@Sevlyna that is a perfectly acceptable thing to send. The scammers sure got scammed!
TOPIC | Mythos Share
:o This thread is right up my alley. I utterly adore Norse and Greek mythology, and I love to tell the myths as stories. I'll contain myself and only tell one, since I can literally talk about this stuff for hours on end.
Alright, so this is the story of Thor, Loki, and two human childrens' journey to Jotunheim. The children were picked up along the way, when Thor offered a farming family a feast of his goats that resurrect themselves each morning, and someone broke one of the goat's bones, so it regenerated with a crippled leg.
So naturally, the farmer just straight up gave his children to Thor so he wouldn't go wild and kill everyone in a thirty mile radius. Obviously, right? That's clearly a logical response.
Anyway, so they make their way to the land of the giants, and find a giant locked gate, but it's okay because the hate is sized for giants, and they can just walk through the bars. After having committed an extremely deadly version of trespassing, the party is greeted by the giants' leader, Utgard-Loki. Is it going to be annoying that we have two characters named Loki? Yes. Yes, it is.
Utgard-Loki's immediate response is to make fun of how short the gods and the children are, again, naturally.
Loki takes offense, and asserts that despite his diminutive size compared to the giants, nobody could scarf down more food in as short an amount of time as he could. Utgard-Loki basically responds, "Yeah right, bro. I'll believe it when I see it," and tells one of his men, whose name Logi, to try to out-eat Loki.
I'm almost sure that the Nords could have been more creative on the naming front, but I digress.
The giants put down two horse troughs, both filled to the brim with food, in front of Loki and Logi. Loki begins tearing through the food, and finishes at the same time as Logi, except not only did Logi eat every last crumb of food, he also ate the bones and the whole trough.
Loki retreats, defeated.
Next up is one of the human children, named Thjalfi, who was incredibly skilled at sprinting. He offered to race anyone of the king's choosing, and the king chose a giant named Hugi, who proceeds to utterly thrash the human child in three out of three races. No matter how much harder he tried, Hugi tried that much harder.
Thjalfi also returns to the group, defeated.
So, Thor decides that he's gonna challenge the giants to a drinking contest. The challenge was to drink all of it in less than three gulps, since none of Utgard-Loki's men were so bad that they took more than two.
Predictably, Thor tries his hardest but only manages to drain it a few inches.
Presumably just to further mock them, Utgard-Loki offers that Thor could win if he could just manage to lift his cat, except the cat is huge and no matter how high Thor strains to lift it, the thing just arches its back, keeping its paws on the ground.
Thor IMMEDIATELY loses his cool and challenges anyone to wrestle him, and Utgard-Loki, being fully done at this point, is like, "Yeah, okay. Whatever. Just wrestle this old lady," but loses miserably, and gets brought to his knees by the little old lady.
So Utgard-Loki decides that he's done and reveals his trick. Loki's challenger had been literal fire itself; Thjalfi's opponent had been thought itself; and that Thor's mug had been tied to the ocean, and he had drained it enough to make the tides; The cat had actually been the Midgard Serpent, which he had actually lifted into the sky; and the old lady had been old age, which could bring any warrior to their knees.
Utgard-Loki promptly expresses how terrifying their feats had been and throws them out of Jotunheim.
And that's how it ends.
Alright, so this is the story of Thor, Loki, and two human childrens' journey to Jotunheim. The children were picked up along the way, when Thor offered a farming family a feast of his goats that resurrect themselves each morning, and someone broke one of the goat's bones, so it regenerated with a crippled leg.
So naturally, the farmer just straight up gave his children to Thor so he wouldn't go wild and kill everyone in a thirty mile radius. Obviously, right? That's clearly a logical response.
Anyway, so they make their way to the land of the giants, and find a giant locked gate, but it's okay because the hate is sized for giants, and they can just walk through the bars. After having committed an extremely deadly version of trespassing, the party is greeted by the giants' leader, Utgard-Loki. Is it going to be annoying that we have two characters named Loki? Yes. Yes, it is.
Utgard-Loki's immediate response is to make fun of how short the gods and the children are, again, naturally.
Loki takes offense, and asserts that despite his diminutive size compared to the giants, nobody could scarf down more food in as short an amount of time as he could. Utgard-Loki basically responds, "Yeah right, bro. I'll believe it when I see it," and tells one of his men, whose name Logi, to try to out-eat Loki.
I'm almost sure that the Nords could have been more creative on the naming front, but I digress.
