The Three Myth's 3

This time, I chose to read the myth's of The Centaurs, The Pygmies, and The Griffin. All of them are based on the stories of three different species of mythological creatures. I believe that each one of these species represent a type of person in our nowaday society. The text describes centaurs as "men from head to loins, while the remainder of the body was that of a horse." (P. 102). It also states that some centaurs were rude while others were nice. In the marrige of Prithous with Hippodamia, one centaur gets drunk and sexually harasses the bride, giving an inferiror name to the entire species. There are incredible amounts of humans nowadays who act in the same way. It's the typical routine of going to a party, getting too much to drink, and making an unintelligent move which ruins it for everyone.

The pygmies, in the other hand, were "a nation of dwarfs" (p. 103) who apparently seemed to be agressive and warlike, but facing challenges far beyond what they could handle. "An army of pygmies which finding Hercules asleep, made preparations to attack him, as if they werw about to attack a city. But the hero, awaking, laughed at the little warriors, wrapped some of them up in lion skin, and carried them to Eurystheus." (P. 103) Many people in our society seek fights way out of their league, just to prove how tough they are. This people are represented by the warrior pygmies.

The last species are the Griffin, "a monster with the body of a lion, the head and wings of an eagle, and back covered with feathures. " (P. 103). The griffins were more honorable and respectful creatures, who searched for gold in the mountains and made nests out of them. Griffins would represent the succesful and talented human beings who have superiority over the rest.