Mythology
Myth / miTH / noun: a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving
supernatural beings or events. How did the nature around us...become the nature around us? |
Trizo's Demise: The Introduction to Your Reflection
by Joseph Cabrera, Grade 8
There once was a son of Apollo, named Trizo, who had the ability to shape his form to be whatever he wished it to be. He grew up to be a violent thief, and changed his form to impersonate others to get what he wanted. He stole gold coins, bronze swords, valuable silver necklaces, and all other kinds of expensive items. One day, when he was flirting with a woman by becoming a beautiful man with looks to rival his father himself, he learned from her that Poseidon kept a sea chest in one of his lairs down in the seas, and within the chest, was valuable items and weapons that could make the son of Apollo become incredibly wealthy and strong. Consumed by his greed, he bought a charm that would allow him to breath underwater, a blade of pure bronze to cut down any monsters, and a bronze replica of athena's shield, that included a visage of the gorgon medusa with her beautiful face, combined with the ugly snakes curling around the shield. With these powerful items, Trizo went down to the depths of the sea, seeking the god of the seas treasure.
As he swam through the sea, he noticed the area around him. Mucky green algae covered the floor, and a multitude of fish were swarming around him. Some with vibrant, unique colors of pink and blue, some with dull gray coats. Trizo ignored the massive amounts of fish and continued to swim to his future glory. Soon he found the lair, which had large amounts of seaweed covering the front, and in the front was a huge statue of Poseidon in the entrance. The statue had a crown resting on his head and was holding his trident in his hand, and the statue’s abs shined throughout the sea.
Trizo swam up to his head and slashed the statues head off. “Your treasure is mine for the taking Poseidon,” he said. He swam into the chamber with swagger, knowing of his future wealth. The chamber had pillars with cracks and seaweed over them. Some of the pillars were also broken and on the seafloor. In the center of the hall was a chest covered with algae and seaweed. Trizo grinned and began to swim to the chest, but he then heard a series of growls and hisses.
He looked up and saw two sets of beady, red eyes glaring at him in the upper dome. They swam down to Trizo, who instantly recognized the sea creatures. They were called Hippocampi, the horses of the sea. It is said that Poseidon's chariot is pulled by four of them. The front parts of them resembled a horse, while their rears resembled a fish. The one on the right had its scales more of a vibrant purple and blue, with streaks of bloody red on its side. However, its body was a bit smaller, and had a long scar over its right eye. The one on the left had a larger body, with long, gruesome, and sharp fangs. However, the colors on that one’s body was dull, and was just a simple gray with shiny purple streaks.
Poseidon assigned them to guard his treasure, but Trizo was not easily afraid, for over the years he has learned how to fight. The two sea horses charged at him; they opened their huge jaws, ready to chomp the thief into oblivion. Trizo used his shield to propel himself upwards through the water, dodging both of the horses attacks, and as the hippocampi were swimming underneath him, he slashed downwards, giving a massive cut on the bigger one. Blood gushed from the horse into the water, and the horse began to scream in pain. The smaller one screamed in anger and charged at Trizo. Trizo tried to put up his shield, but the horse went around the shield and wrapped his body around the thief, squeezing him to death. But Trizo used his ability and shrank into a fish to escape. The hippocampi began to look around in confusion, but then Trizo turned back to normal behind the horse, and slashed the horse's head off. As the sea horse’s head fell to the floor, the other hippocampi began to scream in pure anger, and charged, but Trizo then transformed into a hippocampi himself, identical to the smaller one. The hippocampi stopped right in their tracks, and began to ooze closer to him, slowly, while whining sadly and in disbelief. But it was too late. As Trizo slapped the hippocampi with his own hippocampi tail, he turned back to human form, and stabbed the horse in the chest. The horse fell slowly to the floor, with blood gushing from his chest, and died a painful death, failing its master.
Grinning in triumph, Trizo turned to the chest and began to pick it. When he heard that *click,* he opened the chest, revealing massive amounts of jewels and wealth.
Trizo’s fame and new life was right there when he heard a powerful voice. “That is far enough, child of Apollo.” He turned quickly and spotted the god of the sea himself standing there. He was tall, and wore a golden crown, with a trident in the center. He wore golden and blue armor on his shoulders, arms, and all around on his upper body. But the lower half of his body was like a kraken’s, with dark blue tentacles sprawling over the sea floor.
