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Epic Journey’s and Quests

Epic Journey’s and Quests. Presentation by Grady, Ashley and Armando. Epic Journey. Epic journey’s usually start out introducing the characters and a problem the main character is supposed to solve

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Epic Journey’s and Quests

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  1. Epic Journey’s and Quests Presentation by Grady, Ashley and Armando

  2. Epic Journey • Epic journey’s usually start out introducing the characters and a problem the main character is supposed to solve • The majority of the story is a journey or a quest of the “hero’s”, usually to regain something that was taken or lost. • Most of the time, the hero wins, even though lives are lost along the way, he gains power and lives a long prosperous life, becoming a legend. • Hero doesn’t always win and live happily ever after. Some end up as a tragic epic story.

  3. Stories • Jason and the Argonauts • The White Snake • Theseus • Odysseus • Heracles • The Aztecs’ Journey to Anahuac

  4. Jason and the Argonauts Jason was the rightful heir to the throne of Thessaly and his uncle took it when his father died. Jason returned and his uncle sent him to fetch the golden fleece. He travels there, facing challenges along the way, and receives help from the gods and a woman named Medea. They got the golden fleece and went home, taking Medea with them. Jason became king and later fell in love with another woman. Medea killed his future bride and cursed him to live and die alone.

  5. The White Snake

  6. Theseus

  7. Odysseus Odysseus went with Menelaus to seize Helen at Troy and on his way home he faced conflicts. He freed his men from the pleasure-giving drugs of the Lotus-Eaters, rescued them from the cannibalism of the Cyclops and the enchantments of Circe, and even braved the terrors of the underworld with them. After 20 years absence, he returned to find his wife, Penelope, looking for a new husband. Men were competing to see who could draw Odysseus’ bow; whoever could do this would be Penelope’s new husband. He competed and in the end, won his wife back.

  8. Heracles Heracles, or Hercules, was the son of Zeus born of a Theban girl. Zeus’ wife, Hera found him and sent snakes to kill him. He overcame them at 8 months old. He slayed and captured many animals and beasts. He found a woman who unwittingly killed him by giving him a poisoned tunic to wear. He was saved and given immortality by the Gods.

  9. The Aztecs’ Journey to Anahuac The Aztecs set out on a huge migration southward, as they were told to by their war god Huitzilopochtli, whom told them that there, they shall form a temple for him and in that place the people shall make their home and their dwelling. They were led by a bird, with which there task was to find a sight where an eagle with a snake in its mouth would be sitting on a cactus in the midst of a lake. In other stories, the hero is driven by the reward of love or the opportunity of power.

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  11. Characteristics • Loss • Love • Main Goal • Conflicts/ Challenges • Purpose

  12. Culture • Greek Mythology • Aztec Legend • German Folklore

  13. Greek Mythology • Jason and the Argonauts • Theseus • Odysseus • Heracles • Love • Loss • Challenges

  14. Aztec Legend • Purpose • Conflicts • Help The Aztecs’ Journey To Anahuac

  15. German Folklore The White Snake • Love • Conflicts • Help

  16. CulturalComparison • Greek Mythology and Aztec culture often has many more gods than German Folklore • In German Folklore the Heroes are often not called upon to go on a quest. The hero was just in the right place at the right time. • Many Greek myths end up being a tragic journey.

  17. Bibliography Images from www.google.comClayton, Peter. Great Figures of Mythology. New Jersey: , 1994.Nicholson, Irene. Mexican And Central American Mythology. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967.Albert, S., Cohen, R., Kam, R., & Leeming, D. (1993). World Literature(The White Snake). Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.Albert, S., Cohen, R., Kam, R., & Leeming, D. (1993). World Literature(Theseus). Chicago: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

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