The Hippogriff

Hippogriffs are aggressive flying creatures that combine features of horses and giant eagles. Voracious omnivores, hippogriffs will hunthumanoids as readily as any other meal. A typical hippogriff is 9 feet long, has a wingspan of 20 feet, and weighs 1,000 pounds. The reason for its great rarity is that griffins regard horses as prey. It has been suggested this idea was strong enough in medieval times to produce an expression, "to mate griffins with horses", which meant about the same as the modern expression, "When pigs fly". The hippogriff was therefore a symbol of impossibility and love. The hippogriff, in legends is said to be far faster, stronger and more intelligent than their fathers, the griffin, apparently traveling at the "speed of lightning". This was supposedly inspired by Virgil's Eclogues: ... mate Gryphons with mares, and in the coming age shy deer and hounds together come to drink.., which would also be the source for the reputed medieval expression, if indeed it was one.

Among the animal combat themes in Scythian gold adornments may be found griffins attacking horses. The hippogriff seemed easier to tame than a griffin. In the few medieval legends when this fantastic creature makes an appearance, it is usually the pet of either a knight or a sorcerer. It makes an excellent steed, being able to fly as fast as lightning. The hippogriff is said to be an omnivore, eating either plants or meat.

The Hydra

The Hydra which lived in the swamps near to the ancient city of Lerna in Argolis, was a terrifying monster which like the Nemean lion was the offspring of Echidna (half maiden - half serpent), and Typhon (had 100 heads), other versions think that the Hydra was the offspring of Styx and the Titan Pallas. The Hydra had the body of a serpent and many heads (the number of heads deviates from five up to one hundred there are many versions but generally nine is accepted as standard), of which one could never be harmed by any weapon, and if any of the other heads were severed another would grow in its place (in some versions two would grow). Also the stench from the Hydra's breath was enough to kill man or beast (in other versions it was a deadly venom). When it emerged from the swamp it would attack herds of cattle and local villagers, devouring them with its numerous heads. It totally terrorized the vicinity for many years.Heracles journeyed to Lake Lerna in a speedy chariot, and with him he took his nephew and charioteer Iolaus, in search of the dreaded Hydra. When they finally reached the Hydras' hiding place, Heracles told Iolaus to stay with the horses while he drew the monster from its hole with flaming arrows. This brought out the hideous beast.

 

Heracles courageously attacked the beast, flaying at each head with his sword, (in some versions a scythe) but he soon realized that as one head was severed another grew in its place. Heracles called for help from Iolaus, telling him to bring a flaming torch, and as Heracles cut off the heads one by one from the Hydra, Iolaus cauterized the open wounds with the torch preventing them from growing again. As Heracles fought the writhing monster he was almost stifled by its obnoxious breath, but eventually, with the help of Iolaus, Heracles removed all but one of the Hydras' heads. The one remaining could not be harmed by any weapon, so, picking up his hefty club Heracles crushed it with one mighty blow, he then tore off the head with his bare hands and quickly buried it deep in the ground, placing a huge boulder on the top. After he had killed the Hydra, Heracles dipped the tips of his arrows into the Hydras' blood, which was extremely poisonous, making them deadly.

Other versions say that while Heracles fought the Hydra the goddess Hera sent down a giant crab which attacked his feet). This legend comes from a marble relief dating from the 2nd century BCE found at ancient Lerna, showing Heracles attacking the Hydra, and near his feet is a huge crab. Also other legends say that a stray arrow set alight the forest, and it was the burning trunks which Heracles ripped up and used to cauterize the open wounds.

Epic Mythology Monsters

Well, not much to say. This time I bring the pictures of the most gruesome monsters mythological age, and probably, in my next post talk about any of them. Regards!

Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity (ca. 600 AD). Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the period of Classical Greece, which flourished during the 5th to 4th centuries BC. Classical Greece began with the repelling of a Persian invasion by Athenian leadership. Because of conquests by Alexander the Great, Hellenistic civilization flourished from Central Asia to the western end of the Mediterranean Sea.
Classical Greek culture, especially philosophy, had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire, which carried a version of it to many parts of the Mediterranean region and Europe, for which reason Classical Greece is generally considered to be the seminal culture which provided the foundation of modern Western culture.
The art of ancient Greece has exercised an enormous influence on the culture of many countries from ancient times until the present, particularly in the areas of sculpture and architecture. In the West, the art of the Roman Empire was largely derived from Greek models. In the East, Alexander the Great's conquests initiated several centuries of exchange between Greek, Central Asian and Indian cultures, resulting in Greco-Buddhist art, with ramifications as far as Japan. Following the Renaissance in Europe, the humanist aesthetic and the high technical standards of Greek art inspired generations of European artists. Well into the 19th century, the classical tradition derived from Greece dominated the art of the western world.

The Iliad

Well, I guess all we ever read the Iliad, or at least hear something from her, like in the movie Troy, so this time I have mostly pictures and a brief summary of that question.