The giants put down two horse troughs, both filled to the brim with food, in front of Loki and Logi. Loki begins tearing through the food, and finishes at the same time as Logi, except not only did Logi eat every last crumb of food, he also ate the bones and the whole trough.
Loki retreats, defeated.
Next up is one of the human children, named Thjalfi, who was incredibly skilled at sprinting. He offered to race anyone of the king's choosing, and the king chose a giant named Hugi, who proceeds to utterly thrash the human child in three out of three races. No matter how much harder he tried, Hugi tried that much harder.
Thjalfi also returns to the group, defeated.
So, Thor decides that he's gonna challenge the giants to a drinking contest. The challenge was to drink all of it in less than three gulps, since none of Utgard-Loki's men were so bad that they took more than two.
Predictably, Thor tries his hardest but only manages to drain it a few inches.
Presumably just to further mock them, Utgard-Loki offers that Thor could win if he could just manage to lift his cat, except the cat is huge and no matter how high Thor strains to lift it, the thing just arches its back, keeping its paws on the ground.
Thor IMMEDIATELY loses his cool and challenges anyone to wrestle him, and Utgard-Loki, being fully done at this point, is like, "Yeah, okay. Whatever. Just wrestle this old lady," but loses miserably, and gets brought to his knees by the little old lady.
So Utgard-Loki decides that he's done and reveals his trick. Loki's challenger had been literal fire itself; Thjalfi's opponent had been thought itself; and that Thor's mug had been tied to the ocean, and he had drained it enough to make the tides; The cat had actually been the Midgard Serpent, which he had actually lifted into the sky; and the old lady had been old age, which could bring any warrior to their knees.
Utgard-Loki promptly expresses how terrifying their feats had been and throws them out of Jotunheim.
And that's how it ends.
:o This thread is right up my alley. I utterly adore Norse and Greek mythology, and I love to tell the myths as stories. I'll contain myself and only tell one, since I can literally talk about this stuff for hours on end.
Alright, so this is the story of Thor, Loki, and two human childrens' journey to Jotunheim. The children were picked up along the way, when Thor offered a farming family a feast of his goats that resurrect themselves each morning, and someone broke one of the goat's bones, so it regenerated with a crippled leg.
So naturally, the farmer just straight up gave his children to Thor so he wouldn't go wild and kill everyone in a thirty mile radius. Obviously, right? That's clearly a logical response.
Anyway, so they make their way to the land of the giants, and find a giant locked gate, but it's okay because the hate is sized for giants, and they can just walk through the bars. After having committed an extremely deadly version of trespassing, the party is greeted by the giants' leader, Utgard-Loki. Is it going to be annoying that we have two characters named Loki? Yes. Yes, it is.
Utgard-Loki's immediate response is to make fun of how short the gods and the children are, again, naturally.
Loki takes offense, and asserts that despite his diminutive size compared to the giants, nobody could scarf down more food in as short an amount of time as he could. Utgard-Loki basically responds, "Yeah right, bro. I'll believe it when I see it," and tells one of his men, whose name Logi, to try to out-eat Loki.
I'm almost sure that the Nords could have been more creative on the naming front, but I digress.
The giants put down two horse troughs, both filled to the brim with food, in front of Loki and Logi. Loki begins tearing through the food, and finishes at the same time as Logi, except not only did Logi eat every last crumb of food, he also ate the bones and the whole trough.
Loki retreats, defeated.
Next up is one of the human children, named Thjalfi, who was incredibly skilled at sprinting. He offered to race anyone of the king's choosing, and the king chose a giant named Hugi, who proceeds to utterly thrash the human child in three out of three races. No matter how much harder he tried, Hugi tried that much harder.
Thjalfi also returns to the group, defeated.
So, Thor decides that he's gonna challenge the giants to a drinking contest. The challenge was to drink all of it in less than three gulps, since none of Utgard-Loki's men were so bad that they took more than two.
Predictably, Thor tries his hardest but only manages to drain it a few inches.
Presumably just to further mock them, Utgard-Loki offers that Thor could win if he could just manage to lift his cat, except the cat is huge and no matter how high Thor strains to lift it, the thing just arches its back, keeping its paws on the ground.
Thor IMMEDIATELY loses his cool and challenges anyone to wrestle him, and Utgard-Loki, being fully done at this point, is like, "Yeah, okay. Whatever. Just wrestle this old lady," but loses miserably, and gets brought to his knees by the little old lady.
