Dragous and the Wolf

                                                      Dagous and the Wolf                  

The sky’s are bright with four suns, but empty at night with no moon. The only light that carries the darkness is the continuous flickering of stars. The trees dance during the day, but weep at night for they fear the moons will not be returned to their rightful place in the sky. The daylight brings so much joy to this world of Amentous, but cannot stay that way for a whole day for it brings to much pain and agony to the suns. So many heroes have tried to find the moons, but so many have fallen for no man nor God can get past the gates of Ronurious. There lies an unspeakable horror, and his name was Dragous. Part dragon, part demon, this beast has done the unthinkable by slaying the mighty Thor of Asgard. Decades have passed with no answer on how to kill this beast of so massive of power that all hope was lost. Because of the time that has passed with no moons on Amentous, no living thing has been able to sleep fearing that Dragous and his army of hybrid man dragons would creep through the darkness and eat anything that is fast asleep, and with the days being so bright they cannot sleep, but they do not complain, but instead are greatful for the short time they can rejoice and be happy. But with all this happiness life on Amentous is dying. With each passing day the suns drag on daylight as much as they, but with the weight of night approaching it is too heavy to bear and as this continuous the suns will die. When this happens there will be no more days and Dragous will be able to pillage at will.

Zeus of Olympus and Odin of Asgard fear that after Amentous is filled with complete darkness their two worlds will be the next to feel Dragous’s rath. In this this they devised a plan to end Dragous, but new there lives would be the cost. Zeus used all his power to bring the wolf back to life and remove the stones the hunter placed in his belly, where Odin used all his power to transfer the power of Fenrir into the wolf. This plan came about because of how sly the wolf is and how powerful Fenrir was that this may be the only way to get the moons back and save all worlds. The wolf was pleased to be alive again, and noticed that we was bigger than before, but he had the memories of both his and Fenrir that he remembered what happened to him and because of the hate for Odin and the lack of help from Zues when he was stuffed, he ate them both.

 The Sly one was resurrected to destroy Dragous and bring peace back to Amentous, but of this he did not care for because there were no moons at night he thought this was good hunting his food. As great a wolf he is now he found it was still difficult to find food with no moons to guide his way, and knew when daylight came all the creatures of Amentous would see him flee. This upset him more and more when it crossed his mind for he knew what he had to do in order for him to eat. The all power wolf walked up to the gates Ronurious and demanded to speak with Dragous. Dragous saw this massive being as his equal and asked for the sly wolf to join forces, but the wolf declined and politely asked for Dragous to return the moons. This angered the dragon beast thus he struck the wolf with a might blow, and without a flinch the wolf replied,” “My, what big hands you have.” With more rage brewing the all-powerful dragon beast flew in and bit the sly wolf and he replied, “My, what big teeth you have”, and before Dragous could attack again, the might wolf lundged and bit off the head of the dragon beast and said, “My, how delicious you taste. With Dragous defeated the moons could be returned, but not before the hybrid army pledged there allegiance to the mighty wolf. Then the wolf realized he was there new leader and replied, “You keep what you kill”. He returned to moons to the sky and the nights were filled with light, but not for sleep, but so the sly wolf can now see his many prey that he will soon devour.

I hate my life

                A wise man once said know thy self, and that man was me. Yes my situation ended badly, but because of my wisdom Odin preserved my head after it was decapitated and sang charms to me to give me speech. I mean that’s great and all but I do miss my body.  Who really wants to walk around as just a head, not me. I remember when I walked amongst the best. I was second to non in understanding and wisdom. Anything you needed to know who did you ask? This guy.  But nnnooooooooooo the Vanir get pist cause they felt they were cheated so they cut off my head. What if I was cheated in the people I helped can I just go around cutting people up? I don’t think do though It would be nice cut someone’s head off if they don’t take my advice , but of course I’m in a different situation so that’s out the question. But you since Odin did take care of my head screw everybody else. He took care of me so I’m going to take care of him. So Odin if you’re listening anytime you need the best wisdom in the world I’ll be right there on your wall awaiting your questions.

