Sunday, July 5, 2009

MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURES






On that occasion I will hablalr of the creatures of Greek mythology most famous enntre the information referred to Pegasus, the jellyfish, the centaur, the Minotaur and the unicorn. Eomenzare talking Pegasus was born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut off her head. It is completely white and has two wings that enable it to fly. One feature is that when your flight is done, move the legs as if in fact he was running through the air.



According to classical sources, Perseus never mounted a flying Pegasus, as it did thanks to the winged sandals, however, many Renaissance artists were flying in what this horse.



The Medusa was a female monster ctónico, who returned from stone to those who watched. He was beheaded by Perseus, who later used his head as a weapon until it was given to the goddess Athena to put it on your shield, the aegis. Since classical antiquity, the image of the head of Medusa is represented in the device away. The centaurs are a race of beings with the body and human head and body of horse. The female versions are called centáurides.



They lived in the mountains of Thessaly and were sons of Ixión and Néfele, the rain cloud. Alternatively, they considered Kentaur children (son Ixión and Néfele) mares and some magnesium, or of Apollo and Hebe. Sometimes that Ixión is planned to have sex with Hera but Zeus, her husband, thereby avoiding a cloud shape with the shape of Hera. Since Ixión is usually considered the ancestor of the centaurs, they may be referred to poetically as Ixiónidas.



The centaurs are known for the fight they had with Lapite, caused by his attempt to kidnap Hipodamía on their wedding day with Pirítoo, King of the Lapita and son Ixión. The quarrel between the cousins is a metaphor for the conflict between the low instincts and civilized behavior in humankind. Theseus, a hero and founder of cities that was present, tilted the balance of the side of the right order of things, and helped Pirítoo. The centaurs fled. (Plutarch, Theseus, 30, Ovid, Metamorphoses xii. 210; Diodoro Siculo iv. 69, 70.) Scenes of battle between the Lapita and centaurs were carved in bas relief on the frieze of the Parthenon, which was dedicated to the wise Athena.



As the Titanomaquia, the defeat of the Titans by the Olympic gods, the contests with the centaurs represent the struggle between civilization and barbarism, and is known as Centauromaquia. The general character of centaurs is that of wild beings, without laws or hospitality, slave of the passions animals. Two exceptions to this rule and Folo Quirón, expressing their "good" nature, being wise and centaurs amables.El unicorn is a mythical creature usually represented as a white horse, with legs of antelope, goat beard, and a horn in frente.



El the unicorn is a fabulous animal protagonist of many stories and legends. In the Middle Ages was considered a wonderful animal capable of defeating an elephant. Furthermore, it was said that his only horn could purify contaminated water for drinking again. the Minotaur was a monster with the body of a man and bull head. The myth has its most complete form in the Library of Apollodorus mythology. Its name means "Bull of Minos, and was conceived from the union between Pasiphae and a bull great an affront on the occasion of God. He was locked in a maze designed by the architect Daedalus, made expressly to retain, probably located in the city of Cnosos in Crete. For many years, men and women were taken to the Labyrinth as a sacrifice to feed the beast's life until it ended in the hands of the hero Theseus.

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