Train Your Dragon Myth

How to Train Your Dragon and the Relevance to the Promethean Myth How to Train Your Dragon is a child’s adventure story that follows a boy, Hiccup, who is a misfit in a Viking community. Hiccup is scrawny, unlike most of the Vikings. He is always making a mess with every situation. Hiccup wants to fit in and to do so he must kill dragons like the rest of the community. The community of Burke all know hiccup, and with this knowledge they try to keep him working during the dragon attacks because he often makes things worse. When he is left alone during an attack, he sneaks out with a catapult that throws a net. He hits a dragon called a Night Fiery. After no one believes him, Hiccup goes out to find the downed dragon. He finds the dragon, but …show more content…
Hiccup is good hearted, he tries to help Toothless and the other dragons, much like Prometheus giving fire to humans. When both characters helped the weak they defied the one in charge. In How to Train your Dragon, Hiccup defies his father, who is the Chief of Burke and in the Prometheus myth, Prometheus defies Zeus. While both had good intentions, they both knew that they were going to get in trouble when the person in charge found out. They also knew that without doing these things the weak would not survive or prosper. Hiccup without knowing it created a new future for Burke and the dragons. He just wanted to save and protect them, much like Prometheus wanted for …show more content…
I will say the unlike the Prometheus myth, how to train your Dragon does not have a terrible ending, no torture or plague. I also question if I could relate Prometheus individuality to Toothless. Toothless was attacking Burke for the dragon queen. Toothless then got caught by a net and although he could have killed Hiccup he did not. He then took on the help of Hiccup to continue flying. Toothless then at the end of the story beating the queen with the help of hiccup. Toothless was lost but found hope through Hiccup. Toothless then stood up to his superior. Unlike the Prometheus myth, Toothless does defeat the one who is trying to hold him