ex: Word: Echo meaning reflection of sound and then relate it to myth there was a nymph named echo who could only finish a conversation so she said the last words and thats what the echo does.... I need to do this for the next words: Erotic, Fate, fortune, giant, harpy,labors of hercules,martial,midas touch, mnemonic,morphine,museum, narcissist,nemesis,pandora's box,nymphomania,phobia,psyche,titan,volcano..............please if you know any of these HELP, i would appreciate it very much if you know of a website or something too..... thank you so much
2007-12-13 16:58:27 · 6 answers · asked by hi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Erotic, of course from the greek goddess Eros, Venus, or Aphrodite (same person, 3 names) Fate, from the three goddesses called "fates" that were believed to control destiny, giant from the creature Giagantes, which was a large monster with four arms. harpy, from the creature called harpy, a demon half woman and half eagle. midas' touch, from the story of King Midas, who, getting his wish turned everything he touched to gold.... but then realized it was a curse. labors of hercules from the story of hercules and his 12 tasks. nemesis (this is a guess) also from Hercules story, the Nemean Lion- Hercules' most fearsome enemy. psyche, after the goddess of wisdom Psyche or Athena.
2007-12-13 17:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erotic is from Eros, Greek god of Love, who rode a dolphin (which I always found odd).
Narcissist...One of my favorites because I like daffodils, Genus Narcissus. Its about a guy who studied himself so long the rest of the world went on without him and he even stopped hearing the voice of Echo. A long involved myth with lots of inaccurate info and bad explinations of on the web.
Morphine is from Morpeus, the Greek god of sleep and dreams.
You can find most of this on Greek Mythology sites. The stories are not usually that long and easy to make sense of. Have fun reading them.
2007-12-14 01:11:11 · answer #2 · answered by bahbdorje 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In google look up the etymology (origins) of the words, these will often give a mythological association....
Example erotic : An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology [home, info] - erotic : Eros n [Gk. Eros, fr. eros sexual love] 1 : the sum of life-preserving instincts that are manifested as impulses to gratify basic needs and to preserve the body and mind 2 : erotic love or desire
Source: http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rescb&w=erotic
2007-12-14 02:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by Rob and Kelly B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erotic-from Eros (Cupid, the son of Venus--Aphrodite). Eros also means, i think, "desire" in Greek.
Fortune-from the latin name of Tyche (the Greek goddess of fortune) 'Fortuna".
Martial-ok, this is just my theory. From the Roman name of Ares, the god fo war, "Mars," martial probably refers to war or warcraft(?).
Midas Touch--a person with Midas Touch is a very successful person in terms of wealth (I forgot the original meaning, but it's somewhat like this.)
Mnemonic--Mnemonics are rhymes to remember things; like
30 days hath September
April June and November....
Mnemosyne, the goddess who was supposed to be the Mother of Athena, means Memory.
Morphine--this is a son of Somnus (or Hypnos) the god of sleep. Morpheus was able to change to many forms.
Narcissist--a self-lover. A nymph, who loved him but he did not, prayed that " 'let he who loves not, loves himself." He saw his image in the water, and drowned because he tried to kiss 'the beautiful creature in the water."
Museum: ok, another Christine-Theory. The muses were the goddesses of the arts. And yet, I am correct. Museum evlved from Mouseion, meaning, a temple dedicated to the Muses.
Psyche-this is the name of a beautiful maiden in Roman mythology whom Venus was jealous of because most of the mortals said that Psyche was even more beautiful than the goddess. Venus told her son, Cupid, to make Psyche fall in love with a hideous creature. But when she showed him Psyche, cupid fell in love with her. "Psyche" was the Greek conception of oneself.
2007-12-14 04:26:36 · answer #4 · answered by christine angelique 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd love to explain them all, but I recommend www.wikipedia.org it hasn't failed me yet... and I know a lot about mythology... seriously it will explain most of them... i know most of them... but you should do your own research in order to make sure you don't get mistaken information... I'd love to tell each of them since I really like mythology... but do your own research... it's not too hard...
also... pay special attention to something called "etymology" meaning the origin of words! That will help you the most....
2007-12-14 22:38:33 · answer #5 · answered by Confused 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eros is not Venus, he is Venus' son, Cupid.
Try wikipedia or just googling
"greek mythology" + "fate", "fortune", etc.
2007-12-14 01:16:29 · answer #6 · answered by elgüero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