So Utgard-Loki decides that he's done and reveals his trick. Loki's challenger had been literal fire itself; Thjalfi's opponent had been thought itself; and that Thor's mug had been tied to the ocean, and he had drained it enough to make the tides; The cat had actually been the Midgard Serpent, which he had actually lifted into the sky; and the old lady had been old age, which could bring any warrior to their knees.
Utgard-Loki promptly expresses how terrifying their feats had been and throws them out of Jotunheim.
And that's how it ends.
Alright, so this is the story of Thor, Loki, and two human childrens' journey to Jotunheim. The children were picked up along the way, when Thor offered a farming family a feast of his goats that resurrect themselves each morning, and someone broke one of the goat's bones, so it regenerated with a crippled leg.
So naturally, the farmer just straight up gave his children to Thor so he wouldn't go wild and kill everyone in a thirty mile radius. Obviously, right? That's clearly a logical response.
Anyway, so they make their way to the land of the giants, and find a giant locked gate, but it's okay because the hate is sized for giants, and they can just walk through the bars. After having committed an extremely deadly version of trespassing, the party is greeted by the giants' leader, Utgard-Loki. Is it going to be annoying that we have two characters named Loki? Yes. Yes, it is.
Utgard-Loki's immediate response is to make fun of how short the gods and the children are, again, naturally.
Loki takes offense, and asserts that despite his diminutive size compared to the giants, nobody could scarf down more food in as short an amount of time as he could. Utgard-Loki basically responds, "Yeah right, bro. I'll believe it when I see it," and tells one of his men, whose name Logi, to try to out-eat Loki.
I'm almost sure that the Nords could have been more creative on the naming front, but I digress.
The giants put down two horse troughs, both filled to the brim with food, in front of Loki and Logi. Loki begins tearing through the food, and finishes at the same time as Logi, except not only did Logi eat every last crumb of food, he also ate the bones and the whole trough.
Loki retreats, defeated.
Next up is one of the human children, named Thjalfi, who was incredibly skilled at sprinting. He offered to race anyone of the king's choosing, and the king chose a giant named Hugi, who proceeds to utterly thrash the human child in three out of three races. No matter how much harder he tried, Hugi tried that much harder.
Thjalfi also returns to the group, defeated.
So, Thor decides that he's gonna challenge the giants to a drinking contest. The challenge was to drink all of it in less than three gulps, since none of Utgard-Loki's men were so bad that they took more than two.
Predictably, Thor tries his hardest but only manages to drain it a few inches.
Presumably just to further mock them, Utgard-Loki offers that Thor could win if he could just manage to lift his cat, except the cat is huge and no matter how high Thor strains to lift it, the thing just arches its back, keeping its paws on the ground.
Thor IMMEDIATELY loses his cool and challenges anyone to wrestle him, and Utgard-Loki, being fully done at this point, is like, "Yeah, okay. Whatever. Just wrestle this old lady," but loses miserably, and gets brought to his knees by the little old lady.
So Utgard-Loki decides that he's done and reveals his trick. Loki's challenger had been literal fire itself; Thjalfi's opponent had been thought itself; and that Thor's mug had been tied to the ocean, and he had drained it enough to make the tides; The cat had actually been the Midgard Serpent, which he had actually lifted into the sky; and the old lady had been old age, which could bring any warrior to their knees.
Utgard-Loki promptly expresses how terrifying their feats had been and throws them out of Jotunheim.
And that's how it ends.
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@Ambivalence Yeah, basically all Norse tales are exactly like this.
Thor wears a wedding dress and then kills everyone at the reception, Loki transforms into a horse and gives birth to an eight-legged baby horse, Freyja has a chariot pulled by large Norwegian Forest Cats (If you dont know what they are... pls google it. its so worth it), there's just...
so much.
Thor wears a wedding dress and then kills everyone at the reception, Loki transforms into a horse and gives birth to an eight-legged baby horse, Freyja has a chariot pulled by large Norwegian Forest Cats (If you dont know what they are... pls google it. its so worth it), there's just...
so much.
@Ambivalence Yeah, basically all Norse tales are exactly like this.
Thor wears a wedding dress and then kills everyone at the reception, Loki transforms into a horse and gives birth to an eight-legged baby horse, Freyja has a chariot pulled by large Norwegian Forest Cats (If you dont know what they are... pls google it. its so worth it), there's just...
so much.
Thor wears a wedding dress and then kills everyone at the reception, Loki transforms into a horse and gives birth to an eight-legged baby horse, Freyja has a chariot pulled by large Norwegian Forest Cats (If you dont know what they are... pls google it. its so worth it), there's just...
so much.
