Mythology - any interest?

My personal favorite is Norse mythology. My favorite God is Loki, favorite being is uh... Jormungund (the world serpent), or maybe Fenris. Ragnarok is my favorite armageddon story.

I LOVE fantasy! I practicaly live in it! My favorite mythical creature? the siren of coarse!(sp?)

i'm pretty into mythology. i don't really believe it, but it's interesting to read about all the different gods and goddesses. and my favorite myth is one about how one of the constilations got into the sky. It went something like this girl didn't want to leave her lover's side so she put him in the stars so she could see him every night. it was really sweet.

sirens are awesome! i mention them in about two of my poems actually. but that's just about thier beauty, and thier voices.

The story that i really like i can't say his name or even spell it unless it's right in front of me. But it's when his town wants him to get married and he builds a statue and decides to marry the statue. i think it's a funny story.

In school we had to make up a god. it was a lot of fun. I made up Suicidees, God of suicide, but she was more like the god of guilt that no one could tolerate so they always ended up killing themself. The story is way better then what i make her sound to be, but i loved that project.

~Jacklyn

It's spelt Quetzalquatl for reference, and he was very amazing. The Aztecs were very awesome. Is the story you are refering to the one about Pygmalion and Galatea? It is the first one that comes to mind when you mention someone falling in love with a statue. In Norse mythology I would say that Fenrir is the best. My favourite mythological character, however, is a demon named Mephistopheles. He is not very popular, but he is very awesome. (Often used for an alternative name for Satan, but is also refered to as a seperate entity) Also, who could forget the Leviathan, the minotaur, and all the other awesome demons, including Abbadon, Abraxas, and of course, the well known Pazuzu. So awesome. Sorry for ranting.

Kalika

Pygmalion and Galatea ya that's the one, i'm horrible with names lol and plus it's spelt weird so it's even harder for me to remember. thanks.

does anyone realize how many versions there are to all of these myths? like the Kraken, for example. there are about 7 different versions of it; a serpent version, a squid version, an octopus version, a sea-dragon version, a giant humanoid/fish thingy version, etc. Even the Cerburus and Harpys and Sirens have different versions. there is more then one Hydra too.

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Aphrodite

i like them as well.

I have never heard of norse mythology. what is it? or where is it from?

i like greek mythology, no particular part. i like all of it.

Don't apologize to plain for being sloppy with your english!

He's really got you gimps running scared eh?

Does anyone now when D&D started?

Kevin, don't start a fight!

Dungeons and Dragons, the original dice game, not the computer games, which also rock. It's a magnificant game, and my brother knows how to play, so sometime he'll teach me after I bye a rulebook, (first I have to find one, though O_o)
The game is all in your imagination, paper and pencil, and a Game Master, the one who creates a story line, and other people play as characters created by themselves. You better be good with numbers if you want to balance your stats well. I love D&D.

It's based on a lot of old myths such as Hydra and the Kraken, and also goes into Elves, Dworves, Halflings, Gnomes, Dragons, etc. Ever seen/read The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings? That's D&D based! Isn't that cool??

I like my own. 0_O

I like my own. 0_O

oopsy, double post.

hmm...Maybe...nah. How about...no, never mind. Oh! I know...no, wait, I don't...um...hmm...is this a trick question??

lol, jk.

I think my favorite myth, (just because it makes me laugh,) is that some people believe that the Kraken DOES exist, and that it's sleeping/dorment in the depths of the ocean.

here, read it for yourselves.

http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/kraken.htm

celtic, norse, classical (prefer greek to romen though), hellanic, in fcat....i love all mythology! and all legends.

were studying mythology in Enligh H now... i like Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and my favorite myth, it'd be.... i don't know.... i'll think about that one.

I think this thread was over with since 2005...

And for the record Musicality...Ganymede is not a god, but merely the lover of Zues, and one of the consellations

They are all equally interesting and engaging to read and discuss

I really like applying them to real life, and maybe writing my own, creating a mythos of reality and visa versa

lol. never seen a man argue with his ego...except ther e was this play...post-modernism. heh.

i know all...well most of greek mythology and alot on ancient Egyption gods and Goddessess.

I like aphrodite

I love Greek and Romon methology. Our latin teacher tells us these wicked myths(when she's in the write mood). I love the story of Peresphone eating pomegranite seeds in the underworld. Eupedes is a great myth, as is Orpheus Eurydesy, love Theseus and the Minotour, Deadulus and Icarus oooh I love myths, you can just get caught up in their world....ooh I love the whole Trojan War story too..

Yes I'll shut up now

Sondos

I actually wrote poems about both persephone and orpheus... they're good myths

I always liked the idea of The Fates in Greek Mythology. It's an interesting way to determine life and death.

i just love mythology in general. i almost believe more than anything else. its awesome. i just read pygmalion in latin. it annoyed me a bit. i dont know all that much about mythology but i love it.

Aphrodite is whom I'm most drawn to. If you've read my poetry, you can tell why. I even gather some infomation on her and her mythic lure;

http://www.blurty.com/talkread.bml?journal=rgamorous&itemid=1854

She embodies the feminine being in it's greatest allure.

I love the stories of Jason Hero of the Argo, the Illiad and Odyssey.

Beowulf is another classic but in general I don't have a favourite God in a mythological sense as they all fulfill the same role in different societies when you look at The Greek, Roman and Norse Gods.

Egyptian Mythology is extremely interesting and you can see parts of it submersed in modern day Christianity. That said you can see pieces of most pagan religions (ie all mythology) in all of todays major religions.

I'll probably say Medea, from greek Mythodology... a lesson of how children pay for their parents mistakes.

Medea was married to Jason, who abandoned her for another woman. In an act of revenge against Jason, Medea kills their children.

Because in ancient mythology all women are children eating psycho hose beasts.

I'm more into the beasts of mythology...your cerberus and hydra, gryphon and sphynx, minotaur, centaur, pegasus, unicorn, chimera etc...All beautiful creatures indeed (Of course some of them are really only beautiful in their own way...a face that maybe not even a mother could love).