Gaea

=Gaea =

Nicknames: Mother earth, earth, first goddess, and Pangaea

Hi my name is Gaea and i posted this web page so you can learn a little bit more about me. I am the first goddess and i was created out of love my husband is Uranus. He is also my son. My most famous children are rhea and cronos. One of my grandchildren is Zeus. Here are some pictures of me:

Here is the link to a powerpoint about me:

Here is a comic life about my myth, the creation myth:









Hercules essay and work cited page
Hercules essay Hercules is a very popular hero whose story started out in Greek mythology. Hercules is a demigod- he is the son of Zeus and a mortal. He possesses all of the characteristics of a hero. These include Immortal parent, Born into royalty, abandoned at birth The story has been remade and told by all different kinds of people and companies including Disney. Disney made a movie out of Hercules but adapted the story so that really little kids could understand it. Unfortunately Disney mixed up the story so much it’s almost not recognizable. They got so many aspects of the story wrong I can’t even name all of them. There were 3 aspects of that movie that were so messed up its not even funny. The first one was the fates telling Hades that he would rule in 18 years if Hercules didn’t fight back. The next one was Hercules personality. That was completely wrong. Those three aspects of the movie were really wrong but the worst aspect of the whole entire movie was the whole reason Hercules performed the 12 labors. They really should go check out myth web because it was unbelievable that they got that mixed up that real badly. There were other things mixed up but those had to be the worst of them all. In Greek mythology Hercules is portrayed as a hero with severe anger problems and later depression. In fact they are so bad that he once killed his music teacher because he was having trouble in the class. Hercules anger problems probably weren’t completely his fault. He was cursed by a goddess named Hera. Hera didn’t like Hercules because he was the child of her husband and another woman. She would send down evil curses to him causing him to go wild. He went so wild one time that he killed his family. This caused him to be upset because he loved his family. In the Disney movie Hercules is portrayed as a happy boy looking for his real family and later a lovable hero and a great role model. He is nice to everybody and barely does anything wrong. The worst thing he does in the movie is give up his powers for a day to Hades and that wasn’t really even his fault he got tricked into doing that. Disney probably wanted to set an example for the kids that watched the movie. The Disney movie of Hercules has a scene in it that shows the fates telling Hades that he will be the ruler of all gods in 18 years if a boy named Hercules doesn’t fight back. Hades knows who Hercules is because Hercules is his nephew. He started to devise an evil plan of how to keep Hercules from fighting back but it ended up not working out in the end. In the real story of Hercules in Greek mythology Hades isn’t even mentioned. They mentioned other people in the story like Pleasure and Virtue but not Hades. The real story of Hercules doesn’t even mention anybody taking over the ruling of the gods in 18 years. Disney’s version of Hercules shows Hades after 18 years trying to get Hercules to “give up his powers for 24 hours” so it’s impossible for Hercules to fight back with his super strength and godlike abilities. In the real story of Hercules Hades never even was mentioned and Zeus is always the ruler of all gods. Disney probably wanted to make an interesting story out of the real story of Hercules. Another element of the movie Disney got wrong was one of the most important parts: the 12 labors. In the story of Hercules Hera angers Hercules so much that he goes on a rage and kills his family. The only way he is to be forgiven and cleaned of the terrible sin he committed was to perform the 12 labors. In the Disney movie Hercules is adopted into a mortal family and he still has his super strength but doesn’t fit in. he finds out that his father is Zeus and the only way for him to become a god is for him to successfully complete the 12 labors. They also got the giver of the 12 labors wrong in the story of Hercules he is told the labors by a king. In the Disney movie Hades sets up the 12 labors for Hercules to try to destroy him. Disney tried to make a movie out of Hercules and did a good job with it if you didn’t know the differences. It is probably a really good story for little kids. Anybody who wanted to know the real story of Hercules should not watch the Disney movie first they should read the real story on [|www.mythweb.com] or go to another website or read a book about him. They shouldn’t just assume that the movie is right because the book is always better than the movie and a lot of the times the movies are wrong. The story of Hercules is a great story if you read the right one.

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