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Judas

Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus' twelve disciples. He betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. Contrary to popular belief, the bible does not say whether or not Judas sold Jesus out because he did not fit in with Judas' plans for a military uprising against Rome. There is an alternate theory, yet to be disproven that Jesus asked Judas to point him out to the Romans. Today, a Judas is one who sells out the origianal Idea.

Prometheus

a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.

native

a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not

ritual

a religious or solemn ceremony consisting of a series of actions performed according to a prescribed order.

incomprehensible

not able to be understood; not intelligible.

Sisyphus

the king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth). He was punished for his self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, repeating this action for eternity.

Loki

the wily trickster god of Norse mythology.

dwarf

(in folklore or fantasy literature) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky humanlike creatures who are generally skilled in mining and metalworking

journey

an act of traveling from one place to another.