Mythology and Legends

[Tiaret]

Thanks Gypo 
 My favourite mythical creature is the Phoenix, i think its origionally chinese.....
but it has this cycle, that when ever it dies of age, it is reborn from the ashes of it's former self. and they are pure creatures, ones directly aligned with the light... they can literally do no wrong and are excellent judges of characters.

[Rainbowstar]

accually they even chaged his name. it should be Herakles. and tiaret her name is hestia. dont ask me why i know...i just do.

Well, about the name change....herakles and hercules are the same, jsut that one is the greek name and the other is the roman.  like athena and minerva, ares and mars, zeus and jupiter...they're the same gods, same reasons of being, same legends...just different names because of a different language...

through the ages, especially in modern versions of the myths and legends, the names got mixed....like herculas as the son of zeus....should be herakles and zeus or hercules and jupiter...

[J-Bit]

 Sorry RS....I like Celtic Gods aswell. And its mythology telss of Danu Talis (Atlantis) amd how it sank bu the way of man. My fav god from that myhtology is the Morrigan. She was one of the sisters of the TUATHA-DE-DANANN.

[Rainbowstar]

Why were you saying sorry?

[J-Bit]

 For about talking about the book about the gods.

[gypolord]

i always thought that the phoenix was quite cool. but the dragons are always th ones i prefered...even if they were always evil.

[bingo]

i dunno. i ve read plenty of books with good dragons..and yes, i always loved them...phoenizes are cool,but for some reason i never got around to liking them,even after HP...dragons all the way.

[peanutthedog]

I have a question:

Are we allowed to tell stories from mythology off of our memory?

Anyway,

I would have to say my favorite's would have to be the Greece's myths and legends...

I don't have a particular favorite(I can hardly remember half of the name's...)

As for creatures,

I would have to say the hydra...

I don't know why...

It always fascinated me...

[bingo]

could you elaborate on the hydra if you please? i dont remember it..and if your memory is accurate enough,then why not?

[peanutthedog]

I'm pretty sure it was called a hydra...

If I'm correct here, the hydra is the multi-headed beast hercules fought...

It started with 3 heads I think, and if you cut one off 2 more grew in it's place...

[bingo]

oh! th big dragon thingie!! yeah, i liked it,although in the game it was horrible (sorry,off topic ) anyway,yes, i remember it...its cool. its like a 3 headed dragon that cant fly,can it?

[gypolord]

no flying. nine heads as far as i can rember

[bingo]

nah,i remember that it started out with one head,then if you cut that one off,it got 3 in its place,and if you cute those off it got nince,and so on....i dont remember the limit to its heads..or i may have the wrong hydra?

[gypolord]

In Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra (Greek: ([Λερναία Ὕδρα] (help?info)) was an ancient nameless serpent-like chthonic water beast that possessed numerous heads? the poets mention more heads than the vase-painters could paint? and poisonous breath.

i guess we are all wrong...

[bingo]

if it is the Lernaen Hydra how is it nameless? just wanted to point that out