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Wow... everyone's out here with their cool myths from their own cultures and I'm just some kid taking latin... anyway, I don't think this counts but one of my favorite stories is the one of the Gracchi brothers but more so Tiberius than Gaius(apparently real people btw).
So... Tiberius and Gaius were these bros that lived during the time of the republic. They had a plebeian family adopt them so they could run for Tribunus Plebis (Tribune of the People) . Tiberius was elected first and the plebeians really liked him. He wanted to do all these agricultural reforms so they wouldn't be cheated out of land and the upper class people wouldn't be so rich and the plebes wouldn't be so poor. The senators didn't like that because they were rich and they tried to get the other tribune to stop him.
Side note: the tribunes (there were only 2 of them at a time) had the power to veto (literally translated: I forbid) pretty much anything also they had sacrosanctity, meaning you couldn't physically touch/harm them
Anyway, where was I?
So, the other tribune vetoed him and Tiberius was like, oh yeah? Get out of my popular assembly! And had him forcibly removed from the assembly. (That was illegal btw...) And then he tried to get the reforms passed again but when that didn't work he just vetoed any and all laws that anyone else tried to pass. Nothing got done until the senate finally gave him his agricultural reforms, but they didn't give him any funding. Tiberius wasn't going to let that stop him, though! An old king of one of Rome's allies died and gave his kingdom to Rome, and with that, many riches that were meant to be distributed amongst the many expenses of the government and up keep of the republic. However Tiberius took it all as funding for his reforms. The end?
Another actual Roman myth that I like is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. They're basically ancient roman Romeo and Juliet.
So, Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors but their families hated eachother. However Pyramus and Thisbe were in love. One night they decided to meet up under a mulberry tree. Thisbe got there first and saw a lion just chilling under the tree. She got scared and ran away, but as she was running, she lost her scarf. Later on Pyramus came and he saw the lion playing with Thisbe's scarf. He thought the lion killed her, and not wanting to live without his love, killed himself. Thisbe came back to find her lover dead and the lion gone. She killed herself out of sadness. And that's how the berries on mulberry trees became red. The end.
So... Tiberius and Gaius were these bros that lived during the time of the republic. They had a plebeian family adopt them so they could run for Tribunus Plebis (Tribune of the People) . Tiberius was elected first and the plebeians really liked him. He wanted to do all these agricultural reforms so they wouldn't be cheated out of land and the upper class people wouldn't be so rich and the plebes wouldn't be so poor. The senators didn't like that because they were rich and they tried to get the other tribune to stop him.
Side note: the tribunes (there were only 2 of them at a time) had the power to veto (literally translated: I forbid) pretty much anything also they had sacrosanctity, meaning you couldn't physically touch/harm them
Anyway, where was I?
So, the other tribune vetoed him and Tiberius was like, oh yeah? Get out of my popular assembly! And had him forcibly removed from the assembly. (That was illegal btw...) And then he tried to get the reforms passed again but when that didn't work he just vetoed any and all laws that anyone else tried to pass. Nothing got done until the senate finally gave him his agricultural reforms, but they didn't give him any funding. Tiberius wasn't going to let that stop him, though! An old king of one of Rome's allies died and gave his kingdom to Rome, and with that, many riches that were meant to be distributed amongst the many expenses of the government and up keep of the republic. However Tiberius took it all as funding for his reforms. The end?
Another actual Roman myth that I like is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. They're basically ancient roman Romeo and Juliet.
So, Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors but their families hated eachother. However Pyramus and Thisbe were in love. One night they decided to meet up under a mulberry tree. Thisbe got there first and saw a lion just chilling under the tree. She got scared and ran away, but as she was running, she lost her scarf. Later on Pyramus came and he saw the lion playing with Thisbe's scarf. He thought the lion killed her, and not wanting to live without his love, killed himself. Thisbe came back to find her lover dead and the lion gone. She killed herself out of sadness. And that's how the berries on mulberry trees became red. The end.
Wow... everyone's out here with their cool myths from their own cultures and I'm just some kid taking latin... anyway, I don't think this counts but one of my favorite stories is the one of the Gracchi brothers but more so Tiberius than Gaius(apparently real people btw).
