Archetypes In Greek Mythology

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Q1. How do the stories resemble other stories you have read or seen in movies in plot, character, setting or use of symbols?
A1. The stories from Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes are similar to some other books and their stories. For example Percy Jackson, he must try to rescue his mother from Hades (God of the Underworld). This is very close in resemblance to the tale of Dionysus (God of Vine) saving his mother from the Underworld. The Percy Jackson series and this book are similar in characters as well. Many of the gods in mentioned in Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes were also mentioned in Percy Jackson; such as Zeus, Medusa, Poseidon, Hades, and some other gods as well. This means that Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes and the percy jackson movies are closely related to. The Percy Jackson movies/books and Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes have storyline and characters related. …show more content…

Are archetypes presented, such as quests, initiations, scapegoats, or heroes?
A2. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes presents multiple archetypes throughout the book. The hero archetypes would be Hermes or Zeus. Zeus is a hero because he sends Hermes down to the underworld to save Persephone who is Demeter’s daughter. It was not an easy task to save her since Hades attempted to hold her captive. He was trying to make her his queen. They are both heroes in this situation because they both had roles in her rescue. This story included a quest with the heroes, which was saving Persephone. In the end, in this chapter of Demeter, there were hero and quest archetype

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