Mythical Creatures

[Kiran]

Which mythical creature would you compare yourself to and why?
Do you think you have similar attributes etc??

[Narnia]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_in_folklore_and_mythology

Somehow, I think a Sphinx seems about right for me! :)

Cool thread idea, Lorri! :yourock:

[SoulChild]

A mythical creature? I don't know, the only thing that comes to mind is a unicorn......hehehe ( I was watching a Harold and Kumar movie, and he visualizes unicorns)...but unicorns seem to prance with grace, and I guess that could describe me. I don't just walk....I don't just run, I don't just talk, I don't just write....I put a little "me" into all those things.....and I try to keep the grace...:)

[Kiran]

I have to say I have two I am drawn to....fairies and dragons.
Dragons have always been my protectors since a small child and I always felt they got a raw deal in the western world....and fairies, well, enough said!! ;)

[Genesis]

Probably pegasus for me. Strenth and the desire for freedom. I think I got more then enough of both.

http://fantasyhorses.homestead.com/files/pegasus_from_water.jpg

[userid7]

HUMANS and more HUMANS

[MystEerieUsOne]

Definitely an alien, for me! :dash1

Weirdest thing in the world finding oneself awake on a sleeping planet, realizing the magnitude of the situation.

And the aloneness... :cray

Ah, but hope's eternal! In a universe of opposites, there's just gotta be an awake planet out there somewhere! So, yay, more aliens! :Teambouncing:

:two hearts: :Buddha: :two hearts:

[God's Toy]

Oh Um, maybe God?


LOL just love to turn it on it's head!

[Logio]

http://www.jnanam.net/golden-ass/goldass/psyche01.jpg

Not that I want to be female or anything, but I have always related to Psyche. Poor Psyche, if only she had taken love for what it was, and not lost it by seeking to know and understand it. Perhaps Medusa could have given her some pointers.

Nathan

[Spirit~Sista]

http://www.illusionsgallery.com/mermaid-L.gif

a mermaid-just simply because my brother says my hair is very mermaid like and i have always loved the beach. swimming in it, sitting beside it.the smell of it.laying on the sand and watching the sun rise over it at dawn....and a full moon in the night sky in the distance with its' light glowing on the water...

hmm i will have to dig around for something more meaningful. i do relate to the aliens more so but not those ugly kind. more of like a whispy floaty sort who has those beautiful big eyes perhaps.[/

[Spirit~Sista]

~MystEerieUsOne i relate to your post.....for whatever reason i can understand that..:) and

~CyanoVeritas yes something special and unique about psyche that is for sure.somehow i relate to her aswell..hmmmm

[Rana]

as a young girl and even now i have always loved the legend of "Pania" , Napier is where i am from ,and that region is where my whanau are from.


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The legend of Pania of the Reef
Pania of the Reef was a beautiful maiden who lived in the sea on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. By daylight she swam about with creatures of her reef world but after sunset would go to a stream that ran into the bay where the city of Napier now exists. She would travel up the stream to an area where she could rest among the flax bushes.

Karitoki, the very handsome son of a Māori chief, quenched his thirst every evening at the stream where Pania rested because it had the sweetest water. He was unaware she was observing him for many weeks until one night she whispered a faint spell. It carried on the wind to Karitoki who turned around to see Pania emerge from her hiding place.


Pania of the ReefKaritoki had never seen someone so beautiful and instantly fell in love. Pania fell in love also, and they pledged their lives to each other and were secretly married. Pania and Karitoki went to his whare (house), but because it was dark no-one saw them enter. At sunrise, Pania prepared to leave but Karitoki tried to stop her. She explained that as a creature of the ocean, when the sirens of the sea called her each morning, she could not survive if she did not go to them. She promised to return every evening and their marriage continued on that basis.

Karitoki boasted to his friends about his beautiful wife, but no one believed him because they had never seen her. Frustrated by this, Karitoki consulted a kaumatua (wise elder) in the village who believed Karitoki as he knew ocean maidens did exist. The kaumatua told Karitoki that being a sea creature, Pania would not be allowed to return to the sea if she swallowed cooked food.

That night, as Pania slept, Karitoki took a morsel of cooked food and put it in Pania's mouth. As he did so, Ruru the morepork (owl) called a loud warning and Pania was startled from her sleep. Horrified that Karitoki had put her life in jeopardy, Pania fled from the whare and ran to the sea. Her people came to the surface and drew her down into the depths as Karitoki swam frantically about the ocean looking for her. He never saw her again.

When people now look deep into the water over the reef, some say they can see Pania with arms outstretched, appealing to her former lover. It is unknown whether she is imploring him to explain his treachery, or expressing her continuing love.

The sea off Napier is now protected by Moremore, the son of Pania and Karitoki. He is the kaitiaki (guardian) of the area, a taniwha (spirit) who often disguises himself as a shark, a stingray or an octopus