Mythological Creatures
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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MEDUSA
- The fact that the hero used a reflective shield given him by Athena to avoid looking directly at Medusa suggests that the Gorgon had the power of turning to stone whoever looked upon her.
- YOU WOULDNT WANT TO SEE HER IN THE EYES.
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NAIADS
- Nymphs of springs, ponds and rivers. Like other nymphs, naiads were young and beautiful female sprites. They were divine but not immortal.
PAN
- Pan was born with the legs and horns of a goat, which caused his own mother to spurn him.
- GOD OF SHEPERDS AND FLOCKS
- Son fo hermes and a nymph
CHARON
- Spectral figure who ferried the dead across the river Styx, a bribe for whom persisted into modern times. The custom was to place a coin in the mouth of a corpse to secure its passage into Hades.
CERBERUS
- Hades' guard dog, a relative of both the Chimaera and the Hydra. Cerberus was carried up from Hades by Heracles in one his Labors.
SATYR
- Woodland spirits who looked like men with various animal features such as horses' tails or goats' legs. Silenus was a satyr who traveled the world with the wine-god Dionysus, spreading the cultivation of the grape.
- GOD OF WINE