So... Tiberius and Gaius were these bros that lived during the time of the republic. They had a plebeian family adopt them so they could run for Tribunus Plebis (Tribune of the People) . Tiberius was elected first and the plebeians really liked him. He wanted to do all these agricultural reforms so they wouldn't be cheated out of land and the upper class people wouldn't be so rich and the plebes wouldn't be so poor. The senators didn't like that because they were rich and they tried to get the other tribune to stop him.
Side note: the tribunes (there were only 2 of them at a time) had the power to veto (literally translated: I forbid) pretty much anything also they had sacrosanctity, meaning you couldn't physically touch/harm them
Anyway, where was I?
So, the other tribune vetoed him and Tiberius was like, oh yeah? Get out of my popular assembly! And had him forcibly removed from the assembly. (That was illegal btw...) And then he tried to get the reforms passed again but when that didn't work he just vetoed any and all laws that anyone else tried to pass. Nothing got done until the senate finally gave him his agricultural reforms, but they didn't give him any funding. Tiberius wasn't going to let that stop him, though! An old king of one of Rome's allies died and gave his kingdom to Rome, and with that, many riches that were meant to be distributed amongst the many expenses of the government and up keep of the republic. However Tiberius took it all as funding for his reforms. The end?
Another actual Roman myth that I like is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. They're basically ancient roman Romeo and Juliet.
So, Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors but their families hated eachother. However Pyramus and Thisbe were in love. One night they decided to meet up under a mulberry tree. Thisbe got there first and saw a lion just chilling under the tree. She got scared and ran away, but as she was running, she lost her scarf. Later on Pyramus came and he saw the lion playing with Thisbe's scarf. He thought the lion killed her, and not wanting to live without his love, killed himself. Thisbe came back to find her lover dead and the lion gone. She killed herself out of sadness. And that's how the berries on mulberry trees became red. The end.
So... Tiberius and Gaius were these bros that lived during the time of the republic. They had a plebeian family adopt them so they could run for Tribunus Plebis (Tribune of the People) . Tiberius was elected first and the plebeians really liked him. He wanted to do all these agricultural reforms so they wouldn't be cheated out of land and the upper class people wouldn't be so rich and the plebes wouldn't be so poor. The senators didn't like that because they were rich and they tried to get the other tribune to stop him.
Side note: the tribunes (there were only 2 of them at a time) had the power to veto (literally translated: I forbid) pretty much anything also they had sacrosanctity, meaning you couldn't physically touch/harm them
Anyway, where was I?
So, the other tribune vetoed him and Tiberius was like, oh yeah? Get out of my popular assembly! And had him forcibly removed from the assembly. (That was illegal btw...) And then he tried to get the reforms passed again but when that didn't work he just vetoed any and all laws that anyone else tried to pass. Nothing got done until the senate finally gave him his agricultural reforms, but they didn't give him any funding. Tiberius wasn't going to let that stop him, though! An old king of one of Rome's allies died and gave his kingdom to Rome, and with that, many riches that were meant to be distributed amongst the many expenses of the government and up keep of the republic. However Tiberius took it all as funding for his reforms. The end?
Another actual Roman myth that I like is the story of Pyramus and Thisbe. They're basically ancient roman Romeo and Juliet.
So, Pyramus and Thisbe were neighbors but their families hated eachother. However Pyramus and Thisbe were in love. One night they decided to meet up under a mulberry tree. Thisbe got there first and saw a lion just chilling under the tree. She got scared and ran away, but as she was running, she lost her scarf. Later on Pyramus came and he saw the lion playing with Thisbe's scarf. He thought the lion killed her, and not wanting to live without his love, killed himself. Thisbe came back to find her lover dead and the lion gone. She killed herself out of sadness. And that's how the berries on mulberry trees became red. The end.
This is a greek myth about Arachne.
According to the myth, Arachne was a very famous and talented weaver. She was so proud of her skills that she challenged the goddess Athena to a contest to see who was best.
Athena was the goddess of many talents–warfare, weaving, wisdom, crafts, and learning–and she did not take kindly to the challenge. She accepted, hoping to put Arachne in her place and teach her respect.In some versions, Arachne’s constant boasting upsets Athena so much that she’s the one to make the challenge.
Athena is so angry at Arachne’s bragging that she decides she will weave a message and a warning. She wove four stories of humans who thought themselves equal to the gods, who were later punished by the gods for their boasting. Not getting the hint, Arachne wove four scenes in which the gods punished and hurt humans without a good reason.
To make it more awkward,it is clear from the start that Arachne’s weaving is much better than Athena’s.Although what she wove wasn’t very nice, it was obviously done well.However,the scenes Arachne wove did not put the gods in a very nice light. Embarrassed and furious, Athena cursed Arachne. This curse transformed her into a spider.
