MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES

THE GORGONS (GREEK)

• Gorgon means “Terrible”
• The three sisters turned anyone who looked into their eyes to stone.
• They are known as the three sisters: Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa.
• Their parents are Ceto and Phorcys. They have three other sisters known as the Graeae sisters.

GORGONS(CONTINUED..)

• Serpents for hair, Brazen claws, wings the color of gold, bodies covered in scales, teeth as long as tusks on a boar, and eyes whose glance turned men and people into stone.
• The Gorgons were represented by either the snakes on their head or the people they turned into stone.
• Their sacred animal was the snakes on the sisters’ heads.
• Myth(s)- They turned men who attempted to kill them, into stone. Perseus cut the head off of the famous Medusa’s head.

CITES

• Authors: Michael Karas and Charilaos Megas.
• Article: “Gorgons- Greek Mythology
• Website title: GreekMythology.com
• Publisher: Michael Karas
• Published on Internet: N/A
• Date accessed: 11-31-17
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• Author(book)- J.E. Zimmerman
• Title- Dictionary of Classical Mythology
• Publisher- Harper and Row
• Date published- April 1964
• Date accessed- 12-4-17

SET (EGYPTIAN)

• Set represents evil or chaos
• He is important because if he did not exist, there wouldn’t be a horrible reason his nephew sought revenge on his own uncle.
• He is known as the God of storms, desert, evil, chaos, and war.
• His parents were Geb and Nut. His siblings were: Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys Horus the Elder. He also had a son named Anubis.
• He has an animal-like head and a human body wearing typical ancient Egyptian clothes for gods.

SET (CONTINUE)

• Set was represented by the Was-scepter and the Set animal which was a totem made of Set.
• Myth(s)- Set killed and mutilated his own brother Osiris. Osiris’ wife reassembled him back together and resurrected him to live long enough for her to have a son and heir named Horus. Horus then sought revenge on his Uncle Set.

CITES

• Jones, Allen(Set deity), en.m.wikipedia.org, publisher: Wikipedia, Date: 2004,Date accessed: 12-8-17

PANGU(CHINESE)

• Represents the world and all its elements.
• He was said to have separated the Heavens and the Earth and when he died, turned into the all the elements of Earth.
• He is known as the Creator of the World.
• He is not related to anyone.

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• In pictures, he looks like a giant that holds up the heaven so it doesn’t mend back with Earth. He has long black hair and is muscular.
• He is sometimes represented by a Yin and Yang symbol.
• Myth- Pangu formed inside a giant egg for eons and when he hatched, the light parts of the shell floated to up to form heaven and the heavier parts sank to to become the Earth. He feared that they might mend back together so he held them separated for 18,000 years and during this, he grew at a rate of ten feet each day. Finally, when he was satisfied with his work, he went to sleep exhausted and never woke again. Then Pangu died and his body became the elements of the world.
• Though he is dead, some people say he controls the weather.

CITES

• Author: Steve Eddy
• Article title: “Pangu and the creation of the world”
• Website title: livingmyths.com
• Publisher: N/A
• Date accessed: 12-8-17

SKÖLL(NORSE)

• Represents Treachery
• Sköll chases the sun aka Sól.
• He is known as a Warg or wolf that chases the sun that rides in a chariot pulled by horses through the sky to try and eat her(Sól is a goddess).
• Sköll has a brother named Hati that chases the moon or Máni.

SKÖLL(CONTINUED)

• In pictures, he looks like a ravenous wolf with all the features of one along with his brother each showing their fangs while chasing the sun and moon.
• Myth- Sköll and his brother Hati chase the Sun and Moon so they could eat them. At Ragnarök, they succeed in their quests.

CITES

• Author: Andy Orchard
• Title article: “Sköll”
• Website: en.m.wikipedia.org
• Date published: 1997
• Date accessed: 12-8-17