Her myth explains the seasons: plants grow and bear fruit while Persephone is aboveground with her mother but wither and die during the months she spends with Hades. The tale of Orpheus* and Eurydice explores the finality of death and the tempting possibility of a reunion with loved ones who...
An alternative version of the myth suggests thatPaeonorPaeanwas a skilled physician who was transformed into the peony flower byPluto(Hades), the god of the underworld, to protect him from Zeus’s wrath. Regardless of the version, the peony flower has come to symbolize beauty, healing, and ...
This myth explains the changing seasons, with Persephone’s return to the surface bringing spring and her descent to the underworld ushering in winter. Loss and Renewal This myth highlights the powerful bond between mother and daughter and the profound impact of loss. It also offers a ...
The Symbolism of Fire in the Myth of Prometheus The Role of Animals in Greek Mythology The Mythological Origins of the Seasons: The Story of Persephone The Cultural Significance of Mythical Creatures like the Chimera and Hydra The Power Dynamics Between Greek Gods and Titans The Tragedy of Oedipus...
THE TITANS OF THRACE & ZAGREUS (THE ORPHIC MYTH) In the story of the Thraco-Orphic godling Zagreus (a divinity combining aspects of Zeus and Dionysos) the Titanes (Titans) were a tribe of giants who dwelt on the white-chalk (titanos) peaks of Mount Titanos or Titarios in northern ...
But when the tenth enlightening dawn had come, Hekate, with a torch in her hands, met her, and spoke to her and told her news: ‘Queenly Demeter, bringer of seasons and giver of good gifts, what god of heaven or what mortal man has rapt away Persephone and pierced with sorrow your ...
But when Fenrir discovered he had been tricked and would not be released, he bit off the hand of Tyr,who had known this would happen. But the wolfhadto be tricked and bound, or he would have devoured the Sun itself. Perhaps this myth was inspired by the fear of a total solar ...
Myth The fourth sign of the Zodiac in Cancer, the crab, representing a creature named Carcinus from Greek mythology. Carcinus is a relatively unknown creature from the tales of Greek mythology, but it does appear in a famous story, for it was encountered by Heracles as he completed his secon...
The Erinys or Furiae also called Dirae, Eumenides, or Semnae - that is, the "revered" goddesses - were, in Greek mythology, daughters of Night, or, according to another myth, of the Earth and Darkness, while a third account calls them offspring of Cronus and Eurynome. They were ...
I carry the measures of time (khronos), surrounded by the four Horai (Seasons), about the same centre, until I have passed through a whole house and fulfilled one complete month as usual; I never leave my journey unfinished and change to a backward course, nor do I go forward again; ...