Some versions of the myth end differently. In one version, Athena shows Arachne how her lack of respect is hurtful. Ashamed by her actions, Arachne takes her own life. This makes Athena bring her back to life and transform her into a spider, so she can always weave to her heart’s content.
In another, Arachne and Athena’s contest has a different stipulation. Whoever loses the contest has to promise they will never weave on a loom or a spindle ever again. In this version, Athena wins. Arachne is so heartbroken that she can no longer do what she loves, but eventually Athena takes pity on her. Once again, Arachne is transformed into a spider so she can still weave and spin without breaking her promise to never touch a loom or spindle again.
According to the myth, Arachne was a very famous and talented weaver. She was so proud of her skills that she challenged the goddess Athena to a contest to see who was best.
Athena was the goddess of many talents–warfare, weaving, wisdom, crafts, and learning–and she did not take kindly to the challenge. She accepted, hoping to put Arachne in her place and teach her respect.In some versions, Arachne’s constant boasting upsets Athena so much that she’s the one to make the challenge.
Athena is so angry at Arachne’s bragging that she decides she will weave a message and a warning. She wove four stories of humans who thought themselves equal to the gods, who were later punished by the gods for their boasting. Not getting the hint, Arachne wove four scenes in which the gods punished and hurt humans without a good reason.
To make it more awkward,it is clear from the start that Arachne’s weaving is much better than Athena’s.Although what she wove wasn’t very nice, it was obviously done well.However,the scenes Arachne wove did not put the gods in a very nice light. Embarrassed and furious, Athena cursed Arachne. This curse transformed her into a spider.
Some versions of the myth end differently. In one version, Athena shows Arachne how her lack of respect is hurtful. Ashamed by her actions, Arachne takes her own life. This makes Athena bring her back to life and transform her into a spider, so she can always weave to her heart’s content.
In another, Arachne and Athena’s contest has a different stipulation. Whoever loses the contest has to promise they will never weave on a loom or a spindle ever again. In this version, Athena wins. Arachne is so heartbroken that she can no longer do what she loves, but eventually Athena takes pity on her. Once again, Arachne is transformed into a spider so she can still weave and spin without breaking her promise to never touch a loom or spindle again.
This is a greek myth about Arachne.
According to the myth, Arachne was a very famous and talented weaver. She was so proud of her skills that she challenged the goddess Athena to a contest to see who was best.
Athena was the goddess of many talents–warfare, weaving, wisdom, crafts, and learning–and she did not take kindly to the challenge. She accepted, hoping to put Arachne in her place and teach her respect.In some versions, Arachne’s constant boasting upsets Athena so much that she’s the one to make the challenge.
Athena is so angry at Arachne’s bragging that she decides she will weave a message and a warning. She wove four stories of humans who thought themselves equal to the gods, who were later punished by the gods for their boasting. Not getting the hint, Arachne wove four scenes in which the gods punished and hurt humans without a good reason.
To make it more awkward,it is clear from the start that Arachne’s weaving is much better than Athena’s.Although what she wove wasn’t very nice, it was obviously done well.However,the scenes Arachne wove did not put the gods in a very nice light. Embarrassed and furious, Athena cursed Arachne. This curse transformed her into a spider.
Some versions of the myth end differently. In one version, Athena shows Arachne how her lack of respect is hurtful. Ashamed by her actions, Arachne takes her own life. This makes Athena bring her back to life and transform her into a spider, so she can always weave to her heart’s content.
In another, Arachne and Athena’s contest has a different stipulation. Whoever loses the contest has to promise they will never weave on a loom or a spindle ever again. In this version, Athena wins. Arachne is so heartbroken that she can no longer do what she loves, but eventually Athena takes pity on her. Once again, Arachne is transformed into a spider so she can still weave and spin without breaking her promise to never touch a loom or spindle again.
According to the myth, Arachne was a very famous and talented weaver. She was so proud of her skills that she challenged the goddess Athena to a contest to see who was best.
Athena was the goddess of many talents–warfare, weaving, wisdom, crafts, and learning–and she did not take kindly to the challenge. She accepted, hoping to put Arachne in her place and teach her respect.In some versions, Arachne’s constant boasting upsets Athena so much that she’s the one to make the challenge.
Athena is so angry at Arachne’s bragging that she decides she will weave a message and a warning. She wove four stories of humans who thought themselves equal to the gods, who were later punished by the gods for their boasting. Not getting the hint, Arachne wove four scenes in which the gods punished and hurt humans without a good reason.