Trizo chuckled nervously and then quickly tried to swim away, but one of poseidon's tentacles grabbed him and pulled him close to him. “You know child of Apollo, I was really going to let you go with my treasure, but you impersonated the hippocampi with your powers to win and mimicked the hippocampi’s mate, that's a very low thing to do, demigod.” He glanced at Trizo’s shield, with the visage of Medusa, and sighed.
“How the fates come to us, I spent my time with Medusa in one of Athena's temples, before she had turned into a gorgon. It was a good time spent with her, but sadly, Athena had caught us, and she sent me away, and cursed Medusa with those ugly snakes for hair. Wonder how I am going to curse you,” he said. “Perhaps I’ll trap your soul into water itself , and have it so when someone takes a look in water, they’ll get a glimpse of you, treacherous slug,” he said.
Poseidon turned his body into dust that pulsated a light blue and purple, and spread the dust all across the world, and into all kinds of waters, trapping Trizo in his aquatic prison. Thus, whenever someone looks into the ocean, or the sea, they see the image of Trizo, and to prevent people from realizing his punishment by Poseidon, he transforms his body using his powers to impersonate who is looking at him, and copies all of their actions, and that is why people see their reflections in the ocean. A message to the reader: know that you really aren’t seeing your reflection. You are truly seeing a thief who was punished for his actions by the sea god Poseidon, a thief by the name of Trizo.
There once was a son of Apollo, named Trizo, who had the ability to shape his form to be whatever he wished it to be. He grew up to be a violent thief, and changed his form to impersonate others to get what he wanted. He stole gold coins, bronze swords, valuable silver necklaces, and all other kinds of expensive items. One day, when he was flirting with a woman by becoming a beautiful man with looks to rival his father himself, he learned from her that Poseidon kept a sea chest in one of his lairs down in the seas, and within the chest, was valuable items and weapons that could make the son of Apollo become incredibly wealthy and strong. Consumed by his greed, he bought a charm that would allow him to breath underwater, a blade of pure bronze to cut down any monsters, and a bronze replica of athena's shield, that included a visage of the gorgon medusa with her beautiful face, combined with the ugly snakes curling around the shield. With these powerful items, Trizo went down to the depths of the sea, seeking the god of the seas treasure.
As he swam through the sea, he noticed the area around him. Mucky green algae covered the floor, and a multitude of fish were swarming around him. Some with vibrant, unique colors of pink and blue, some with dull gray coats. Trizo ignored the massive amounts of fish and continued to swim to his future glory. Soon he found the lair, which had large amounts of seaweed covering the front, and in the front was a huge statue of Poseidon in the entrance. The statue had a crown resting on his head and was holding his trident in his hand, and the statue’s abs shined throughout the sea.
Trizo swam up to his head and slashed the statues head off. “Your treasure is mine for the taking Poseidon,” he said. He swam into the chamber with swagger, knowing of his future wealth. The chamber had pillars with cracks and seaweed over them. Some of the pillars were also broken and on the seafloor. In the center of the hall was a chest covered with algae and seaweed. Trizo grinned and began to swim to the chest, but he then heard a series of growls and hisses.
He looked up and saw two sets of beady, red eyes glaring at him in the upper dome. They swam down to Trizo, who instantly recognized the sea creatures. They were called Hippocampi, the horses of the sea. It is said that Poseidon's chariot is pulled by four of them. The front parts of them resembled a horse, while their rears resembled a fish. The one on the right had its scales more of a vibrant purple and blue, with streaks of bloody red on its side. However, its body was a bit smaller, and had a long scar over its right eye. The one on the left had a larger body, with long, gruesome, and sharp fangs. However, the colors on that one’s body was dull, and was just a simple gray with shiny purple streaks.
Poseidon assigned them to guard his treasure, but Trizo was not easily afraid, for over the years he has learned how to fight. The two sea horses charged at him; they opened their huge jaws, ready to chomp the thief into oblivion. Trizo used his shield to propel himself upwards through the water, dodging both of the horses attacks, and as the hippocampi were swimming underneath him, he slashed downwards, giving a massive cut on the bigger one. Blood gushed from the horse into the water, and the horse began to scream in pain. The smaller one screamed in anger and charged at Trizo. Trizo tried to put up his shield, but the horse went around the shield and wrapped his body around the thief, squeezing him to death. But Trizo used his ability and shrank into a fish to escape. The hippocampi began to look around in confusion, but then Trizo turned back to normal behind the horse, and slashed the horse's head off. As the sea horse’s head fell to the floor, the other hippocampi began to scream in pure anger, and charged, but Trizo then transformed into a hippocampi himself, identical to the smaller one. The hippocampi stopped right in their tracks, and began to ooze closer to him, slowly, while whining sadly and in disbelief. But it was too late. As Trizo slapped the hippocampi with his own hippocampi tail, he turned back to human form, and stabbed the horse in the chest. The horse fell slowly to the floor, with blood gushing from his chest, and died a painful death, failing its master.