True Heroes

A Hero is usually a good guy and in the face of danger and adversity displays courage. Also from a position of weakness displays bravery and self-sacrifice. A hero does things for some greater good of all humanity. Rama shows these characteristics to his people. For example when he was to be banished instead of being king he went without question. A journey such as this shows much courage to an individual and sacrifice. The best characteristic he showed was bravery when he went to save Sita. He fought a 10 headed man In order to rescue her. Now Rama and Gilgamesh have nothing in common. Rama was a good man to his people who was treated with respect and treated others the same. Gilgamesh however may have ended that way, but started off totally different.  This guy was king and would rape women of his own village and just did what he wanted just because he wanted. To me Gilgamesh was no hero. He didn’t do anything heroic besides Kill the Giant and the bull which I think were for self-pleasure any way. Enkidu was more a hero than Gilgamesh. A hero you can compare Rama to would be Superman. Rama does justice for his people and so does Superman. Superman shows loyalty to his true people of krypton, but he also shows loyalty to the people of earth. He proved himself with his courage bravery and strength to be a true champion and one of the best heroes of all time. Rama’s traits show the best comparison to Superman.  There are many others you can choose to compare, but with the strength of loyalty that they both have this shows the respect they have from there people. Respect is a strong thing to earn from others and in order to be a good hero you must earn respect than take it.

Human Heroes

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Two of my favorite heroes are from a TV show called Supernatural. Sam and Dean are two brothers who started off looking for their father who disappeared, and on the way have had to fight off demons and other paranormal things. Dean was of age when he saw his mother die in Sam’s nursery and the same way she died. When Sam was older he saw his girlfriend die the same way. So as the journey begins for these two brothers they find a lot of bumps on the road to where we are now in the show. As I said they’ve fought demons, ghosts, shape shifters, and even themselves. Sam and Dean could be looked at as very close or very distant, but no matter what was thrown in front of them they still found a way to win against evil. There was an important part of their journey when Sam was chosen as a 6 month old baby when he had demon blood dripped into him. He was stronger than demons when he learned he had to drink blood, but of course Dean did not agree with this. The journey get s hot and heavy when Sam finds out the reason he was chosen is because he was Lucifer’s vessel. Also Dean found out that he was supposed to be Michael, the arch angel and Lucifer’s brother, vessel. So with the story at the point to where Sam and Dean would have to fight with Lucifer and Michael in their bodies it was time to figure out how to stop this. Not to get into the hole series, but the brothers overcame and won, but with a small cost. Sam felt if he lets Lucifer take him over he would be able to control him which he did, but that was the only way to throw Lucifer back into hell he had to throw himself in there as well. Of course the season is still going on there for Sam has returned from but not without a cost, and now the two brother are up against creations from purgatory called the Leviathans. Man I can’t wait for this Friday night for episode 3 of season 7. This is a cool journey because these are two human boys with no superpowers that fight all the urban legends, myths, and creations and find ways to come on top.

Perseus and Andromeda

 the love story part: Perseus and Andromeda!

We have left our hero while he was crossing Africa (which the ancient Greeks called Libya) with his winged sandals.

When he arrived in Aethiopia, he saw a beautiful girl tied with chains to a rock. He found out that she was the daughter of Cepheus, king of Aethiopia, and of his wife, Cassiopeia. Her parents and their servants were standing nearby and crying.

All this had happened because Cassiopeia had boasted that both her and her daughter were more beautiful than the Nereids. The sea nymphs complained to Poseidon, who sent a sea monster, Cetus (which some say was a whale), to plague the country. The king and queen consulted an oracle, who told them to sacrifice their daughter to the monster, in order to save the kingdom.

That's when Perseus appeared. He instantly fell in love with Andromeda and told her parents that he wanted to save her and make her his wife. Cepheus and Cassiopeia quickly agreed, because they saw the monster approaching.

Some say that Perseus used Medusa's head to turn the monster into stone, and that was the end of it. Others, though, narrate the whole fight between Perseus and the monster. He managed to hurt Cetus with his crooked sword, but the wings on the sandals were wet because the monster was spouting water. Pereus managed to land on a rock and with his last forces he killed the monster. The water was so red because of all that blood and it remained

After that, he went to the shore. He made a bed of algae, put Medusa's head on them and covered it, so as to prevent the others from seeing it and being turned into stone. He noticed that the algae absorbed the poison from the snakes on the head and turned into stone. The sea nymphs saw this and they tried to do it, too, succesfully. That's why when plants from the see come into contact with the air, they transform into coral. (At least that was Ovid's explanation, in his Metamorphoses).

