Tyr was a god of war and a son of Odin, but he was primarily associated with law, justice, and the swearing of oaths. His most well-known tale concerns the binding of the wolf Fenrir, one of Loki’s sons. As Fenrir grew older, he became more fierce and large, which began to worr...
If you like, you can also be god or goddess of water, life, weather, travel, lakes, rivers, ships, trading, or any related topic, or just choose to be a sea monster like Scylla or Charybdis. Wine Party on, Garth! If you like a good revel, god of wine might be just the ticket...
FRIEND OF THE WORLD:"The simple and seemingly small-scale story is of a young filmmaker who awakens amidst the interminable carnage of a war, which seems to have decimated most of the population. She tries to piece together the origins of this nightmare (in addition to staying alive...
"When we [Odysseus and his men] had left the rocks behind us, with Skylla (Scylla) and terrible Kharybdis (Charybdis), we came soon enough to the lovely island of Helios. Here were the fine broad-browed herds, here were the plentiful fat flocks of Hyperion [Helios]. While the dark ...
Odysseus and his men next faced the monsters Scylla and Charybdis, who guarded a narrow channel through which their * See Names and Places at the end of this volume for further information. ship had to pass. Odysseus barely escaped the monsters, and he lost some of his men to them. The...
Gaia, the earth, bore Poseidon two children: Antaeus, a giant, and Charybdis, a sea monster that almost destroyed Odysseus* during his journey home after the Trojan War. Another giant offspring of Poseidon—the one-eyed Cyclops Polyphemus—also threatened Odysseus on his voyage home. When ...
Together, the children and their uncles waged war against their father and other Titans, eventually overthrowing them and imprisoning them in Tartarus. Zeus married Hera and after throwing dice with his two brothers Poseidon and Hades and winning the sky, became king of the gods, the sky, ...
Furthermore, Er narrates how the departed sail in a grand cosmic trireme (615c), beyond numerous big whorls (615c, alike to those manufactured by Charybdis), and even confront Sirens in the course (617b). Moreover, distinct geographical elements particularly signify this account as Homeric ...