Tag Archives: minos

Kouretes in the House

Posted on November 15, 2014 by Nathan

One group of beings from Greek mythology that I couldn’t recall having read about before but that stuck with me when I read Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods were the Kouretes, warriors and ritual dancers who attended to the infant Zeus. … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Rick Riordan | Tagged crete, cybele, dactyls, dionysus, glaucus, korybantes, kouretes, kronos, minos, mount ida, nymphs, ouranos, percy jackson's greek gods, phrygia, rhea, zagreus | Leave a comment

Merely a Man

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Nathan

I wrote about demonization last week, but there’s another way people dealt with gods they didn’t believe in, which is claiming that they’re simply people who came to be worshipped. Of course this kind of thing actually happened, both with … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Greek Mythology, Greek Philosophy, Judaism, Mormonism, Mythology, Norse, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged aeneid, crete, euhemerism, euhemerus, europa, hercules, jesus, joseph smith, minos, nimrod, odin, priam, samson, snorri sturluson, troy, virgil, zeus | 7 Comments

Para-Dogs

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Nathan

As we are now living through the dog days of summer, this week’s mythology post will be about dogs. More specifically, it’s about Laelaps, a magical hunting dog given by Zeus to Europa when he seduced her and carried her … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology | Tagged canis major, canis minor, dogs, dryptosaurus, europa, hera, hunting dog, kephalos, laelaps, minos, parasitic mite, prokris of athens, sirius, teumessian fox, zeus | Leave a comment

Nintendo’s Mythtakes

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Nathan

Anyone who’s familiar with the game Kid Icarus probably realizes that a lot of the character names are based on Greek mythology. How well do these characters actually conform to their portrayals in mythology, though? In most cases, not so … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Japanese, Kid Icarus, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged apollo, athena, binbogami, captain n, cerberus, comics, daedalus, daphne, eggplant wizard, epimetheus, erinyes, furies, ganymede, god of poverty, grim reaper, hades, hercules, hydra, icarus, king hippo, kronos, medusa, minos, monsters, mother brain, nintendo, orthros, palutena, pandora, penia, pit, pluton, prometheus, sirens, thanatos, titans, tros, troy, twinbellows, uranos, zeus | 4 Comments

Night of the Living Daedalus

Posted on July 10, 2010 by Nathan

I was trying to think of characters from mythology I hadn’t covered yet, and I thought of Daedalus, the famous inventor. While most closely associated with Crete, the Athenians thought he should be a native of their own city, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mythology, Percy Jackson, Rick Riordan | Tagged athena, athens, cocalus, crete, daedalus, icarus, kamikos, labyrinth, minos, minotaur, pasiphae, percy jackson, perdix, poseidon, rick riordan, sicily | 14 Comments

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