The hero made three altars, dedicated to the gods who had helped him: Athena, Hermes and Zeus. Everybody was happy, so Perseus and Andromeda wed immediately after that. During the banquet, the guests asked him to tell them about his adventures.

All of a sudden, a big noise is heard from the entrance. It was Phineus, Cepheus' brother and Andromeda's first fiance. He protested that it was not fair for Perseus to marry her. Cepheus said that Phineus should have done something when Andromeda was tied to the rock, instead of just disappearing and coming back when everything was solved.

Perseus tried to avoid the fight, but Phineus and his men started to throw javelins at Perseus and the other guests. The hero had no choice but to react. Many of his friends were wounded and killed, and when he saw more of Phineus' men coming, he took Medusa's head and warned his friends to cover their eyes. All his enemies were turned into marble statues - and one of his men, too, because he didn't look away in time.

Phineus was looking at his men and he was trying to encourage them to continue their fight. When he saw that they had all become statues, in strange positions, he was afraid to look at Perseus. He begged the hero to spare his life and leave all this behind them. Perseus promised that his sword would not touch Phineus, on the contrary, Phineus would remain as monument for her betrothed to always see him. And then, of course, showed him Medusa's head and turned him into a statue.

Perseus and Andromeda returned to Seriphos. In the end they had many children together, the Perseides: sons Perses, Alcaeus, Sthenelus, Heleus, Mestor, Electryon, and one daughter, Gorgophone.

I chose this myth because it gives you the heroic nature a man saves girl, man marries girl, and they create a family. Most myths never end happy or they end partly happy. This story gives you the fairy tale of what every reader what’s to see.

I am Pgymalion

I was a master sculptor in the ancient city of Greece. All day I sculpted beautiful statues from huge pieces of rock. In fact, my creations were so wonderful that whoever saw them were mesmerised by their sheer artistic beauty and exact finish. I myself was a fine and handsome young man, and was liked by all men and women. Many women loved me for my great skill and looks.

                I never paid attention to any of these women. I saw so much to blame in women that I came at last to abhor the sex, and resolved to live unmarried. Because of my unhappiness with women, with my wonderful skill, I sculpted a beautiful ivory statue which was so lifelike that it was difficult to believe that it was lifeless at the first glance. The beauty was such that no living woman could compete with it. It was indeed the perfect semblance of a maiden that seemed to be alive, and only prevented from moving by modesty. My art was so perfect that it concealed itself and its product looked like the workmanship of nature.

                By and by my admiration for my own sculpture turned to love. Oftentimes I laid my hand upon it as if to assure himself whether it were living or not, and could not, even then, believe that it was only ivory. I caressed it, and gave it such presents as young girls love - bright shells and polished stones, little birds and flowers of various hues, beads and amber. I adorned my ivory maiden with jewels, and put rainment on her  limbs, and jewels on her fingers, and a necklace about her neck. To the ears I hung earrings and strings of pearls upon the breast. Her dress became her, and she looked not less charming than when unattired. I laid her on a couch spread with cloths of Tyrian dye, and called her my wife, and put her head upon a pillow of the softest feathers, as if she could enjoy their softness. I gave the statue a name: "Galatea", meaning "sleeping love'.

When I had performed my part in the solemnities, I hesitantly prayed for a wife like my ivory virgin statue. I stood before the altar of Aphrodite and timidly said, "Ye gods, who can do all things, give me, I pray you, for my wife" - I dared not utter "my ivory virgin," but said instead - "one like my ivory virgin."

                But Goddess Aphrodite understood what I was trying to say. She was curious. How can a man love a lifeless thing so much? What she saw greatly amazed her for the sculpture had a perfect likeness to her. In fact, it would not have been wrong to say that my sculpture was an image of Aphrodite herself.

Goddess Aphrodite was charmed by my creation she brought the statue to life.

When I returned to my home, i went before Galatea and knelt down before the woman of my dreams. I looked at her lovingly, with a lover's ardour. It seemed to me that Galatea was looking at her lovingly too.

For a moment, it seemed to me that it was just a figment of my imagination. I rubbed my eyes and looked again, but there was no mistake this time because Galatea was smiling at me.