To make it more awkward,it is clear from the start that Arachne’s weaving is much better than Athena’s.Although what she wove wasn’t very nice, it was obviously done well.However,the scenes Arachne wove did not put the gods in a very nice light. Embarrassed and furious, Athena cursed Arachne. This curse transformed her into a spider.
Some versions of the myth end differently. In one version, Athena shows Arachne how her lack of respect is hurtful. Ashamed by her actions, Arachne takes her own life. This makes Athena bring her back to life and transform her into a spider, so she can always weave to her heart’s content.
In another, Arachne and Athena’s contest has a different stipulation. Whoever loses the contest has to promise they will never weave on a loom or a spindle ever again. In this version, Athena wins. Arachne is so heartbroken that she can no longer do what she loves, but eventually Athena takes pity on her. Once again, Arachne is transformed into a spider so she can still weave and spin without breaking her promise to never touch a loom or spindle again.
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Ok...so,I was gonna write it all out,but the page refreshed and my hard work disappeared.This is a Greek story known as 'Icarus And The Sun' or Icarus and Daedalus,because of the unofficial comic.The link is here.
For all those that can't access it,this is the summary.Sort of.I fricking memorized all of it,and yet I can't remember my Higher Chinese spelling,the one where you memorize and write a paragraph.
Daedalus was a genius inventor and sculptor,who invented the first bathhouse,made the first dance floor,and invented carpentry as well as the tools used for it.However,he was egostical and jealous.Fearing that his nephew was more skilled than him,Daedalus murdered him.
As punishment,he was banished from Athens and sent to Crete.There,King Minos treated him kindly.Daedalus was the palace advisor and kept pushing the boundaries.He invented the ship's sail and mast,and made toys so realistic that they looked alive.With every creation,Daedalus challenged the limits of mankind that had kept them separate from the gods.Until finally,he succeeded.
King Minos's wife,Pasiphaë was cursed by the god Poseidon to fall in love with the king's bull.Under this spell,she asked Daedalus to help her.Daedalus created a hollow cow.With her inside,Pasiphaë conceived and had a child,the Minotaur.King Minos was angry.Daedalus was forced to make an inescapable maze for the Minotaur under the palace.After that,Daedalus and his son Icarus were imprisoned in the highest tower of the castle,where they would remain forever.
Watching the birds,Daedalus found a way to escape.He used wax and the feathers from birds perching on the tower to make two pairs of giant wings.While strapping the wings to Icarus,he warned:Flying to close to the sea would dampen the wings and make them too heavy for flight,but flying to close to the sun would melt the wax on the wings,causing the person to fall into the sea.Therefore, the key would be to fly in the middle.
As Daedalus stayed to the middle,Icarus was overcome by the feeling of flying and divine power.They were the first mortals to fly.Daedalus could only watch in horror as Icarus flew higher and higher,closer and closer to the sun.It was then Icarus fell from the sky.
In the end,both men paid dearly for straying from the path of moderation.Icarus with his life,and Daedalus with his regret.
For all those that can't access it,this is the summary.Sort of.I fricking memorized all of it,and yet I can't remember my Higher Chinese spelling,the one where you memorize and write a paragraph.
Daedalus was a genius inventor and sculptor,who invented the first bathhouse,made the first dance floor,and invented carpentry as well as the tools used for it.However,he was egostical and jealous.Fearing that his nephew was more skilled than him,Daedalus murdered him.
As punishment,he was banished from Athens and sent to Crete.There,King Minos treated him kindly.Daedalus was the palace advisor and kept pushing the boundaries.He invented the ship's sail and mast,and made toys so realistic that they looked alive.With every creation,Daedalus challenged the limits of mankind that had kept them separate from the gods.Until finally,he succeeded.
King Minos's wife,Pasiphaë was cursed by the god Poseidon to fall in love with the king's bull.Under this spell,she asked Daedalus to help her.Daedalus created a hollow cow.With her inside,Pasiphaë conceived and had a child,the Minotaur.King Minos was angry.Daedalus was forced to make an inescapable maze for the Minotaur under the palace.After that,Daedalus and his son Icarus were imprisoned in the highest tower of the castle,where they would remain forever.
Watching the birds,Daedalus found a way to escape.He used wax and the feathers from birds perching on the tower to make two pairs of giant wings.While strapping the wings to Icarus,he warned:Flying to close to the sea would dampen the wings and make them too heavy for flight,but flying to close to the sun would melt the wax on the wings,causing the person to fall into the sea.Therefore, the key would be to fly in the middle.
