Aepytus II, Phineus, Ilus, and Anchises. Characters blinded not by gods but by humans include Polyphemus, Phoenix, Plexippus and Pandion, Polymestor, and Metope.
When Saul was on the road to Damascus, he encountered God and was blinded by a bright light that surrounded him. This experience left Saul blind for three days before he went on to begin preaching about God and what He had done in Saul's life.
Two years before his death Ezekiel himself went blind, a misfortune widely held to have been a divine judgement on him for his presumption. At this period there was a considerable Nestorian Christian presence in east Arabia, a region known in Syriac as Beth Qatraye.
The LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous. In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
Summoned by the king, the blind prophet Tiresias at first refuses to speak, but finally accuses Oedipus himself of killing Laius.
Creon starts by insulting Tiresias, claiming he must have been bribed to bring the prophecy to him and tell him he's wrong in his treatment of Antigone.
The visions of the Prophet Ezekiel are some of the most evocative in the Old Testament, giving an image of God above “four living creatures” with four faces and four wings each “who sparkled like burnished bronze.
The designation “Lord Who Is Half Woman” refers to the androgynous Hindu god Ardhanarisvara (also known as Siva-Sakti). While iconographical aspects of this significant image have been addressed, the complex theological, philosophical, and social implications inherent in a dual gendered deity have not.
Abstract. In the Bible, St. Paul (Saul of Tarsus) was struck blind by a light from heaven. Three days later his vision was restored by a "laying on of hands." The circumstances surrounding his blindness represent an important episode in the history of religion.
Classic examples in the Western culture are the Greek goddess Aphrodite and her Roman counterpart, Venus.
The three virgin goddesses are Hestia, Artemis, and Athena
She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and her twin brother is (Pheobus) Apollo. She is described as a "lover of woods" and a "wild chaser of mountains". She is also depicted in some stories as fierce and revengeful.
A while later, he rapes her, she agrees to marry him and they create a family on Mount Olympus, the Deities' new home. Unfortunately, Zeus constantly cheats on Hera and he has done it over a hundred times, but in the end Hera always forgives him.