Grinning in triumph, Trizo turned to the chest and began to pick it. When he heard that *click,* he opened the chest, revealing massive amounts of jewels and wealth.
Trizo’s fame and new life was right there when he heard a powerful voice. “That is far enough, child of Apollo.” He turned quickly and spotted the god of the sea himself standing there. He was tall, and wore a golden crown, with a trident in the center. He wore golden and blue armor on his shoulders, arms, and all around on his upper body. But the lower half of his body was like a kraken’s, with dark blue tentacles sprawling over the sea floor.
Trizo chuckled nervously and then quickly tried to swim away, but one of poseidon's tentacles grabbed him and pulled him close to him. “You know child of Apollo, I was really going to let you go with my treasure, but you impersonated the hippocampi with your powers to win and mimicked the hippocampi’s mate, that's a very low thing to do, demigod.” He glanced at Trizo’s shield, with the visage of Medusa, and sighed.
“How the fates come to us, I spent my time with Medusa in one of Athena's temples, before she had turned into a gorgon. It was a good time spent with her, but sadly, Athena had caught us, and she sent me away, and cursed Medusa with those ugly snakes for hair. Wonder how I am going to curse you,” he said. “Perhaps I’ll trap your soul into water itself , and have it so when someone takes a look in water, they’ll get a glimpse of you, treacherous slug,” he said.
Poseidon turned his body into dust that pulsated a light blue and purple, and spread the dust all across the world, and into all kinds of waters, trapping Trizo in his aquatic prison. Thus, whenever someone looks into the ocean, or the sea, they see the image of Trizo, and to prevent people from realizing his punishment by Poseidon, he transforms his body using his powers to impersonate who is looking at him, and copies all of their actions, and that is why people see their reflections in the ocean. A message to the reader: know that you really aren’t seeing your reflection. You are truly seeing a thief who was punished for his actions by the sea god Poseidon, a thief by the name of Trizo.
The Rocky Mountains
by Julia Jankojc, Grade 8
The Rocky Mountains used to be a natural land-form underground in the underworld. The tips of the mountains formed a maze called a Labyrinth. The Labyrinth was an elaborate, confusing structure whose purpose was to hold the Minotaur. One day, after Hades kidnapped Persephone, Zeus came down to talk to Hades because Demeter's depression was affecting the world immensely and causing a drought since she was the goddess of agriculture.
While Zeus was trying to make a deal with Hades, Hades became mad. Zeus had been trying to persuade him to accept a deal in which he would be with Persephone for half the year, and the other half she would spend with her mother, Demeter, above ground. This was later how the seasons came to be because half of the year, spring and summer, harvest would thrive and it would be warm and beautiful because Demeter was happy. The other half of the year, winter and fall, it was cold and nothing grew because Demeter was sad. While Zeus was trying to convince Hades to accept this deal, Hades became so aggravated that in his head he willed for Zeus to get lost in the Labyrinth on his way out. He turned away and stomped his foot. But someway or another, his powers became mixed up and between the stomp of his foot and his will, the maze started to rise. No one knew what was happening. The maze just continued to rise, and it burst through the ground to the world above until it finally stopped at its peak of 14,440 feet.
Once fully above ground, the maze looked like a mountain range. It became the Rocky Mountain Range, and because Persephone was still underground with Hades, which caused Demeter to be depressed, it became very cold out, and the mountains grew snow-covered peaks. On a positive note, Hades unexpectedly agreed to the deal. He had gotten on Zeus's bad side from this incident, and no one wanted to be on Zeus's bad side, so Hades agreed.
The Rocky Mountains used to be a natural land-form underground in the underworld. The tips of the mountains formed a maze called a Labyrinth. The Labyrinth was an elaborate, confusing structure whose purpose was to hold the Minotaur. One day, after Hades kidnapped Persephone, Zeus came down to talk to Hades because Demeter's depression was affecting the world immensely and causing a drought since she was the goddess of agriculture.
