Jiang treats hospitality as a near-universal social law, extending beyond medieval Europe and grounded in the possibility that any guest could be sacred or godlike in disguise.
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Greek mythology
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Alexander says Poseidon is one of the most powerful gods and affirms the identification of Poseidon as an earth-shaker associated with earthquakes.
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"who to invite into your household okay and and um also what's really important is the idea of guests like the iron law of..."
"and um in in the greek mythology in the greek society what they believe that every guest could potentially be a god in disguise..."
"the financial side of the wars it's all extremely interesting thank you for that sir mouse game says has anyone seen mandami and jolani..."
"gods and um well a poseidon earth shaker exactly as you say matthew says god of earthquakes as well by the way a beautiful..."
"...a really famous um fortune teller the most famous oracle in greek mythology uh the man who told or up um uh oedipus that..."
"So again, he's referencing Greek mythology, Jason and the Argonauts, okay? Keep on going. Okay, so what he's saying is that our fundamental hunger,..."
"...path into hell. And there is a ferryman named Charon from Greek mythology who will take them across the river."
"...children? Why is Jesus different from everyone else, okay? So in Greek mythology, the gods come down and impregnate God. They come down and..."
"...right. So, another example is Hyasal's Theogony. And he's talking about Greek mythology. Okay? Greek religion. So, the process goes like this. At first..."
"There's Greek mythology, there's Chinese mythology, there's Babylonian mythology, but Egyptian mythology, it's unique, okay? So I'm gonna explain to you the basic contours..."
"...unlucky, and the gods kill him. Too bad. If you read Greek mythology, and we'll do so in this class, okay? We'll go over..."
"...is Electro complex. So remember that Oedipus is a character from Greek mythology, a king who killed his father and married his mother. Electra..."
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