In my english class we are also stuying mythology. I was specifically researching Theseus. Theseus is a greek myth hero, who defeated the beast minotaur, a beast with the head of a bull and the body of a human. He also defeated many other villians with grusome means of killing his victims. My favorite villian is one he met on his travel to Athens to find his father, king Aegeus. The villan sinis, also called the pine bender, tied his victims to two pine tree and pulled the pine trees down so that the victim wouldn't stretch to much yet. Then he would let the pine trees go ripping his victims in half.
However, Theseus is still most commonly known for defeating the minotaur. During my research on the minotaur I stumbled upon some information and I wanted to share it with you. On a website I was on, suite101.com, it provided me some symbolism. It talks about how the bull is the head and not the human because it is a symbol for how humans sometimes give into their instincts, which can cloud reason and discerning. This got me thinking of other myths that i have read. There are other myths that have the main character mess up or do something wrong that resut in consiquences. I believe mythology is a way of sharing virtues and values to others. Even though every country has a different set of values, no one appreciates lying and betrayal, which shows up alot in mythology. Mythology can be similar in all countries because mythology is a way of sharing to others what good virtues are supposed to look like.
