Heracles

Mongooses are born to kill snakes, they can also kill King Cobras, the deadliest snake. With a long length of 18 feet a King Cobra can take out an Asian Elephant and can kill 50% of humans that it bites. Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a mongoose who was washed away when a human family found him. He saves this family multiple times, and gains their trust. Mongooses are born to kill snakes but what Rikki-Tikki-Tavi did was absolutely amazing. There is a book and a movie of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Both of these…

The myth of Medusa originated in Greece. Medusa’s first introduction into literature was in 1940 in Sigmund Freud’s Das Medusenhaupt (Medusa’s Head). She has also appeared in Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. Mythology is always a changing story that is passed down orally from generation to generation so no one really knows the whole story of Medusa. She has been featured in the television show, Blood Ties, films such as Clash of the Titans, music by British band UB40 with a song called Madame…

Many of us today have people we look up to. Someone you consider to be your hero. It may be because of their courageous traits or their admirable characteristics, like a fireman or maybe even your dad. Similar to our current reality, greek mythology also presents us with many heroes that can win your affections, or leave you with animosity. Although the Greeks often valued different traits in heros than we do today. They often just saw someone for their family background or affiliations with the…

Hercules was one of the greatest heroes in greek mythology. Hercules was both the most famous hero of ancient times and the most beloved. More stories were told about him than any other hero. Hercules was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. He was the son of zeus and Alkmene, however, Amphitryon was his mortal father. This is because Alkmene is married to Amphitryon and they raised Hercules together. Hera is married to Zeus. Since Zeus fools around with many women, and the…

In both the novella The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, and Eminem's ¨Rap God,¨ Kino’s character since he found the pearl, a powerful and changed person, is shown. In Rap God” this is shown when Eminem raps “I know the haters are forever waiting/For the day they can say I fell off they'd be celebrating” (Eminem). This is the same as Kino, who is powerful with the pearl, and with the “haters” representing the townspeople, they want him to fall off or die so they can celebrate and take the pearl…

In the beginning, there was only Chaos. Out of Chaos, Gaia was born. She was one of the many primordial deities. Gaia was the goddess of the earth and mother of many of the first-generation gods. She is also the great mother of all creation and life. Gaia is the mother and wife of Ouranos, the sky. The titans were the children of Ouranos and Gaia. One of these children, was the titan Kronos. He was husband of his sister Rheia, and father of Zeus and other deities. Like father like son, both…

The constellation that I have chosen is Taurus, or, the bull. I have chosen this constellation because it is one of my favorite constellations to look up at in the sky during the Winter at my house! Some of the main stars of Taurus include; Aldebaran, Beta Tauri, Gamma Tauri, and Epsilon Tauri. It is a large and prominent constellation in the Northern hemisphere, especially during winter. The Bull symbolized both Isis and her brother Osiris, who were represented as a bull-god and cow-goddess…

Basilisks are a legendary creature. In these legends it is said to be the king of serpents because of a crown-shaped crest on its head. It is said to be extremely poisonous and to be able to breathe poison at its enemies. It is claimed that that accurate descriptions of basilisks do not exist because no one survives an encounter but it is claimed by some that they share features with serpents or lizards and cockerels or raptors. What is considered the most authoritative of descriptions…

Long ago, there was a god named King Astirius, and he was the god of strength and power. He married the goddess of hope, Queen Chrysalis, and together they had two children. The first child was a boy, and his name was Aarathon. Their second child was a girl, and her name Dayla. They all lived together on Akithens, the most brightest and safest city for the Gods. One day, Serpentorous, the hateful and wicked snake from the underworld, decided to play a little trick on King Astirius and his family…

“Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best” said Edward Abbey, an American author. Hera was Queen of the ancient Greek gods and was an extremely powerful figure. Her family, marriage, extensive wrath, and Roman counterpart all played an important role in her daily life. Hera was born to Cronus and Rhea, two of the Titans. In total she had five siblings: Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Zeus. Her father Cronus was nervous one of his children would overthrow…