The rest of their body is rough with fine scales just as is the shark. On their heads they grow hair like that of marsh frogs not only in color, but also in the impossibility of separating one hair from another. Pausanias describes Triton(s) (the children and class of mermen/mermaids) as the following: He is said to have had one daughter, Pallas, who was killed by Minerva (Athena), who was a foster daughter or ward to him, in an innocent friendly fight. According to Hesiod, Triton dwelt with his parents in a golden palace in the depths of the sea. Greco-Roman Mythology: He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, “sea-hued”, according to Ovid “his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells.
The Triton Fountain, by Gianlorenzo Bernini, Rome.Courtesy of Wikicommons & Tritonbrunnen rom. He is a widower with seven daughter including Ariel who is the protagonist of the featured film “The Little Mermaid.” The film is based upon the Hans Christen Anderson’s fairy tale which is simply called “The Little Mermaid” and the stories are almost identical except for a few details: she has no name (simply known as the Little Mermaid), her legs hurt with excoriating pain, her prince does fall in love with her (but marries someone else), heartbroken she is given the choice to kill the prince (a become a mermaid again) or not, and lastly she throws herself into the sea unable to kill the prince and becomes foam and then an air spirit. Ariel does not exist in any mythology.ĭisney Mythology: King Triton is king of the sea and has a triton. Neptune is the king of the seas, but Triton is actually a son of Neptune. Courtesy of Flickr and Loren Javier.Ĭommentary: King Triton often confused with Neptune (Poseidon) due to this Disney portrayal. King Triton added to Ariel’s Undersea Adventure Building at Disneyland. A Macedonian mosaic of the 4th century BC is one of the earliest examples of the Centauress in art.
Greco-Roman Mythology: Though female centaurs, called Kentaurides, are not mentioned in early Greek literature and art, they do appear occasionally in later antiquity. The mythology of centaurs present in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is that of C.S Lewis’ mythology ( here)and not necessarily of Disney. A gathering for a festival to honor Bacchus (Dionysus), the god of wine, is interrupted by Jupiter (Zeus), who creates a storm and throws lightning bolts at the attendees. The setting is a mythical world of centaurs, cupids, fauns and other figures from classical mythology. However that small amount of mythology which is discussed by ancient sources does reflect the imagery that Disney produces in these films (i.e.- beauty consumed creatures, but nobly warlike when they need to be).ĭisney Mythology: Within Fantasia ( the video above) is from the chapter known as “The Pastoral Symphony” by Beethoven. When recalling recent films with centaurs (Harry Potter, Step- Brothers, Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief), the centaurs are male. Character or Item FEMALE CENTAURS OR KENTAURIDESįilm or Series: Fantasia 1940 & The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe 2005Ĭommentary: Female Centaurs are not really discussed at length within modern or even ancient mythology. Vote up the most epic god and goddess movies on the list and check to see if you can watch them on Netflix, Hulu, or other streaming services. This list contains the best Greek mythology movies including: Thor, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Elysium, Clash of the Titans, Alexander, Beowulf, Mighty Aphrodite, Hercules in New York, Jason and the Argonauts, and The Trojan Woman. The movies featured on this list are all based on Greek or Roman mythology in one way or another – whether it’s through a historical approach to how life was affected by the belief in gods who controlled the destiny of mortals, or by taking a purely fictional approach to the battle between good and evil and the love stories that emerged as a result.
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Tragic love stories between a mortal and a mythical immortal forever kept apart, heroic battles between the forces of good and evil, the influence of religious belief in different gods that controlled the ancient Greek cultures – these and other ideas are the basis for many of the best movies about Greek mythology and fuel the plots of many TV shows about Greek mythology as well. For us mere mortals, mythology and the world of ancient Greece and the gods has been a fascinating subject for thousands of years.
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