The Harp
Most people won’t believe this, but monsters, gods, and mythical creatures exist. Crazy, right? I mean, when I was little I wanted to ride a pegasus, but my mom told me that pegasus don’t exist. But after all that has happened, now I know she was just trying to protect me. My mom told me lies to keep me safe, just because I was different from normal kids. Now, I know why she lied to me. It was because I’m a half-blood.
Half-blood is the same as demigod, a person with powers like gods, but don’t have full powers. Also, demigod means that they’re half human and half god. People think that having powers is awesome but having powers has its many downfalls. For example, most every demigod has ADHD, dyslexia, and real life monsters trying to kill you. I just happen to be the one demigod that every evil thing and even some gods aim to kill. That's because I'm a son of one of the big three; Poseidon.
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I knew I felt something in Washington.” A satyr says.
A satyr is a half goat and half human. This satyr happens to be my best friend Grover Underwood, the one who helped go to Camp Half-Blood. He has the upper body of a human and the legs of a goat. The dog beside him is one of Artemis’s hunting dogs. A dog that can even hunt lions.
So it’s true he thought, it’s really true. Grover picks up one of Artemis’s hunting dog. He jumps rock to rock until he is right in front of the harp. He put down the dog and grabbed the harp. Then, a blonde haired and blue eyed boy appeared behind them. It was Luke Castellan who is the son of Hermes, and Percy’s enemy.
“I’ll be needing you guys for awhile.” Luke says as he grabs them and teleports
Rachel M. Harper’s The Myth of Music intentionally weaves together 1960s era jazz music and a poor African American family via metaphor and allusion to show a deep familiar bond between father and daughter.
times we have been fascinated with all sorts of tales about monsters and intrigued by myths and
“Well, I would try to get them to stop, but if that didn’t work I would go help him.”
Maybe, one time you were camping in the woods. You saw something, lurking in the woods. You saw something unlike anything you’ve ever seen before in your life. You think it looked like the legendary Bigfoot. You know, the one you watched those Animal Planet shows on. You didn’t really believe what those guys were saying. You thought those guys were just talking crazy for thinking it was real. Maybe one time, you were on the lake. You saw something that looked like a log, swimming across the lake. You thought nothing of it. You didn’t think it might have been the Loch Ness Monster. It could have been the one they have the History Channel documentaries on. Maybe you saw a coyote looking thing attacking a farmers goat. You didn’t think much of it, thought you would be crazy to think it was a supposed “Chupacabra”. Cryptid animals have been a big part in American culture, from making TV shows about them to being a cultural phenomenon.
The Greek Song Culture with Reference to Odyssey The Homeric epic, Odyssey, begins with the invocation of the muse. The muses are the goddesses of total recall. Their name is “a reminder” since in earlier times, poets had to recall then recite events since the tales were not written down. The importance of memory and recognition is a central feature in Greek song culture.
The main characters in myths are usually gods, supernatural heroes and humans. Some legendary creatures have their origin in traditional mythology and have been believed to be real creatures for example griffins, dragons and unicorns.
Gilmore, David D. "Why Study Monsters?" Gilmore, David D. Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. 210.
While riding on Pegasus, Pegasus smells the mares on heat on Mt. Olympus and rushes to get there.
We live in a world where creatures have abilities that can blow our minds, however we are ignorant of this. We live in a world where a constant power struggle is occurring between these secret species, a struggle that most human beings have no inclination to. We live in a world where people who know the truth are sworn to secrecy, and those who proclaim this truth are considered crazy and locked away; to be sane is to be ignorant. Well, that is what I would love to be true. In actuality, I am fascinated with the topic of monsters; I love them all: lycanthropes, Frankenstein’s monster, witches, fae, necromancers, zombies, demons, mummies, and my favorite: vampires.
First, Artemis was born to Letos and Zeus on the island of Delos (Littleton 157). Artemis is one of the twelve great Olympians. When she was a child, she requested three things from Zeus. These three wishes include remaining a virgin forever, possessing bows and arrows like her brother Apollo, and she wanted all of the mountains in the world to be hers (O’Neal 25). Next, Artemis was a very attractive girl and she got the attention of many (Littleton 157). One day, according to a myth, Artemis was bathing in a spring with her nymphs, when they noticed someone watching them. Artemis, because she didn’t want anyone to see her naked, immediately transformed him into a deer (Gall 4). In another myth, Artemis fell in love with Orion. Orion was a skilled hunter, but he was devoted to Eos. Artemis, because if her stubbornness, killed him with one of her arrows (Gall 110).
Apollo is an interesting god in Greek mythology with an interesting background. An interesting story about him is when he followed Mother Earth’s Python to Mount Parnassus and “skinned the great snake and saved the hide for a gift.” This caught my attention because I always saw Apollo as a calm, forgiving god. Killing the python seemed very aggressive and I didn’t see that coming from Apollo. Another shocking moment is when Apollo challenges a satyr, Marsyas, to a competition to see who is the better musician and rigs it so that he will win. After Marsyas lost, Apollo “flayed Marsyas alive and nailed his skin to a tree. This act was quite brutal and I didn’t expect it to be done by Apollo. By fixing the competition you see how immature and
Her symbols are the bow and arrow, hunting dog, the moon, and the Ceryneian Hind. The Ceryneian Hind is a female dear she has antlers and golden hooves. The Ceryneian Hind can run faster than an arrow. Artemis also leads a group called Hunters of Artemis. The hunters and Artemis deeply dislike men and wish to stay unmarried.
Apollo is considered by many people to be a special god as he is the son of Zeus. He was born on the island of Delos, after Hera, Zeus’ wife, forbid Leto, the mother of Apollo from staying on Earth (Greek Mythology). Leto seeked refuge on Delos, and along with the inhabitants of the island and Artemis, his twin sister, Apollo was born. In one account of
In greek mythology Artemis ( also named Diana in roman ) was the daughter of Zeus and Leto , the titan goddess of the unseen . Minutes after her birth , She assisted her mother who was giving birth to her twin brother , Apollo . Her father praised her actions by promising to give her anything she wanted in return . Artemis asked to be able to live in chaste , to be a lifelong bachelorette and...