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.