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   __Greek Mythology__

 People from Ancient Greece believed in many myths. The stories of the Greek myths are all that remain of an ancient religion. The gods and goddesses of stories stand for the metaphors that the ancient Greeks used to make sense of the world around them and of life in general. There are many monsters in Greek Mythology. Medusa is one of the dangerous and scary Greek myth monsters. Medusa was the daughter of Keto and Phorkys. Medusa was one of the Gorgon sisters. Her two sisters are Sthenno and Euryale. She was the only Gorgon sister was mortal. Long ago, she was a pretty before. She turned in to monster because she made love with Poseidon at Athena’s Temple. Athena was a god and saw what Medusa was doing so she turned her into an ugly and scary monster. Everybody who looked at Medusa they were turned into stone. Peruses wanted to kill Medusa so he went to ask for help  from the gods. So he went to meet the gods Athena and Hermes. Hermes gave Peruses winged shoes so if he was in trouble he can fly away. Athena gave him a sword and a shield so he can cut Medusa’s head off. She turned herself into stone because Peruses used his shield as a mirror so her stone power reflected back on her. After Peruses cut her head off her sons popped out. The first Pegasus popped out then Chrysoar. When Peruses brought back the head Athena used the head to punish people others say that Peruses buried it in the market place of Argos. Medusa is a very powerful and popular Greek monster. That is why we still remember her today. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 240%; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 60%; COLOR: #e20303; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 30%; COLOR: #ec0909; FONT-FAMILY: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 300%; COLOR: #ea1010; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">

The Cerberus is another Greek myth monster. The Cerberus is a watch dog guarding the gate to hell. People tell many different stories about the Cerberus. The Cerberus was otherwise known as the hell hound. Some people said that the Cerberus had 3 heads and some say 50 -100 heads. The Cerberus has 3 heads of a dog and a tail of a snake. The tail is poisonous. The Cerberus’s siblings are the Chimera and the Hydra. It is the son of Typhon and Echidna. The Cerberus’s father was a giant and the mother was a half snake half woman. It  allows the dead to enter but never leave. Many heroes had fooled Cerberus. On of the 12 labours of Hercules was to capture him. Hercules wrestled the vicious beast into submission and made him his lap-dog Hermes put Cerberus to sleep with water from the river Lethe. Orpheus used his musical skills to lull Cerberus to sleep. Theseus was made from Cerberus’s drool. Even though the Cerberus is easily fooled you might want to reconsider whether you want to go to hell or heaven. If you choose hell you will be stuck in there forever. Think carefully before you choose!

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__Conclusion__ Myth is derived from the [|Greek] word mythos, which means "word of mouth." There are many different religions so people believe different myths. There are a lot of gods and monsters that you can believe in. <span style="COLOR: fuchsia; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">

BY: Kailin Cheng