Non verbal Rep. of Interpretation for Myth

Twelve Definitions

9.Twelve Mythology Definitions
1. Archetype is a Foundation, the original model (Hero, water, egg, void) my example is Demeter.
2. Matriarchal is a Foundation of female power; the mother rules. Mother Earth.
3. Patriarchal is Foundation of Male power; the father rules. Father Sky.
4. Hero The Hero Must make tough decisions (good/evil) inspiration = model behavior: teachers: mirror/ amplify our selves. www.crystalinks.com/12laborshercules.html
5. Hero Journey is Most in Search for immortality, new experiences, initiation, a boon, or to be transformed or reborn.www.crystalinks.com/iliad.html . The Sacrifice is the taking of life for others’ benefit or giving up of something important for the greater good. http://militaryhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_last_stand_of_the_spartans
7. Universal is one size fits all. It is Huge, applies to all, everything. Global. http://www.crystalinks.com/apollo.html
8. Cyclical is circular and continuous pattern. Completely recurrent.www.crystalinks.com/greekgods3.html
9.Myth a tale that has a morale, explains the reason things happen in life, and to entertain. My example is Ceyex and Alcyone. http://www.crystalinks.com/aphrodite.html
10. Duality is the opposites of good and evil, life and death.www.crystalinks.com/hades.html
11. Life from Death The promise of rebirth from a death, usually a hero.http://www.crystalinks.com/ares.html
12. Creation is the beginnings of the world, how the stories of all people came to be.www.crystalinks.com/hestia.html

Ceyx and Alcyone

Ceyx and Alcyone
The story of Ceyx, son of Lucifer, and one of the kings of Thessaly, and Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus, king of the winds, begins when the two have a minor disagreement over the fact that he must travel far from home, he then has second thoughts about leaving her alone and going on his journey. Alcyone, being terrified for her king, begs to be allowed to accompany him on his long journey, but she is told that he must go alone.

The very night Ceyx sails, a storm breaks out on the seas. The men aboard his quivering, battered ship are mad with terror, all but one, Ceyx. Alcyone’s name is on his lips when the ship sank and the waters closed about him; he rejoiced that she was safe upon the shore. Alcyone, still standing there where the ship sailed, counts off the days until her beloved returns to her. She prays to the gods many times, Hera most of all. She contemplates suicide more than once before finding out about his death. The goddess takes pity, being the protector of women and women’s hearts, and sent a messenger to inform Alcyone through a dream of the death of her lover. The gods, taking pity for the fact that they were so in love, so bound to one another, by love alone, change the lovers into a pair of birds. Every year, there are seven days on end when the sea lies still and calm; no breath of wind stirs the waters of Poseidon’s sea.

These are the days when Alcyone broods over her nest floating on the sea. After the young birds are hatched, the charm is broken; but each winter these days of perfect peace come, they are called after her, Alcyon, or more commonly, Hal-cyon days, while birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed waves.

Alcyone and Ceyx become birds of the skies to be together forever, as everyone knows. To fly among Apollo and the stars. The powers of love can be overwhelming; this is what the story of Ceyx and Alcyone is about lasting, enduring love that remains for all time.