Mythology & Folklore - MLLL 3043

Death of Peace Three hundred Spartans gathered in the Hot Gates facing an army thousands to their size, their backs facing toward their home, wifes, daughters, and sons. The men knowing their demise imminent rushed forward yet. The formation in their phalanx second to none, slaughtering wave after wave of enemies to the point you could no longer step on solid ground. Yet, the Spartans had lost no one. Xerxes Stood up from his golden throne carried by a number of exotic slaves. He cried out "Leonidas! When you are defeated, I shall spit upon you and take your wife as my slave!". Leonidas in a moment of rage, stepped out from behind the phalanx and thrust his spear at Xerxes killing him. Artist Rendering of The Battle of Thermopile Wikipedia Wish it, Want It , Receive It? Xerxes wished dishonor upon spartan men. He himself was among those dishonored. I picked the Battle of thermopile because I like the movie, The 300, and the historical event it is based upon. I choose to writ...

 Giving constructive feedback and not just praise is definitely a hard thing to accomplish. I think it is partly to do with how society has become with PC culture, so that we cant criticize others. And as was mentioned in the assignment description that it is emotionally difficult to put just the right amount of praise & critique.   In the article Messages that help kids grow , they talk about replacing simple praises with the reasoning behind why we are praising. This helps kids understand why they succeeded in a task and what process they can use to succeed in the future. The Article Giving Bad Feedback Without Being a Jerk , talks about the aforementioned delicacy of giving feedback, especially if its negative. When you give positive feedback to someone they often discard it as being insincere, and if you give to much positive feedback they might gloss over the negatives because you didn't focus on them. Some helpful tips to have people better receive your criticism is ...

I have really enjoyed watching the show Vikings over the last few weeks, so I am going to choose to do my project over the stories over Norse Mythology and the Legends of Ragnar and his Sons, who are the most famous Viking family to come from that age.  The first story will be the Tale of Ragnar's sons , in which it details the rise of Ragnar to power after his father, Sigurd Hrings death, and his marriage to Aslaug in which his equally famous sons; Ivar, Ubbe, Hvitserk, Bjorn, and Sigurd are born. Ragnar later is killed in a snake pit by the Northumbrian King Aella. The sons set out to avenge their father and but the armies of England are too large. He then asked king Aella to give him Wergild, equal in todays terms as a life insurance payout. He then out smarts the king, taking the considerable prize of the entire city of York as compensation. After this, the brothers with their armies attack the whole of England, and they capture and kill king Aella by blood eagle. The next stor...

The Prophets Truth, Regret, and Mercy were shown by the forerunners a planet of blue and green that held many secrets for the great journey. The great journey as told by the prophets is to activate halo rings, in order to release the divine winds and elevate those worthy to godhood. The prophets whisked away their covenant armies to Earth, seeking to capture the untold secrets that lie untouched below the surface. The covenant army reached earth and began decimating the inhabitants while excavating large areas searching for the untold secret. The secret came to be known as a forerunner portal instillation that would take the covenant to a ring world. Along the death and destruction, the covenant activated the portal and went through it. Prophets; Truth, Mercy, and Regret Halopedia A new breed of soldier was born during this time, and the best among them was called Master Chief. Earth swore to use this new soldier to exact revenge upon the covenant and their leaders. The UNSC Fleet comm...

We start from last time at war for Troy, Achilles had withheld from fighting in this battle over disputes with Agamemnon. Patroclus had taken the place of Achilles to lead his men in battle, but had fallen in a bout against Hector & Sarpedon. Both sides wished to retrieve the body of Patroclus and many men died in the attempts. After retrieving the armor of Achilles, Hector put on Achilles armor and this angered Zeus who swore Hector would pay for this deed. Achilles eventually heard news of Patroclus's death and wept. With courage from the words of the gods, Achilles made an appearance at the battle but didn't partake because he was without arms. Despite this, his presence stirred great fear in the enemies causing them to retreat three times. The Greeks were able to retrieve Patroclus' body. During the next day the Greeks sought to attack the city and its great walls. After the citizens and others had fled into city, only hector stood outside its walls. Achilles meet H...

The war of troy is fabled to have started over a woman, this woman was Helen, a daughter of a spartan king. Helen was known to be the most beautiful woman in all the land, and every prince in Greece wished to marry her. The story begins its epic tale when prince Paris came and stole her away from her husband and whisked her back to the great city of Troy, an impenetrable city that stood against an occupation for nine years. During these nine years, the armies raided nearby towns and divided the spoils among them. A priest whose daughter had been captured during these times, wished to buy her back but was turned away. Angered this priest summoned the wrath of the gods and a plague of death fell upon all the creatures. Agamemnon was eventually forced to hand back the woman despite his best wishes, but in return he greedily took spoils from other chiefs. Achilles withdrew from his position of support to Agamemnon, along with his men  For Achilles no longer wished to fight besides some...