A - M Group “Beast Mode ” …

1. A - M Group“Beast Mode” … Kat, Tashima, Maria, Joe, Mark. Represent.

2. Monsters, Myths, Beasts, Demons, Nymphs

3. Tashima Gallant Gorgyra(orphnê) Greek: Γοργυρα Translation: Underground drain Description: • (orphnê) GORGYRA was a Daimon (Spirit) or Nymph of the underworld. She was the mother of Askalaphos, the orchardist of Haides, by the River-God Akheron • Gorgyra may have been identified with Styx, goddess of the underworld river. Orphne, on the other hand, resembles Nyx, the netherworld-dwelling goddess of the night.

4. Tashima Gallant Nymphai Greek: ΝυμφηΝυμφαι Nymphê, Nymphai Nympha,Nymphae Nymph Translation: Girl of Marriageable Age • female spirits of the natural world, • minor goddesses of the forests, rivers, springs, meadows, mountains and seas. • crafted of nature's wild beauty, from the the plants, flowers and trees, wild birds, animals, rocky caverns, springs, wetlands and brooks. • companions of the gods. • inferior female divinities, • hold the title of Olympian, • called to meet with gods in Olympus • daughters of Zeus. • dwell on earth in groves, summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, grottoes. • (…Courtesy theoi.com)

5. Tashima Gallant Gorgyra continued… Literary Appearances: • "Askalaphos, the son of Akheron and Gorgyra.“Ovid and Virgil's celebrated poems immortalize the pairing of "Naiades and Dryades" of the countryside. Their poems contain many other references to individual nymphs and groupings - such as those inhabiting specific mountains or river streams). • Ovid, Metamorphoses 6. 453 ff (trans. Melville) (Roman epic C1st B.C. to C1st A.D.) : "Richer still her beauty; such the beauty of the Naides and Dryades, as we used to hear, walking the woodland ways." • Ovid, Metamorphoses 5. 538 ff : "[Orphne] not the least famous of Avernus' [Hades'] Nymphae." • Ovid, Metamorphoses 2. 15 ff : "On the land people and cities, woods and beasts . . . Flumina (Rivers) and • Nymphae and Rural deities (Numina Ruris)."

6. THE BLEMMYAI (aka STERNOPHTHALMO) • Βλεμμυας: Blemmyas Βλεμμυαι: Blemmyai, • Translation: Gazing from Middle • (blemma, mesos) • Description: • tribe of men whose faces were on their chests • from Africa or India • Sterno – phthalmo translates to “chest eyes” • First Mention: • Pliny the Elder, a Roman author, wrote “It is said that the Blemmyes have no heads, and that their • mouth and eyes are ‘put in their chests.” • Literature/significance: • Shakespeare’s, “Othello” • Valerio Manfredi’s novel "The Tower", where they are portrayed as the murderous desert guardians of an ancient and terrible secret. Mark Bruno

7. Joseph Benavidez Loch Ness Monster Description: • A lake beast with an elongated neck with flippers • From Scotland • Nickname: "Nessie“ • Kelpie (water horse) versus ‘sea serpent’ Origin: • Scotland First Mention: • Made world news in 1933 • when a couple traveling through Scotland saw 'a most extraordinary' animal. • similar creatures appear in Scandinavia & Australian folklore • photos, videos, articles and other "proof" appeared

8. Joseph Benavidez Nessie continued… • Stories of Lake Monsters or Kelpies are as old as people.Graeme Walla "The Kelpie's Wife" and Hellström "Kelpie" • ExplanationAt first, it was a tale about the fears of deep waterEvolved into a tale about the wonders of natureIn realty, it could be an escaped circus elephantNessie in Pop Culture: • Board game called "Nessie Hunt" in 1987 • "X-Files" episode "Quagmire" in 1996 • "ScoobyDoo and the Loch Ness Monster" in 2004 • "The Water Horse" Movie in 2007. A child finds an egg that hatches into a creature like Nessie

9. Kat Casey Chimera (aka Khimaira) • Description: • fire-breathing she-monster in Greek mythology • lion's head, a goat's body,serpent's tail, monstrous beast ravaged Lykia • offspring of Typhon (Father of all Monsters) and Echidna (Mother of all Monsters) • The offsprings of Typhon and Echidna were left alive for future heroes to defeat after Typhon was defeated by Zeus and imprisoned under a mountain (Mount Etna). Significance: • Sighting the Chimera was an omen of storms, shipwrecks, and natural disasters (particularly volcanoes First Mention: • Homer's Iliad serves as earliest literary reference: "a thing of immortal make, not human, lion-fronted and snake behind, a goat in the middle, and snorting out the breath of the terrible flame of bright fire" .

10. Kat Casey Chimera continued… • Literature/significance: • Shakespeare’s, “Othello” • Valerio Manfredi’s novel "The Tower", where they are portrayed as the • murderous desert guardians of an ancient and terrible secret. • Virgil, in the Aeneid (book 5) employs Chimaera for the name of Gyas' gigantic ship in the ship-race, with possible allegorical significance in contemporary Roman politics. • The Theogony ("the birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th-7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the gods of the ancient Greeks, composed circa 700 BC. “She [Ekhidna] bore the Khimaira (Chimera), who snorted raging fire, a beast great and terrible, and strong and swift-footed. Her heads were three: one was that of a glare-eyed lion, one of a goat, and the third of a snake, a powerful drakon. But Khimaira (Chimera) was killed by Pegasos and gallant Bellerophon. But she also, in love with Orthos, mothered the deadly Sphinx . . . and the Nemeian Lion.”

11. Chimerain Popular Culture • In Mission: Impossible II (2000), a pharmaceutical company creates a virus called Chimera in order to generate a market demand for the antidote it also created, Bellerophon. • A chimera or chimaera (genetics) is a single organism (usually an animal) that is composed of two or more different populations of genetically distinct cells that originated from different zygotes involved in sexual reproduction • Chimeras were mentioned in the Harry Potter books. In "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," it is described to have a lion head, a goat body, and dragon tail. The Ministry of Magic classifies them as XXXXX (very dangerous). • My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, a chimera named Discord is the main antagonist of the season 2 opener. He uses hypnotic powers to drain the elements of Harmony from the ponies. • In Resident Evil 4, when first entering the castle stage of the game, there is an obstacle that requires three ornaments to unlock it. After retrieving the three pieces, one of Lion, Goat, and Snake, the puzzle reveals itself as a Chimera.

12. Maria Harrington Apotheothenai Greek: αποθεωθηναι, or demi-god Translation: those who have been deified • Description: • Men and women who were granted immortality and a life amongst the gods • Some received this gift as a reward for their benefactions to mankind, others marriage to gods, or chance • Significance: • Fear of death --- hope for something better to come • Idea - one’s virtues might be rewarded A complete list of Deified Mortals

13. This work, its cited. • http://www.theoi.com • http://vmmi.sumscorp.com/kavai/newmethods/pages/keyword.php?KeywordID=13047&action=showDefinitions • http://m.fanfiction.net/s/6645678/7/