Aglanta's Journey Into The Ocean Myth

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Aglanta is a beautiful, young lady who lives in a small kingdom ruled by Zeus. She believes that she is smarter and stronger than everyone. Zeus is a mighty king and everyone is jealous of him and his power over the people. His brother is Hades, the ruler of the underworld. Hades is very jealous of his mighty brother Zeus. Whenever he gets mad, he screams so loud that it creates cracks in the ceiling of the underworld. The kingdom is so flat that you can see everything and everyone. One day, Aglanta was walking through the field of the kingdom with her head held high and suddenly the ground began to shake. Aglanta’s heart fell to her feet, she was scared. Then, Aglanta’s life flashed before her eyes and she fell into the mysterious underworld. Aglanta has been told stories about the underworld but never knew it was true. The whole kingdom was worried for the poor Aglanta as they thought she was gone forever. …show more content…

Aglanta stood there in shock as she had no idea where she was and how this man knew her. She looked around at the world, it was dusty and small. There was a little throne in the right corner where Hades sat. Aglanta wasn’t scared at all as she knew she was stronger than this man. “Let me go.” Aglanta pleaded. Hades laughed at the fact of letting her go. “Haha, you are mine now. You are my slave and you have to do whatever I ask you to do.” Hades explained. “I’m not scared of

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