City below For years the city of Y’s was on a path to destruction, the king and the citizens watched as a little girl destroyed the beloved city that they had built below the sea. King Gradlon a most powerful and noble ruler returned from war in the north with a beautiful woman, Malgven of the faeries. Upon returning Malgven tries to give birth but dies while in labor, the god of the sea sees what has happened and takes the child and gives birth to her from the sea. The king names this child Dahut, he loves her with all his heart and gives her everything she asks for. Nearing Dahuts 15th Birthday she tells her father “I long to return to the place of which I was born” King Gradlon sets out to build her a marvelous city below the sea, this city is known as Y’s. The city of Y’s was a site like no other, with the help of Dahut being half fae half …show more content…
A few hours later I saw her leave the room and make her way back to the castle, then a while later she returned and went back into the room.” King Gradlon walked down to the water’s edge and peered into the darkness. Just as he was getting ready to stand up he noticed shadows swimming up towards him, graciously breaking the water it was dahut and the god of the sea. “I have saved this young one for she was tricked by the devil, a man you so carelessly let into your great city. On this day all that perished at Y’s will become my people, when the great city of Paris falls to the bottom of my domain I will raise the city of Y’s once more, until that day your people that perished will live as morgen (Mermaids).” Dahut and the sea god disappeared back into the abyss, the king exclaimed “This place, this dark abyss will from now on be known as Toul Dahut Alc’huez (the fall of dahut and the
The village had shutdown, the once giddy streets became grim. Flowers that once flourished in the meadows around the village wilted and rot. Death took over homes. Blissful faces became helpless.
So Poseidon stated to attack the wonderful city . He attack everyone how was fish, on a boat, and turned the fish against the city.
Nobody dared to stop the bravest man in all the land known as Beowulf. Beowulf is the strongest warrior from Geatland. When Beowulf hears about the Danes and Hrothgar’s struggle to keep his men safe, he offers to help. The Danish king, Hrothgar, accepts Beowulf’s request to kill Grendel and his mother. Beowulf proves his strength and becomes famous when he defeats Grendel in a battle using nothing but his bare hands in Herot. He keeps Grendel’s arm as a symbol of his victory. Grendel’s mother looks for revenge, but she is also killed by the brave warrior. Beowulf becomes the King of Geatland after the king’s son, Heardred, is killed. Beowulf rules for 50 years and he is very successful in keeping peace across the land and Geatland becomes very prosperous. Beowulf later dies after a final fight against a dragon. The Geats build a tower strong and tall just as Beowulf requested so that sailors could find it from far and wide. Beowulf perfectly embodies the Germanic heroic ideal.
Then the Danes decide to go back to Herot and while they are sleeping, Grendel’s mother
... in that barren hall with its naked stair... rising into the dim upper hallway where an echo spoke which was not mine ut rather that of the lost irrevocable might-have-been which haunts all houses, all enclosed walls erected by human hands, not for shelter, not for warmth, but to hide from the world's curious looking and seeing the dark turnings which the ancient young delusions of pride and hope and ambition (ay, and love too) take.
King George I was born in 1660 at Osnabuuck, the eldest son of Ernest Augustus-Duke of Brunswick-Lunchburg and first Elector of Hanover. Because his father was the Elector of Hanover, George was the Electoral Price of the Empire. He was also in the imperial army, who faced battles against the Dutch, the Turks, Nine Years War, and in the War of Spanish Succession. George soon became a talented and experienced General. He went on to command in many wars. He eventually became lector of Hanover in 1698(2001 World Book Encyclopedia).
The story begins with Húrin as the name suggests. Húrin was a human that lived in a in a town called Dor-lomin with his brother Huor, while in a company of scouts orcs attacked the company. The brothers were the only ones that lived and became lost and would have died if not for the eagles that picked them up and delivered them to Gondolin. Although the elves did not allow humans in in the secret city of Gondolin they found favour with the king and dwelt as his guests for almost a year. Húrin begged to go back to his family and the brothers were allowed to go back to Dor-lomin on the backs of the eagles. Húrin married an elf named Mo...
In Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream speech” and Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg address,” the two men employ rhetorical strategies in order to show the public the need for a better world. Two men from different backgrounds and different times both advocate for equality. Although Abraham wrote the Gettysburg Address way before Martin Luther King’s I have a dream speech, the two speeches are connected through semantics and rhetoric. King and Lincoln both use the same strategies in the making of their speeches. A hundred years and about three wars fall between the two speeches and yet they still are advocating for the same thing in a similar way.
Kings are generally thought to be beautiful, God-like humans from a certain genealogy. They are placed at the throne due to whom they were born to and/or who they marry. Richard of Glouster is born of the royal family but, he does not possess the qualities of a King to be legitimate according to Shakespeare’s Richard III. Richard and his brothers are all entitled to the throne if their father dies. By killing his two brothers, Richard is the only person in his immediate family entitled to the throne.
King begins with two different stories of creations, one of which is Aboriginal and the other is Judeo-Christian. The Native story starts with a woman called Charm, her two twin kids, and the animals that all co-operate well together without any dilemmas. She is from another planet and is curious about everything see sees. Eventually, one day she sticks her head in the earth and keeps going until she reaches the other end. She has two kids of which one kid created “sunshine” the other created “shadows. When the right-handed kid created “summer”, the left-handed kid created “winter”, and the two continued to build the two ...
Le Guin makes her short story effectively compelling by vividly describing the contrast between the perfect city of Omelas and the misery of the child in the basement. In the introductory paragraph of Le Guin’s short story, “Omelas”, Le Guin details the immaculate city of Omelas which seems too perfect to be true. “With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to
Grendel's mother, unknown to the Danes or Geats, is plotting to avenge the death of her son. After the celebrations are over in Heorot and everybody is asleep, Grendel's mother appears out of her dwelling place, the swamp.
Summary: Aeneas and his men make it to Italy. Aeneas goes to see Sibyl and she tells him that if he wants to talk to his father he must go into the forest and find a golden branch. If it breaks off easily, he can talk to his father. Two doves come down and help Aeneas and lead him to the tree. He grabs the branch off easily and goes to Dis. Aeneas learns that there are two sides to a river. Only souls with proper burial are allowed to cross the river, and no living souls are aloud over period. Aeneas flashes the branch and is allowed passage. Aeneas talks to Dido, who practically ignores him, and eventually to his father. Aeneas discovers his fate and leaves Dis.
Many have heard about King Arthur and the legendary castle of Camelot. However, many do not know what really happened. From falling in love with Guinevere to fighting Mordred, this charming tale still intrigues people all over the world today.
The stories and legends surrounding the character of King Arthur are among the best known of all stories about kings and knights. The stories and legends surrounding the character of King Arthur are among the best known of all stories about kings and knights. He is the greatest of British literary heroes, although little is known about the real person. Folklore and literature provide examples of a recurrent myth about a leader or hero who has not really died, but is asleep somewhere or in some estate of suspended life who will return to save his people (Geocities 3). There is little real historical information left about him other than, texts, chronicles, verses, myths, and fragments of epic poems, inscriptions, symbols and graven images.