Greek Gods and Myths :: Greece Mythology Gods Goddesses Essays

Greek Gods and Myths Andromeda is a herm pillar St. George defeats a dragon = paganism is replaced by Christianity Perseus travels to the axis mundi (which is always a narrow passageway) He attends Hippodameias sexual union where he uses the gorgon head (transmutation of Athena) and changesthe dinner guests into st peerless (herm pillars) He changes the whole nature of Mycenae of the Old Minoan tradition into the age of Zeus The meaning of Mycenae is changed to mushroom, from what it had once been named aft(prenominal) the sistership The liminal hero has moved forward to Zeus role Another story of Perseus (backwards version)--------------------------------------------------------------------------------His dads name is Proitos, and moms name is Strong Cow (Queen) Proitoss daughters are named as the sisterhood of Proitides The Proitides start itching because of the oestral cycle and they become cows They encounter Perseus and tear him to pieces Another Perseus---------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------His name is Bellerophon, which means killer of Belleros He also rides on Pegasus skilful like Perseus He comes to Strong Cows city Strong cow gets the oestral itch and falls madly in love with Bellerophon He keeps away from her The milksop lies to her husband Proitus and says that Bellerophon had raped her Proitus gives Bellerophon a letter that tells him to go to Africa=underworld Bellerophon goes to Africa and then is sent on a mission to find a deadly skirt chaser named Chimaera that iscomposed of a lion with a tail of a serpent. He is successful in finding the Chimaera. And during his mission he sleeps with many women from the underworld. age riding on Pegasus, Pegasus smells the mares on heat on Mt. Olympus and rushes to get there. Bellerophon falls from Pegasus and is maimed. He wanders in the midst of Asia. Hercules (in Greek= Herakles)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If one is moving towards and Olympian identity, they should relegate behind their physicality. Herakles gets his name from Hera, sinister name named after the goddess. The false atamology of the name means killer of Hera, or the great queens finger guy. He leans on a pillar and is the pillar guy of the goddess. He is associated with the entheogen of the club=the trunk of the olive tree lion skin archery =toxins andcup of wine Antias--------------------------------------------------------------------------------He is the one who greets you when you come to the underworld. He is an African who has a close association with mother earth, and is chthonic.