Like i need to find any mythological images in literature, movies, tv programs, advertisements, video games, music, etc. For exanmple Venus is a goddess and it is also a name of a razor. Or any songs related to mythology? Please help me
2007-07-06 09:01:46 · 8 answers · asked by fo'real 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Just a couple off the top of my head:
Tri Star Pictures uses a pegasus for their mascot
The movie Oh Brother Where Art Thou has various allusions to the Odyssey, including John Goodman as the Cyclops.
2007-07-06 09:07:13 · answer #1 · answered by scottr 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unicorns show up in advertising a lot.
Zeuss is used in a current Comcast advertisement.
Vampires are all over TV right now as well as movies.
Mercury - automobiles
Mercury - Visible on vintage Dimes
TV Show- Hercules (as well as the movie) but that is a more literal reference.
Venus was also the name of a pop song in the 50's.
A movie took it's name from the mythological creature the Phoenix (Flight of the PHoenix)
2007-07-06 09:09:54 · answer #2 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Minerva, by the Deftones
Saturn and Mercury are car brands
The Statue of Liberty is a Goddess too
There's a giant Roman Goddess in the Pepto commercials (with Godzilla and Paul Bunyan)
Cupid appears every Valentines Day
2007-07-06 18:09:55 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't forget the condom company (trojan) or Midas (the king who could turn everything he touched to gold). There are a couple of good examples already given, so I won't repeat them. But there are other examples, like the Firebird (the car) or aphrodisiacs (from the word aphrodite, goddess of sexual love), there is an airline company here in alaska named for the mayan god Quaztecotal (sp?), there are tons of towns and rivers throughout the US named for Native American legends, too many to list them all here, Olympia and Athens in Greece. Olympia named for Mt Olympus, Athens named for the Goddess Athena. Hell, the Olympics is a reference to these athletes being god-like. Lets not forget that the days of the week are named for Norse Gods; Sunday and Monday for the Sun and Moon. Or the first 6 months of the year are named for greco/roman gods. (July and August being for Caesars Julius and Augustus. Then counting from 7 to 10 with the other four months of the year). I could probably go on and on. But I think that's enough to get you thinking for now.
2007-07-06 09:55:32 · answer #4 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to read "The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell.
Your answer... Comic Books Heroes and Movies like Star wars.
I'm serious, there are the myth stories of the day. There are a recent show on the History Channel called Star Wars Revealed which explained this concept.
2007-07-06 09:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by Luinrandir 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
action picture star Wars. each and every character is mythological. Lord of the jewelry... same element. Get a e book observed as "the ability of delusion" by skill of Joseph Campbell. area software Apollo that went to the moon. additionally the Gemini software (2 manned pill) The Saturn motor vehicle Pluto the comic strip dogs Thursday is for Thor March is termed after Mars the god of the underworld January is termed after Janus....
2016-11-08 08:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about the cross? The whole Jesus myth thing.
What about the Trojan Horse, as it relates to modern software attacks?
2007-07-06 09:08:10 · answer #7 · answered by bongernet 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cupid with the bow and arrow
2007-07-06 09:57:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