Famous Demigods Heracles Hercules Cuchulain Gilgamesh Theseus Heracles time amp life Myths were made up thousands of years ago Was there a real Hercules a man behind the stories We will never know Yet his story is of a man who was so strong and brave whose deeds ID: 260147
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DEMI-GODS
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Famous Demi-gods
Heracles
(Hercules)
Cuchulain
Gilgamesh
TheseusSlide3
Heracles time & life
Myths were made up thousands of years ago. Was there a real Hercules, a man behind the stories? We will never know. Yet, his story is of a man who was so strong and brave, whose deeds were so mighty, and who so bore all the hardships that were given to him, that when he died, Hercules was brought up to Mount Olympus to live with the gods.
Hercules was both the most famous hero of ancient times and the most cherished. More stories were told about him than any other hero. Hercules was worshipped in many temples all over Greece and Rome. Slide4
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Cuchulain
Cuchulain, one of the greatest heroes of Irish mythology and legend, was a warrior in the service of Conchobhar, king of Ulster. Best known for his single-handed
protection
of Ulster, Cuchulain is said to have lived in the first century B . C ., and tales about him and other heroes began to be written down in the A . D . 700S. Cuchulain's
quests
were recorded in a series of tales known as the Ulster Cycle
.
Like many Irish heroes, Cuchulain had a short, adventurous, and tragic life. He was the son of Dechtire, sister of King Conchobhar. She and some of her handmaidens were
captured
on her wedding night by Lug, the sun god, who appeared to her as a fly. Dechtire swallowed the fly and later gave birth to a son whose original name was Setanta.
From
the beginning, the child possessed extraordinary powers. He could swim like a fish at birth. He had seven fingers on each hand, seven toes on each foot, and seven pupils in each eye. At the age of 7, he fought off 150 boy warriors to gain entrance to his uncle's court. When he was 12, Setanta accidentally killed the watchdog of the smith Cullan and offered to guard Cullan's property until another dog could be trained. It was at that time that he changed his name to Cuchulain, which means "hound of Cullan." He grew up to be a handsome, well-spoken man who was very popular with womenSlide6
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Gilgamesh
M
ost
tales about Gilgamesh are
clearly
myths, they may be based on
a real
historical
number.
Ancient lists of Sumerian kings
classify
Gilgamesh as an early ruler of the city of Uruk
about
2600 B . C . These same texts, however, also say that Gilgamesh was a
demigod and ruled
for 126 years.
According to legendary
books,
Gilgamesh was the son of the goddess Ninsun and of either Lugalbanda, a king of Uruk, or of a high priest of the district of Kullab. Gilgamesh's greatest accomplishment as king was the
building
of massive city walls around Uruk, an achievement mentioned in both myths and historical texts.
Gilgamesh first
seemed
in five short poems written in the Sumerian language sometime between 2000 and 1500 B . C . The poems—"Gilgamesh and Huwawa," "Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven," "Gilgamesh and Agga of Kish," "Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Nether World," and "The Death of Gilgamesh
"—tell
various
events
and adventures in his life. Slide8
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Theseus
Theseus was Athens's great hero. While having all the
makings
of a
old-style
hero, such as strength and courage, he was also intelligent and wise. His early adventures
helped
the city and region. He was a successful king. He
combined
Athens's position in the region through
sharp
political
directional.
He led Athens's army on victorious campaigns. He is credited as the founder of Athens's democracy
willingly
turning many of his powers as king over to an elected assembly. He gained a
standing
for helping the poor and
worried.
His shedding of power also made it easier for him to continue going on adventures after he was king. "Not without Theseus" became a popular Athenian saying,
shiny
the belief he should be included in any important
responsibility.Slide10
Theseus