Monday, October 10, 2016

Greek Mythology

Orion

He is a son of king of Thrace whom was initially childless.  He was liked by Gods and in return, the Gods grant him a son.  They asked him for the hide of a bull he has scarified.  Zeus, Poseidon and Hermes urinated on the hide and buried it.  Nine month later, Orion was born from the spot and his father named him Urion or Orion, i.e. "urine boy".

Amazon

A tribe of worrier women who lived in distant shore of Black Sea.  When a child is born and is a boy, he would be killed.  If it was a girl, the tribe would accept it as one of them and raise it.  When the girl reached puberty, they would cut off her right breast for her to have a better draw of bow.  The "a" means no and "mazos" means breast.

Pan

Son of Hermes and a nymph called Dryope.  When he was born, the laughing child has feet of goat. horns and a full beard.  Hermes brought him to show to the Gods of Olympus and they were delighted, naming him Pan which mean "all" in Greek.  He chased a nymph called Syrinx whom ran way.  When pan nearly caught up, she prayed to the river nymph for help and they transform her to reed.  Pan cut the reed to different length and invented the pan pipe.  Pan would bring terror to those that offended him and thus "panic" means uncontrollable fear.