Underworld

The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan, is the first book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. After a string of odd events, 12-year old Percy Jackson discovers that he is the son of the almighty Greek god Poseidon and is sent to a camp for demigods (people who are half-human and half-god). During this time, the gods were bickering about Zeus’ missing weapon, known as the Lightning bolt, accusing each other of stealing it until they find out about Percy. He becomes the prime suspect and…

Tutankhamen. “It depicts the Eye of Horus flanked by the cobra goddess representing Lower Egypt and the vulture goddess representing Upper Egypt. The Egyptians used the eye as a funerary amulet for protection against evil and to guide their rebirth in the underworld” (Alchin). This amulet is made of gold and glass. Formal qualities of art include visual elements and visual principles that make up a piece of art. The use of color with bright blue and gold and the quality of lines detailed in the…

Why not the more important Gods?” Hades thought. He was furious! “First, I’m not even considered one of the main 12 Olympian Gods. Second, I don’t even get an animal or tree to be my defining objects. Third, I have to spend all of my time in the Underworld with a bunch of dead souls. And to top it off, I only get to see my wife half of the year because of my overbearing mother-in-law! Why don’t these stupid mortals do anything to honor me?” Hades thought. Hera was very unhappy with Zeus. Why…

Greek-ish Awesomeness!!! Bk.1 Hi. I’m Chris, and I’m also 19 years old. I’m, more or less, kinda a Greek Geek. That’s my nickname at least. Really, I don’t know crud about what the Greek Gods did, I just know some of their names. Apparently that counts. I dunno. I don’t count it as geek-ish.But, everyone else does. That’s the problem with my life. Here, let me show you how it all went down. Chapter 1: Zeus Seriously. Why does everything need to start with Zeus. Nope. Moving on. Oh, hey. I…

The last time Disney and Greco-Roman mythology met was with 1997 's horribly inaccurate, yet still charming Hercules. The film underperformed at the box office and was panned by Greek press. Disney and Greco-Roman mythology haven 't mixed since, probably at least partly because the dark subject matter of many Greco-Roman myths simply isn 't suited for a movie aimed at young children. However, many of the western fairy tales used as source material for Disney films share shocking similarities to…

The Otherworld is an outlet for many cultures. It is expressed in many ways, depending on the mythology that is involved. The otherworld is core to many cultures; however, this forces the question, why? Why does one reach towards the Otherworld to explain the happenings of this world? This essay argues that the otherworld is an exciting concept to answer the questions of the world, while relieving pressure off of ourselves. Stories told of the Otherworld may be different from our world, but they…

Young Adult fiction has always been enriched with ancient myths, folklore and legends. This can be seen from The Chronicles of Narnia to Harry Potter. By using myths and alluding to ancient sources in Young Adult fiction this has normally guaranteed these books to be a success. The main books which will be focused on in this dissertation are the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. All of these books, according to the…

In Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, he explores the important connection of a person and their imagination within everyday reality. Based on a fairy tale, Princess Moanna whose father is king of the underworld visits the human world where she is blinded by sunlight, which then erases her memory and becomes mortal. The setting is in Spain 1944, during the country’s Civil War. The film follows Ofelia; a young girl whose father died in the war and her pregnant mother married…

Dating all the way back between the 1400’s and 1500’s in Mexico lived the Aztecs who were American Indians; one of the largest Indian nations that ever existed. They were responsible for the building of towering temples, the creation of sculptures, and held ceremonies to worship god. Legend says that in 1000AD, the Aztecs left their mythic, island home of Aztlan in the desert frontier of northern Mexico to begin their 100 year migration south to the Valley of Mexico in which they now live in.…

The myth of Persephone is an ancient Greek myth used to explain the change of the seasons. Persephone was the sweet daughter of Greek goddess Demeter who was kidnapped by Hades and later became the Queen of the Underworld. When she was with her mother, the land would be fertile and fruitful, the period of spring and summer. When she was away from her mother, the land was not fertile and would not produce crops, the period of autumn and winter. This was the myth that explained the change of…