The Iliad (sometimes Referred to as the Song of Song of Ilium or Ilion) is an epic poem in dactylic hexameters, Attributed to Homer Traditionally. During The Trojan War in September, the ten-year siege of the city of Troy (Ilium) by a coalition of Greek states, it tells of the battles and events during the weeks of a quarrel Between King Agamemnon and the warrior Achilles.

Chimera

He was a monster that had the lion's head, goat's body and tail of a dragon, and cast fire and flames from his mouth. She was the daughter of Echidna and Typhon. The first was a huge giant with a hundred heads, which created the evils Juno vapors of the earth out of spite, when her husband Jupiter created to Pallas, who as you know was armed with her head out. Echidna had to wife, who had the female bust and the rest of the body of a serpent. They had for children, as well as the Chimera, the dog Cerberus, the Hydra of Lerna, the Sphinx and the Nemean Lion. Bellerophon fought this monster and killed him. What led to this absurd fable, was a mountain called Quimerífera, crowning a volcano, around which roamed lions, whose skirt grazing goats and snakes whose foot is raised; disassembled and populated mountain Bellerophon.

Well, as in every post, I give my opinion or I think so, haha .. well .. I think the chimera is a mixture of fabulous animals, the lion with his nobility, the dragon with his strength .. while the story I found this a bit incomplete, I think we give a brief review .. I regret not having found a better, no time now :c

 

 

 

 

Lady Rose

Phoenix

Well, today we'll talk about one of the most beautiful creatures, strange and noble Greek mythology, is a bird, which has beautiful feathers ablaze, a look wise, and a respectable intelligence, when he dies, his ashes transformed into an egg, which is himself, that is the saying "Like a phoenix from my ashes revivire" I really love her, and I love this creature, here a little history;

"The phoenix or Phoenicoperus, as the Greeks knew, is a mythological bird the size of an eagle, feathered red, orange and yellow glow, strong beak and claws. According to some myths, lived in a region that included the area Middle East and India, reaching Egypt in North Africa. It was a fabulous bird reborn again from its own ashes. was quoted by the Egyptian priests of Heliopolis, the Greek Herodotus, Pliny the Latin writers Elder, Lucian, Ovid, Seneca, and Claudian Claudius, or the Christians Paul of Tarsus, St. Epiphanius of Salamis and St. Ambrose. According to legend Christianized, the phoenix lived in the Garden of Paradise, and nestled in a rosebush. When Adam and Eve were expelled from the sword of the angel who banished them came a spark that ignited the nest of the Phoenix, making them burn him and his tenant. As the only beast that had refused to taste the fruit of paradise, it was granted several gifts, the most prominent of immortality through the ability to rise from the ashes. When it was time to die, was a nest of spices and herbs, put a single egg, which hatched over three days, and the third burning days. The Phoenix was burned down completely, by reducing to ashes, the same egg resurgent phoenix, always unique and eternal. This happened five hundred years. "

"The Phoenix has its representations in different cultures, like China (Feng-Huang), Japan (the Ho-oo), Russia (The Firebird, which musically immortalized Stravinsky), the Egyptian (the Benu) The Hindu (Garuda), and even the Indians of North America (the Yel), or the Aztecs, Mayas and Toltecs (elQuetzal). was first mentioned by Hesiod in the eighth century BC and later and in more detail by the historian Herodotus. "

Medusa images

The promised is a debt; are here the images that i had promised of Medusa;

 

 

Medusa

Medusa

Medusa is one of the most anecdotal exist in Greek mythology, were part of the Gorgons and their parents were Forcis and Ceto, but Medusa was a feature that differentiated it from the rest of the Gorgons, as it was the only mortal and more beautiful than her sisters.

Her beauty was so great that it became dazzling Poseidon to be in love with Medusa decided to seduce her (for some rather it was a violation), in the temple of Athena. This sparked a rivalry between Athena and Poseidon, and rivals in itself. Athena's anger was so great to have known of what happened in his temple, his immediate reaction was to punish Medusa, which became equal to his two sisters, Stheno and Euryale. Both were just soulless monsters with brass hands and sharp teeth, and eyes that emitted a light so that whoever looked at them directly, would freeze.

Not content with this punishment, Aphrodite was jealous of the beautiful hair that had Medusa, why in the punishment was that instead of hair are available snakes in this way, Medusa was banished to live in Hyperborean lands .

From that casual affair that took place between Poseidon and Medusa, there was a pregnancy, which only served to increase the anger of Athena, which orders Perseus to kill Medusa.

Perseus on his mission, which was almost impossible to perform, had to wear winged sandals that Hermes had given him. This additional protection prevented him from the gaze of Medusa, and a very bright shield, so that if it came at him, could repel the attack of the deadly light in his eyes. Luckily did not need to use it, as he waited for Medusa was asleep in his lair. Perseus flying with his sandals, it succeeded beyond cutting off Medusa's head in one spot.

With this cut, by the middle of the neck of Medusa, left her children, Pegasus and giant Chrysaor. Medusa's head was to Athena, who used it as a shield in all his battles, as it did previously to rescue Perseus and Andromeda to kill Polydectes.

The blood of the beheading of Medusa was jealously guarded by the end that only Gods known as the blood from his vein left came to represent a deadly poison, and his right hand, had healing properties that are used even to raise the dead.

