Myth of Jupiter and the Bee

Roman legends have always been successful in teaching life

lessons. One such myth of sweetness and vengeance is the
myth of Jupiter and the bee. The story delivers the moral of
how revenge can have dire consequences.

One fine day after being irritated by the mortals taking away
her honey, the queen of the hive decided to visit Jupiter. After
reaching Olympus, she offered fresh honey to Jupiter.
Delighted by the taste of it, Jupiter promised to fulfil one of her
wishes. She asked: “Give me, I pray thee, a sting, which if any
mortal approaches to take my honey, I may kill him.”
Displeased by her request because of his love for the human
race he did grant her wish but at the risk of her own life. He
said: “For if you use your sting, it shall remain in the wound you
make, and then you will die from the loss of it.” (Source)
The moral of the story is to be content with what you have.
Wishing good for oneself at a cost to others has always led to
downfall. Even today, if a bee uses its sting, it will result in her
own death.

Perseus and Medusa

There are many great myths about the legendary hero Perseus, but the most famous one would
have to be the slaying of Medusa.
King Polydectes of Seriphos whished to marry Danae, the mother of Perseus, something
Perseus did not approve of. This caused a rift between the two men so Polydectes plotted to
send Perseus away in disgrace. At a lavish dinner party, Polydectes asked every guest to bring
a horse as a gift, and when Perseus did not have any gift to give, he asked Polydectes to name
his gift. In an attempt to do away with Perseus for good, he asked him to bring him the head of
Medusa, whose gaze turned people to stone.
After receiving a polished shield, a knapsack for Medusa's head, an adamantine sword, and
Hade's helm of darkness (giving invisibility), Perseus headed out to slay Medusa. Using his
polished shield to view Medusa's reflection as he approached, he was able to safely cut off her
head and put it in the knapsack.
 Ra | The Sun God of Egypt

The ancient Egyptians believed that as the sun god, Ra’s role was to sail
across the heavens during the day in his boat called the “Barque of Millions
of Years.” In the morning when Ra emerged from the east, his boat was
named, “Madjet” which meant “becoming strong.” By the end of the day the
boat was called, “Semektet” which meant “becoming weak.” At the end of
the day, it was believed that Ra died (swallowed by Nut) and sailed on to the
underworld, leaving the moon in his place to light up the world. Ra was
reborn at dawn the very next day. During his journey across the heavens
during the day, he fought with his main enemy, an evil serpent named Apep,
or also, The Lord of Chaos. In some stories, Ra, in the form of a cat named
Mau, defeats the evil serpent, Apep. This is part of the reason why cats are
so highly-revered in Egypt.

Ra created himself from the primordial chaos. He is also known as

Re and Atum. His children are Shu, the God of Dry Air and Father of
the Sky, and his twin sister Tefnut, the Goddess of Moisture and
Wetness. As a lion-headed goddess, Tefnut is responsible for dew
and freshness. Humans were created from Ra’s tears.

Although Ra was highly revered and devoutly worshiped by the

ancient Egyptians, there is a story to suggest he eventually grew
weak. In the Legend of Ra, Isis and the Snake, as Ra grew old,
he dribbled saliva. Isis knew that Ra’s power was hidden in his
secret name. Isis gathered Ra’s saliva and created a snake out of it.
She set the snake in Ra’s path and it bit him. Isis wanted the power
Ra had always enjoyed, but she knew she had to get him to tell her
his secret name. Eventually, because of the pain he was in, Ra
allowed Isis to “search through him” and in so doing, she healed him
and Ra’s power was transferred over to her.

Thor

Thor is the hot-tempered god of thunder

in Norse mythology, the son of the chief god, Odin, and
goddess of the earth, Fjorgyn. As a strong and courageous
warrior, Thor was the protector of both gods and humans.
Lightning bolts flew from his hammer Mjöllnir as he slew
enemies, but it could also be used to heal and revive. Thor
was so revered that when the Anglo-Saxons adopted the
Roman calendar, they named the fifth day of the week
'Thursday', after him.
Thunder and lightning can be powerful and frightening.
So, believing it was Thor defending his people probably
soothed some terrified souls.
Thor is a prominently mentioned god throughout
the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from
the Roman occupation of regions of Germania, to the
tribal expansions of the Migration Period, to his high
popularity during the Viking Age, when, in the face of the
process of the Christianization of Scandinavia, emblems of
his hammer, Mjölnir, were worn and Norse pagan personal
names containing the name of the god bear witness to his
popularity.

Huracán

myth
Huracán was the god of the wind and storm, and could command the
natural elements of the earth. He played a large role in the three
attempts to create humankind, destroying the second generation that
displeased the gods and creating the third and final version of the
human race out of corn. The word 'hurricane' is derived from the god
Huracán.
Like earthquakes, hurricanes are often unpredictable. Eons before the
advent of meteorology, gods like Poseidon and Huracán were created
to help people understand these phenomena.
Huracan was one of the major gods in the Mayan pantheon. He was
identified as the god who caused natural catastrophes by invoking
natural elements such as the wind, fire and earth.

Huracan is considered one of the major gods who were involved in

the creation of the world and mankind, according to the Mayan
mythology.

He played an active role during the different phases in which

mankind on Earth was created and destroyed. In Mayan mythology,
he is identified as the god with one leg..
Huracan was among the earliest and most ancient Mayan gods who were
involved in the several cycles of creation.

In one of the cycles, Mayan mythology says that a Great Flood was
sent to Earth which ravaged all land and eliminated the second
generation of Gods.

Huracan caused this Great Flood and afterwards, when the second
generation had perished, he invoked the Earth to rise.
According to mythological sources, he kept invoking the Earth until it rose
out of the seas and land was again visible on Earth.

Poseidon
Poseidon was the god of the sea, son of Kronos and Rhea. He
became ruler of the sea when the universe was divided after the fall
of the Titans. Poseidon was bad-tempered and when he became
angry, he would cause earthquakes. He managed to upset even
Hades, the ruler of the underworld. Poseidon was most often
depicted with his trident, and sometimes riding a horse (he is
sometimes claimed to be the creator of horses).
Natural disasters still leave us flummoxed, even today. So, how
could earthquakes be explained in ancient times? An angry god who
shook the earth is one way.
Poseidon was god of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and
horses and is considered one of the most bad-tempered,
moody and greedy Olympian gods. He was known to be
vengeful when insulted.

He is the son of Cronus and Rhea and was swallowed by his

father along with HADES, DEMETER, HESTIA and HERA.
However, in some folklore stories it is believed that
Poseidon, like ZEUS, was not swallowed by Cronus because
his mother Rhea who concealed him among a flock of lambs
and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which was
devoured by CRONUS instead.

After the gods defeated the Titans, the world was divided
into three and Zeus, Hades and Poseidon drew straws to
decide which they would rule. Zeus drew the skies, Hades
the underworld, and Poseidon the seas. There is only one
reference to this divide, by Homer in the Iliad.