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Filipino Mythology Week → Day 7: Mythical Symbols/Objects

Filipino Mythology Week → Day 7: Mythical Symbols/Objects

The Golden Bough

The golden bough is an important object from Classical Greco-Roman mythology. In the novel, it is said to have been lent to the chosen ones by Greece, however the Golden Bough appears most famously in the Aeneid – an Epic by the Roman poet, Virgil.

The golden bough is used by the hero of 'The Aeneid', Aeneas, the half-human son of the goddess Venus. He survived the sacking of Troy, and he and his men were the ancestors of the people of Rome. After being visited by the shade of his dead father, Anchises, Aeneas is told that he must travel to the underworld. His mother sent him two doves to lead him to the golden bough, nestled beneath the branches of an oak tree. The golden bough allowed Aeneas to travel safely to the underworld to visit his father.

April 27, 2021 | TimePlay™ Live

Back in the day, when going to the cinema (Cineplex, specifically) was a thing, the pre-show featured TimePlay, an interactive game played from the participant’s phone. You got to win (Scene) points, which you could redeem for free tickets.

According to a Global News article from January 7, 2021, though, “Cineplex says that ... TimePlay will no longer be available at its theatres as of 2021.”

However, TimePlay has an online version now, playing thrice a week (Sundays, Tuesday, and Thursdays at 8:30 P.M. EST). You watch the show at https://timeplay.tv/ and play from your phone. (I am not being paid for this, so why am I explaining it? Because though I suck at it, it kind of is fun?)

Anyways, this week one of the games was to “pick three mythical objects Indiana Jones has found.” One of the choices offered was the “Book of Thoth.” “The ‘Book of Thoth’ is a name given to many ancient Egyptian texts supposed to have been written by Thoth, the Egyptian god of writing and knowledge” (source).

Indiana Jones did not find this mythical object, in case you were wondering.