I like the one where Prometheus takes fire from Olympus and grants it as a gift to mankind. It sure has come in useful!
2007-01-13 12:44:34 · 16 answers · asked by silverleaf90210 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
This is one of my favorites. It's short, so you may want to read it. The lesson is to be slow to judge.
http://www.pontyberem.com/gelert.htm
Other than that, my favorites all come from the Mabinogion. My favorite translation is "The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales" by Patrick K. Ford. My favorite story in the Mabinogion is Math ap Mathonwy. For an on-line translation:
http://www.mabinogi.net/math.htm
2007-01-13 17:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by Witchy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Legend of the White Buffalo
2007-01-14 08:20:47 · answer #2 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Loki being bound to the rock with poison dripping in his eyes until Ragnarok, when he will lead the army of evil against the gods.
2007-01-13 22:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by rebekkah hot as the sun 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unicorn was it just a horse with a birth defect or were there a whole species that man drove to extinction because we hunted them for the magic of their horns.
2007-01-13 20:50:40 · answer #4 · answered by ManWtheHat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Odysseus
2007-01-13 20:52:59 · answer #5 · answered by welllaners 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden To think that because of Eve there in SIN in the world. It is a great myth.
2007-01-13 22:52:23 · answer #6 · answered by Honeypai 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Story of Atlantis. ever since i was little my mother would tell me stories of Atlantis and I've been studying on it for years now. I love it and Plato is my favorite philosopher ever. Socrates was good but Plato is better.
Love and Peace.
2007-01-13 20:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by juniorteen312005 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Psyche and Eros. I think it's one of the only love myths that has a happy ending. And it's a good happy ending, too!
2007-01-14 00:21:49 · answer #8 · answered by Meggie Oakblood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
* King Aurther
* Lockness
* Werewolf
* Vampires
2007-01-13 21:13:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Earth was flat and so don't travel far because if you get too close to the edge you'll fall off.
2007-01-13 21:05:29 · answer #10 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