Monday, January 13, 2014

Mythical Creatures

Research 5 mythical creatures and explain their powers. Also include interesting details. Respond to 2 of your classmates.

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  1. Cerberus, the three-headed, giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld
    Medusa, whose gaze could turn mortals to stone
    Orthrus, a two-headed, serpent-tailed dog, slain by Heracles

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  2. Medusa, whose gaze could turn mortals to stone
    Charybdis, a sea monster whose inhalations formed a deadly whirlpool
    Euryale whose scream could kill
    Manticore, a monster with the head of a man, the body of a lion, and a tail that can shoot spikes.
    Sirens, three beautiful mermaid/bird like women whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths

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  3. ~Aliens- Intelligent creatures from planets other than Earth.
    ~Angels- A spiritual messenger created by God to communicate with human.
    ~Dragons- Reptilian creatures, sometimes winged and able to breath fire.
    ~Mermaids- Creatures with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish.
    ~Demons- A spirit with supernatural powers, generally considered malevolent.



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  4. Centaur torso of a human with the legs and behind of a horse
    Gorgons they are curse with serpents hair
    Chariclo wife of centaur Chiron
    Eurytion immortal son of ares
    Euryale scream can kill you

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  5. Cerberus is a three headed dog that guards the entrance to the underworld. They let the dead in but never leave.

    Pegasus is a winged horse. The Pegasus's parents are medusa and Poseidon, it was born when medusa's head was decapitated.

    Sirens, mermaid whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths

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  6. Centaur- a head and a torso of a human and with a horse body
    Medusa- can't turn mortals to stone
    Euryale- whose scream could kill
    Orthrus- a two headed, serpent tail dog
    Furies- three goddess of pain worked for hades

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    1. Can medusa change immortals into stone too?

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    2. Is the orthrus a regular sized dog I want one.

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  8. Arimaspi- tribe if one eyed men
    Ladon - dragon that guards the golden apples
    Pegasus - a winged horse
    Phoenix - a bird that burns then it's born again
    Unicorn - a horse with a horn on their forehead

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  9. 1) the unicorn was reported in the early Middle Ages of Europe as a shy created with a body like a full grown house a horns from it forehead
    2) the Minotaur is a mythical created with the body of a man but a head of a bull
    3) the dragon is the most ubiquitous of all the mythical creatures
    4) Phoenix was a legendary firebird to live a thousand years

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  10. Cerberus, the three-headed, giant hound that guarded the gates of the Underworld
    Charybdis, a sea monster whose inhalations formed a deadly whirlpool
    Chimera, a three-headed monster, with the foreparts of a lion, the middle-parts of a goat and a snake for its tail.
    Empousai, seductive female vampire demons with a leg of bronze and a donkey's foot. They are especially good at killing men with their beauty.
    Graeae, three old women with one tooth and one eye among them

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  11. Panting- water dragon
    Pegasus- winged horse
    Preluda- dragon
    Pixies- winged lion
    Pech- strong

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  12. A mythical creature is any human being that is part animal or has the ability to transform into an animal. Any living being of the animal kingdom (or with traits similar to animals). This includes, mammals (except humans), fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, molluscs, and insects.

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  13. Dragon
    Unicorn
    Mermaid
    Minotaur
    Phoenix

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  14. 1. Demons- generally malevolent beings with supernatural powers
    2. Dragons- reptilian like creatures sometimes winged and able to breath fire
    3. Angels- spiritual beings crated by god as a way to communicate with and watch over humans
    4. Elements- nature spirits that represents one of the four elementals: earth, fire, water, or air
    5. Vampires- preternatural beings that generally feed on human blood

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    1. Those are all right. But I like some of the other creatures better.

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    2. I like the ones that you picked.

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  15. Banshee-scream
    Harpies-winged beast
    Medusa-gaze
    Centaur-half beast
    Siren-beautiful creature

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  16. Python Phoenix unicorn mermaid pixies

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  17. The Lernaean Hydra, a seven-headed dragon which guarded the springs of Lerna; it was slain by Heracles

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  18. The Colchian Dragon, an unsleeping dragon which guarded the Golden Fleece
    Cychreides, a dragon which terrorised Salamis before being slain by Cychreus
    The Ismenian Dragon, a dragon which guarded the sacred spring of Ares near Thebes; it was slain by Cadmus
    Ladon, a serpent-like dragon which guarded the Golden apples of immortality of the Hesperides
    The Lernaean Hydra, a seven-headed dragon which guarded the springs of Lerna; it was slain by Heracles
    Python, a dragon which guarded the oracle of Delphi; it was slain by Apollo

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  19. Minotaur, a monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain multiple times.
    Griffin or gryphon, a creature that combines the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle

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    1. Why where minotaurs slain multiple times were there many of them or did they come back to life?

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  20. Ipotane-half horse half man
    Cerberus-a giant hound dog with 3 heads
    Chimera-1 third snake 1 third lion 1 third goat
    Minotaur-a large man with the face of a bull
    Harpies-winged creatures with sharp claws

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  21. Sirens-three beautiful mermaid/bird like women whose irresistible song lured sailors to their deaths
    Taraxippi-ghosts that frightened horses
    Euryale-whose scream could kill
    Harpies-winged monsters with heads and torsos of women
    Lamia-vampiric demon which preyed on children

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  22. Centaur torso of a human with the legs and behind of a horse
    Gorgons they are curse with serpents hair
    Chariclo wife of centaur Chiron
    Eurytion immortal son of ares
    Euryale scream can kill you

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  23. Charido
    Euyale
    Euytion
    Pixies wing lion
    Medusa gaze

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  24. Griffin half horse half hawk it's a creature that only listing to those who respect him/her and also has sharp eyes and claws,cyclops a one eye giant that is very strong,and a dragon sharp claws and can breath fire

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