To me, this poor Gorgon was a cruel fate, as Poseidon raped her in the temple of his enemy, Athena (♥) and is not responsible for their actions, as every god did. Athena, thirsting for revenge punishes the poor by giving Medusa whim to Aphrodite, jealous and pretentious. Poor woman!

This post will have pictures for inconvenience, the next will be a gallery of images of Medusa. -

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Athenea

Athena

In Greek mythology, Athena is the daughter of Zeus, was born as an adult, his face when he opened Hephaestus split his head with an ax to cure him of the pain that tormented him.Athena is the goddess of wisdom, arts and crafts. It represents the creative intelligence. Is patron saint of potters, weavers, builders and other craftsmen.It is a warrior goddess, but lacks the violent and unreflective of Ares, but uses the prudent courage, as seen in the Iliad. It also embodies the intelligence (the figure clearly inherited from her mother) and wisdom.



Lineage and identityDaughter of Zeus and Metis, the wisest among gods and humans. Goddess of wisdom, the untiring work and virginity almost terrible. It is a legendary character but a higher concentration less symbolic martial, moral, fair, craft, wise.
Figure and attributesIts importance is almost as much as that of Hera, and in Athens, as guardian of the city. From Macedonia to Sparta second only to Zeus. Virgin is a majestic, beautiful face, but severe. His eyes are gray, his body strong but gracefully. Or armed or with a spindle.
Attributes: Your attributes are in full armor, the helmet, long spear and shield (with the Gorgon's head), also the aegis and the spindle. His animals are the owl and the snake. As plants have olives. The accompanying Pallas. An artist known is The Spinners, Velázquez.
Protective fieldsWar, arts, crafts. Acts of heroes (which protects). Cities and fortresses. Wisdom, courage, military, social order.
Places of WorshipThey worshiped in the Parthenon and the Erechtheion in Athens, also in Asia. The Parthenon is a Greek temple situated on the Acropolis of Athens and dedicated to the goddess Athena. He is regarded as one of the most beautiful architectural constructions of humanity. It was built between 447 and 432 B.C. by architects and Callicrates Ictinus under the supervision of Phidias author of the sculptural decoration and a large statue of Athena in gold and ivory.

 BirthIt sprang from the head of Zeus. He was married to Metis, he swallowed when he learned she was pregnant, as it had predicted that his son would dethrone him. At the time of delivery, Zeus asked Hephaestus to open its skull with an ax: Athena was born from his head with a cry of war and as an adult.

 

 

 

 

 

To be honest, I love Athena character is one of the goddesses that I feel I represent, because of his intelligence, his "claw" and the dominance it imposes, as always, I have too long to write! I hope to write soon.

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As you may have noticed in my blog I put many many things, especially those that seem interesting or apasionates, so is that if one day I speak of Greek mythology, the following books and art then, please forgive me, I have much to say to the world and soon ... Sorry for my long absence, is dismissed.

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My favorite mythology

My favorite is the Greek mythology, which speaks of many gods of Olympus, and many interesting things. Greek mythology is explicit in an extensive collection of narratives and implicitly in representational arts such as painted pottery and votive offerings. The Greek Myths attempt to explain the origins of the world and detail the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, heroes and mythological creatures. These stories were originally made in an oral poetic tradition, but myths are known today primarily through Greek literature.

The Dark Elf Triology: The Exile

This is the second book in the series The Dark Elf, writer R. A. Salvatore. The play tells the story of the drow Drizzt Do'Urden, we had seen in the previous post, here is a summary of the work;

"The story begins 10 years after the first book echos dwelling Drizz't during these 10 years has been in the Underdark hunting to survive, without contact with anyone until the point of losing track of time, the book is based in pursuit of Matron Malice Drizz't your child through the dark antipode being Drizz't to Bligestone Svirneblis city, the city of illite not know your normbre, until finally just fleeing to the surface at the end of the book. "

The dark elf triology: Dwelling.

An image of Drizzt.

Our story begins in Menzoberranzan, in the Underdark, one of the drow cities founded millennia ago by the dark elves after he left the surface. Drow Drizzt Do'Urden is a who does not share the wickedness of his fellows, but is driven by the demands of home and drow society. His only support is his father and teacher of arms of the House Do'Urden, Zaknafein, the only shared with Drizzt their moral principles, both kept secret. Apart from him, Drizzt can only rely on Guenhwyvar, a panther of the astral plane linked to an onyx statuette. Drizzt learns of his father that he knows of sword fighting, being Zaknafein considered the best swordsman in Menzoberranzan. However, over time, the tasks entrusted to it and face with their beliefs, they wonder if Drizzt will be able to live among his race.

And until we arrived here with the review, if you count the book would read, which is foulbrood I try to do.

The first page.

  

Before beginning with my first publication, I tell them that my blog treats itself about books, ado explanations, in the following publication I will divide speaking about a saga very coveted in my personal bookseller: The triology of the dark elf, which belongs to the whole world of the forgotten kingdoms, some day achieves to obtain them.