Passion Devotion

PAN           The world is full of mysterious mythical creatures. Greek mythology is the biggest specimen of these mythical creatures. Today we will be talking about Pan. You must be thinking that what is Pan? So let me make it easy for you. How many of you watched the movie Narnia? It is one of the biggest blockbusters. Many of you might have seen it. Do you remember the character of Mr. Tumnus?          He was the first mythical character to whom we were introduced to. He became the first friend of Lucy in Narnia. He had reddish skin, curly hair, brown eyes, a short pointed beard, horns on his forehead, cloven hooves and goat legs. So this is the picture of Pan.           We can find very few stories about Pan. The actual parentage of Pan is debatable. But it is said that that he is the son of Greek god Hermes and an Arcadian nymph. Pan was accepted as a deity who presided over rural life. He had special care over the animal kingdom. In ancient times the shepherds wo

Demeter The Greeks had their roots in the primeval. But their myths only show how high they had risen above. Only a few traces are to be found in the stories. Nobody knows when these stories were first told. The myths are the creation of great poets. The first written record of Greece is the Iliad. Greek mythology that starts with Homer is believed to be not earlier than a thousand years before Christ.  It is said that the Greeks unlike Egyptians made their gods in their own image. The Greeks did not believe that the gods created the universe. It was the other way: the universe created the gods. Before there were gods, heaven and earth had been formed. They were the first parents. The titans were their children and the gods were their grandchildren. To think of Greek mythology what comes to our mind is Zeus, Poseidon, Hades etc. because these characters are much more familiar to us. We have seen these characters in plenty of movies and read about them in plenty of books