As Daedalus stayed to the middle,Icarus was overcome by the feeling of flying and divine power.They were the first mortals to fly.Daedalus could only watch in horror as Icarus flew higher and higher,closer and closer to the sun.It was then Icarus fell from the sky.
In the end,both men paid dearly for straying from the path of moderation.Icarus with his life,and Daedalus with his regret.
Ok...so,I was gonna write it all out,but the page refreshed and my hard work disappeared.This is a Greek story known as 'Icarus And The Sun' or Icarus and Daedalus,because of the unofficial comic.The link is here.
For all those that can't access it,this is the summary.Sort of.I fricking memorized all of it,and yet I can't remember my Higher Chinese spelling,the one where you memorize and write a paragraph.
Daedalus was a genius inventor and sculptor,who invented the first bathhouse,made the first dance floor,and invented carpentry as well as the tools used for it.However,he was egostical and jealous.Fearing that his nephew was more skilled than him,Daedalus murdered him.
As punishment,he was banished from Athens and sent to Crete.There,King Minos treated him kindly.Daedalus was the palace advisor and kept pushing the boundaries.He invented the ship's sail and mast,and made toys so realistic that they looked alive.With every creation,Daedalus challenged the limits of mankind that had kept them separate from the gods.Until finally,he succeeded.
King Minos's wife,Pasiphaë was cursed by the god Poseidon to fall in love with the king's bull.Under this spell,she asked Daedalus to help her.Daedalus created a hollow cow.With her inside,Pasiphaë conceived and had a child,the Minotaur.King Minos was angry.Daedalus was forced to make an inescapable maze for the Minotaur under the palace.After that,Daedalus and his son Icarus were imprisoned in the highest tower of the castle,where they would remain forever.
Watching the birds,Daedalus found a way to escape.He used wax and the feathers from birds perching on the tower to make two pairs of giant wings.While strapping the wings to Icarus,he warned:Flying to close to the sea would dampen the wings and make them too heavy for flight,but flying to close to the sun would melt the wax on the wings,causing the person to fall into the sea.Therefore, the key would be to fly in the middle.
As Daedalus stayed to the middle,Icarus was overcome by the feeling of flying and divine power.They were the first mortals to fly.Daedalus could only watch in horror as Icarus flew higher and higher,closer and closer to the sun.It was then Icarus fell from the sky.
In the end,both men paid dearly for straying from the path of moderation.Icarus with his life,and Daedalus with his regret.
For all those that can't access it,this is the summary.Sort of.I fricking memorized all of it,and yet I can't remember my Higher Chinese spelling,the one where you memorize and write a paragraph.
Daedalus was a genius inventor and sculptor,who invented the first bathhouse,made the first dance floor,and invented carpentry as well as the tools used for it.However,he was egostical and jealous.Fearing that his nephew was more skilled than him,Daedalus murdered him.
As punishment,he was banished from Athens and sent to Crete.There,King Minos treated him kindly.Daedalus was the palace advisor and kept pushing the boundaries.He invented the ship's sail and mast,and made toys so realistic that they looked alive.With every creation,Daedalus challenged the limits of mankind that had kept them separate from the gods.Until finally,he succeeded.
King Minos's wife,Pasiphaë was cursed by the god Poseidon to fall in love with the king's bull.Under this spell,she asked Daedalus to help her.Daedalus created a hollow cow.With her inside,Pasiphaë conceived and had a child,the Minotaur.King Minos was angry.Daedalus was forced to make an inescapable maze for the Minotaur under the palace.After that,Daedalus and his son Icarus were imprisoned in the highest tower of the castle,where they would remain forever.
Watching the birds,Daedalus found a way to escape.He used wax and the feathers from birds perching on the tower to make two pairs of giant wings.While strapping the wings to Icarus,he warned:Flying to close to the sea would dampen the wings and make them too heavy for flight,but flying to close to the sun would melt the wax on the wings,causing the person to fall into the sea.Therefore, the key would be to fly in the middle.
As Daedalus stayed to the middle,Icarus was overcome by the feeling of flying and divine power.They were the first mortals to fly.Daedalus could only watch in horror as Icarus flew higher and higher,closer and closer to the sun.It was then Icarus fell from the sky.
In the end,both men paid dearly for straying from the path of moderation.Icarus with his life,and Daedalus with his regret.
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