Mythology: Gods, Monsters,
and Hero’s
By David Huynh, Robert Varner and Sammy
Villarreal
Period 5th Ms. Thomas
Poseidon
• Lineage:
-Parents: Cronus and Rhea
-Spouse: Amphitrite
-Siblings: Zeus and Hades
• Symbol:
-Poseidon was always shown carrying his trident, a three-pronged
spear. He used it to destroy what ever he wanted.
-Poseidon also gave man the first horse, and he was honored for it.
• Powers
-Poseidon was the lord and ruler of the Mediterranean sea, the
Friendly sea(the Euxine, now the Black sea), and underground rivers. He
commanded storms and surges of the sea.
Polyphemus
• Lineage:
Parents: His father was Poseidon, God of the
Sea.
• Powers: Since he was so big, he is super strong.
• Weakness: He was not that bright.
• Important Events: Polyphemus captured Odysseus
and his crew. Then later on was tricked and blinded
by Odysseus.
Tethys
• Lineage:
Tethys is the sister and wife of Oceanus. She is known as the
mother of the Nile river.
• Symbol:
Tethys is represented of the “Mother of Rivers”. River like
the Nile, and the Alpheus River.
• Powers:
Tethys didn’t really have powers she was just a embodiment
of the sea
• Weaknesses:
Tethys really didn’t have a weakness, like referred to before,
she is just a embodiments of water
Ocean
•
Lineage:
Ocean is a divine god personified as a enormous river circling the sea.
• Powers:
Oceanus is a titan with the ability to control rivers, lakes, ponds etc. he
also had the ability to control the rising and setting of the sun.
• Weaknesses:
Oceanus really didn’t have a weakness except his wife, Tethys.
• Identification:
Oceanus can be identified by the Atlantic Ocean.
Created: Oceanus was the Titan god or Protogenos (primeval deity) of the great
earth-encircling river Okeanos, the font of all the earth’s freshwater.
Source: http:/www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanOkeanos.html
The Sirens
•
Lineage:
There were three Sirens: Clotho, the Spinner, who spun the thread of life;
Lachesis, the Disposer of Lots, who assigned to each man his destiny; Astropos, she
who could not be turned, who carried “the abhorred shears” and cut the thread at
death.
• Symbol: dangerous temptation, enchanting yet fatal voice that could kill oneself
with it’s loveliness
• Weakness:
Drowning out their lovely fatal voices stopped the Sirens to catch a victim
for death.
• Powers:
The Sirens had enchanting voices and their singing lured sailors to their
death.
• Identification:
It was not known what they looked like, for no one who saw them ever
returned.