While Zeus was trying to make a deal with Hades, Hades became mad. Zeus had been trying to persuade him to accept a deal in which he would be with Persephone for half the year, and the other half she would spend with her mother, Demeter, above ground. This was later how the seasons came to be because half of the year, spring and summer, harvest would thrive and it would be warm and beautiful because Demeter was happy. The other half of the year, winter and fall, it was cold and nothing grew because Demeter was sad. While Zeus was trying to convince Hades to accept this deal, Hades became so aggravated that in his head he willed for Zeus to get lost in the Labyrinth on his way out. He turned away and stomped his foot. But someway or another, his powers became mixed up and between the stomp of his foot and his will, the maze started to rise. No one knew what was happening. The maze just continued to rise, and it burst through the ground to the world above until it finally stopped at its peak of 14,440 feet.
Once fully above ground, the maze looked like a mountain range. It became the Rocky Mountain Range, and because Persephone was still underground with Hades, which caused Demeter to be depressed, it became very cold out, and the mountains grew snow-covered peaks. On a positive note, Hades unexpectedly agreed to the deal. He had gotten on Zeus's bad side from this incident, and no one wanted to be on Zeus's bad side, so Hades agreed.
Mercury
by Nicole Vaccaro, Grade 8
Mercury was one of the twelve chief gods/goddesses that resided on Mount Olympus. He was the son of Jupiter and the messenger of the gods. He was also the god of science and inventions. Despite being very smart and respected, Mercury loved a good prank and had a questionable sense of humor. His father, who was the ruler of all the gods, did not have a similar character. In fact, Jupiter was a sky god, associated with thunder, lightning, and storms.
This difference between father and son caused many disagreements. Jupiter, though powerful, was often outsmarted by his brilliant son. This angered him very much, but the queen was usually able to help him remain level headed.
One summer day, Mercury decided to test out a new invention. He gathered some supplies and began to work feverishly. It took almost two weeks for him to perfect the contraption. When it was finished, he brought the creation to his father's castle. Now remember, Mercury was not only famous for his intelligence, but for using his intelligence to trick others. Mercury snuck in the back door of the mansion, and quietly set up the invention. It was a peculiar looking device, with gray blades sticking out from a seemingly useless sphere. However, when turned on, the sphere rotated, causing the blades to produce strong wind gusts.
When the king entered into the main room, Mercury flipped the switch on the invention. Not knowing what it was, Jupiter failed to move out of the way. The device ended up blasting powerful currents right into Jupiter's face. It took him by such surprise that he almost fell backwards!
"I thought this might help you cool off!" Mercury announced pleasantly, suppressing a laugh.
Jupiter was not amused. His wife wasn't there to stop him, so he took the opportunity to banish Mercury to another planet. Coincidentally, it was the closest one to the sun, and therefore, the hottest. Mercury was not fazed and took his punishment in stride. No one else dared to go with him, so the planet became known as Mercury.
No one know for sure, but he is probably still living there today, enjoying the cool relief his device brings from the sun's scorching rays.
Mercury was one of the twelve chief gods/goddesses that resided on Mount Olympus. He was the son of Jupiter and the messenger of the gods. He was also the god of science and inventions. Despite being very smart and respected, Mercury loved a good prank and had a questionable sense of humor. His father, who was the ruler of all the gods, did not have a similar character. In fact, Jupiter was a sky god, associated with thunder, lightning, and storms.
This difference between father and son caused many disagreements. Jupiter, though powerful, was often outsmarted by his brilliant son. This angered him very much, but the queen was usually able to help him remain level headed.
One summer day, Mercury decided to test out a new invention. He gathered some supplies and began to work feverishly. It took almost two weeks for him to perfect the contraption. When it was finished, he brought the creation to his father's castle. Now remember, Mercury was not only famous for his intelligence, but for using his intelligence to trick others. Mercury snuck in the back door of the mansion, and quietly set up the invention. It was a peculiar looking device, with gray blades sticking out from a seemingly useless sphere. However, when turned on, the sphere rotated, causing the blades to produce strong wind gusts.
When the king entered into the main room, Mercury flipped the switch on the invention. Not knowing what it was, Jupiter failed to move out of the way. The device ended up blasting powerful currents right into Jupiter's face. It took him by such surprise that he almost fell backwards!
"I thought this might help you cool off!" Mercury announced pleasantly, suppressing a laugh.
Jupiter was not amused. His wife wasn't there to stop him, so he took the opportunity to banish Mercury to another planet. Coincidentally, it was the closest one to the sun, and therefore, the hottest. Mercury was not fazed and took his punishment in stride. No one else dared to go with him, so the planet became known as Mercury.
No one know for sure, but he is probably still living there today, enjoying the cool relief his device brings from the sun's scorching rays.