Transcript Mythological Allusions

Abraxus/Abraxas
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A demon of the
Greek Period
Had the body of a
man, the head of a
rooster, and
serpents for feet
Alecto
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One of the Furies
 The Furies were lesser
deities (gods) who
punished victims
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Her name is derived from
the Greek “alektos,”
meaning “unceasing in
anger”
Sisters are Megaera and
Tisiphone
Argus
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A monster that had
a hundred eyes
A guard
Centaur
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A race of monsters
Has the head, trunk,
and arms of a man,
and the body and
legs of a horse
Cerberus
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The three-headed
dog
The guardian of the
underworld in Greek
mythology
Draco
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In Latin, Draco means
“dragon” (Draco is a
constellation that looks like
a dragon but is a snake)
Also, a Greek ruler named
Draco who developed a
system of laws that
favored wealthy families
Created severe
punishments for the
smallest of crimes
“Draconian” means “harsh
or cruel.”
In Romanian, “drac”
means “devil”
Errol
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An owl and
messenger for
Athena, Goddess of
the night who
represented wisdom
 Revealed unseen truths
to her, had the ability to
light up Athena’s “blind
side,” enabling her to
speak the entire truth
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Means “wanderer” in
Old English
Fenrir
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Norse mythology
A gigantic and terrible
monster in the shape of a
wolf
 Prophecy which stated that
the wolf and his family
would one day be
responsible for the
destruction of the world
 Caught Fenris and locked
him in a cage, bound in
chains
 Fenrir then requested that
one of the gods put their
hand in his mouth before he
was chained as a sign of
good faith. Tyr, the god of
war and justice, did and his
hand was bitten off
Griffin
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A creature in
mythology with the
body of a lion and
the head of an eagle
The protector of a
god’s gold from
mortal men
In Greek, “gryphon”
means “protector of
wealth”
Hermione
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The goddess of high
magic; twin sister of
Hermes
In other Greek
Myths, she was the
daughter of Helen of
Troy and King
Menelaus of Sparta
Hippogryph
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Derived from the
Greek word “hippos”
meaning “horse” and
the magical creature
known as the griffin
 In this case, it has the
body of a horse as
opposed to a lion, but
keeps the head of an
eagle
Lucius
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A Roman General
usurped by the people
of Rome
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Defeated them; became
a dictator
In Romanian, “lucios”
is used to describe a
person who desires
extravagance and
valuable things
 A surname for Lucifer
(connection to devilry)
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Luna
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Roman goddess of
the moon
 “Luna” means “moon” in
Latin
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The word “lunatic” is
also derived from the
word “lunar”
 it was believed that
strange or odd behavior
was caused by the
moon
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“Luna” is a term for
“silver” in alchemy.
Minerva
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The Roman
counterpart to the
Greek goddess
named Athena
 Represent war,
handicraft and
practical reason or
wisdom
Nymph
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Refers to a member
of a group of female
spirits found in
different types of
nature
 They are further
classified by where
they were found
 They also had the
ability to change
shapes
Orpheus
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Greek musician who
rescued his wife
from the underworld
 Got past Cerberus by
lulling it to sleep with
music
Phineus
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In Hebrew, means
“serpent's mouth”
In Greek mythology,
Andromeda should be
married to her uncle
Phineus but marries
Perseus, the famous
hero, instead
 In the Old Testament,
Phineas kills an Israelite
man for being in love
with a woman who
belongs to another
ethnical group
Phoenix
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A mythical bird with
a colorful plumage
At the end of its
lifecycle, it builds
itself a nest of twigs
that then ignites
 Both nest and bird
burn and are reduced
to ashes
 New, young phoenix
or phoenix egg
 Immortality
Remus
Twin brother of
Romulus
 The King sent the two
twin babies out to a
river and tried to
drown them
 Female wolf, instead
of killing them, nursed
them after finding the
two boys
 He was killed by
Romulus
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 Founders of Rome
○ So named after
Romulus
Sibyls
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Famous prophets in
ancient mythology
 Their prophecies
were often not
decipherable until an
event had come to
pass