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Mythology


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Does anyone have any favorites?

Narcissus was this dude who looked into a pond and fell in love with himself.  He tried to kiss himself and he drowned.  They made a word about him.

Pygmalion was this dude who made the perfect woman just for himself.  They made a movie about it with Audrey Hepburn.  She's pretty cool.

The girl's name was Galatea.

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 I find the Narcissus myth quite beautiful, if not a little sad in a romantic way.

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I've heard it told different ways, my favorite is the way where he drowned.

Also I like flowers, and that one flower smells really good.

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 I love mythology. Especially the Greek and Egyptian myths. If I had to choose a favorite one it has to be the Odyssey.

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Which part do you like most about it?

That poor man, really.

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 Just his travels in general. I have an image of him and the sirens burned in my mind. Oddyseus bound to the mast so he can listen to the sirens while his crew rows for their lives with plugged ears.

I also like the tales of Hercules, especially the Hydra.

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Fucking sirens lol.  At least they can sing.  There's a different story about Ariel but her songs aren't as cute.  

What's the story about the hydra?

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Hercules was sent to slay the Hydra which Hera raised herself for the particular purpose of killing Hercules. The reason I love this story is more about the Hydra than it is about Hercules. 

A Hydra is a dragonlike creature, which grows back two heads everytime you hack one off. It's immortal as long as it retains at least one head. In the original tale Hercules beat it by burning the stumps of the neck when he cut a head off so no new heads could grow back. In the Disney version it gets killed by an avalanche, which was extremely lame.

 

Edit:  Damn I need to brush up on my mythology, I had to wikipedia some of that. :S 

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 Did Narcissus drown? I thought a nimf changed him into a, doh, narcissus.

About Pygmalion, check out the movie "Ruby Sparks", reading this I think it might be based on that myth.

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 Norse mythology is the best.

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