MYTHOLOGY PROJECT

EPIMETHEUS OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY

• Epimetheus is the god of afterthoughts. Epimetheus appeared as a foolish character to everyone around him. Epimetheus's parents are lapetus and clymere, and his siblings were Prometheus, atlas, and monoetius.

Epimetheus and Prometheus were both given the task of giving a good trait to every animal, but Epimetheus ran out before giving any to man-kind. Luckily, Prometheus came to the rescue but got punished for it. Later on, Zeus made Pandora and gave here a box to punish Prometheus, but
Epimetheus married her instead ruining the plans Zeus had to punish Prometheus.

MALOCCHIO OF ITALIAN MYTHOLOGY

• Malocchio is the god of curses. He is also known as the Evil Eye because malocchio means the evil eye in Italian. Something that symbolizes him is bad luck itself.

Malocchio is known for being a curse. He is the reason bad luck happens. That's why his symbol is bad luck itself. The only way to avoid him is to wear anything with a horn that resembles a chili pepper.

BASTET OF EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

• Bastet is the cat goddess, because she has two forms; A cat, and a woman with a cat head. Bastet is also the goddess of war and love. Bastet's temple was made after the pharaoh's temple was built.

It says that to honor Bastet. Every time a cat dies they shaves its eyebrows off in sorrow, and if you kill a cat, even by accident, the result of it is death itself.

KAPPA FROM JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

• the kappa is said to be a water monster in Japan. The kappa loves to eat cucumber and human body parts. The kappa is a scaled reptile that can appear green, yellow, or blue, and has webbed feet so it can be better at swimming, plus it smells like fish.

The kappa is a legendary river monster yokai in Japan that likes to eat cucumbers and human body parts. It is said that these mischievous yokai misbehave a lot of the time.