Uruk Hai

The Uruk Hais live in Mordor. They are very big and strong, and they have got very good pulmonar capacity and velocity, and mesure 1,80 m minium. The Uruks were created to serve and fight not to escape. They are very good warriors and violent creatures. The Uruk Hais recibe a basic training. Uruk Hais hate orcs and the people of the Rohan Kingdom, Uruk Hais are created by Sauron and are a mixture of orcs and trasgs. They have got a very big and heavy sword and shield who cut and gut their enemies in a violent way. The objective of Uruk is attack the Rohan Kingdom.

Saruman is a very powerfuly wizzard, he's bad person and he is the creator of the Uruk Hais and more creatures. Saruman says a very famous sentence:

"Do you know how the orcs first came to be? They were Elves once, taken by the Dark Lord. Tortured and mutilated, a ruined and terrible form of life. And now perfected. My fisting Uruk Hai"

Jonatan Vidal

Cancerberus

Cancerberus is a mythological creature with three heads, and 

instead of a tail he has got a snake. He is keeper of the door of the underworld, he watches over the door, because if a dead wants to go the world of the living, or a living person wants to go to the underworld. Cancerberus lives in the door of underworld. He has very sharp and strong teeth so when he bites breaks the bone, and as the pain is very strong, he kills you.

The last work of Eracles, was to bring Cancerberus to Euristeo’s palace.

Later Euristeo saw Cancerberus and he told Eracles to return Cancerberus to the door of the underworld, to continue with his duty. He was known as the "demon of the pit".

Mohamed El Atiki

Hydra

Hydra was a gigantic creature which body was like a normal snake, but she had nine heads. But if you cut one of those heads, two more heads were born from the neck you cut. Among its habitlities, the most important and dangerous are her poisonous breath and her cutting theeth.

She was used to live in Nafplio, near a lake, as she was a water creature. Under the waters where she lived there was an entering to the Underword.

In Greek mythology she is the daughter of Typhon and Echidna, and she was killed by HeraclMythographers say that after being killed she was put into the sky with the crab, so because of it, her constellation is near the crab’s one.

Ave Phoenix

Ave Phoenix is a mythological bird of the size of an eagle they colors is red, orange and yellow plumage, strong beak and claws. It was a fabulous bird eaten by action of fire every 500 years; to then re-emerge from its ashes. The myth of the Phoenix fueled several disputes religious survival in the beyond, as the Phoenix dies to be reborn in all its glory. He was quoted by the Egyptian Heliopolis priests as the Greek Herodotus. From Herodotus this bird traveled to Egypt every 500 years, and appeared in the city of Heliopolis, carrying on the corpse of his father, where this was going to die, to deposit it at the door of the Temple of the Sun.

From Christian legend, the bird Phoenix when came it time to died was a nest of spices and aromatic herbs, put a single egg, which incubated form three days, and on the third day was burning. The Phoenix was burned completely and to reduce to ashes, making the same Phoenix egg, always unique and eternal. This was the case every 500 years.

 From many years most philosophers have expressed more ideas even believed in Chinese mythology there a resemblance with the Fenghuang although in similar not to be.

Elena Beltran Molero

The phoenix

The phoenix or phenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Arabian, Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese, Indian and (according to Sanchuniathon) Phoenicians.

The phoenix is a mythical bird with a colorful plumage and a tail of gold and scarlet. It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites; both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises, reborn anew to live again.



Appearances

In the Harry Potter’s saga, the phoenix is the mascot of Dumbledor and his patronus, too. In the second film, the phoenix Fawkes cure to Harry of a Basilisc bite. This is another of his properties, his tears are healings. In the film, the phoenix appears as mithology, with a colorful plumage and reborns of his ashes.

Basilisk

The basilisk is a legendary reptile reputed to be king of serpents. Its name comes from the Greek βασιλίσκος basilískos, that means “little king”.

Along time, the basilisk has been described in different ways. The only thing that matches all the theories is that the basilisk is a snake that causes death with a single glance.

According to Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), the basilisk of Cyrene is a small venomous snake with deadly gaze, which leaves a trail of lethal poison in its way. In Medieval Europe, the basilisk was a large snake and it had features from cockerels. Even so, in most of the theories, basilisks die when they hear the crow of a rooster. Sometimes the basilisk was mistaken for a dragon and it was described with features that belonged to dragons such as the ability to emit fire from its mouth. Other theories said that the basilisk had huge wings or frog legs.

Many writers, poets and philosophers (such as Shakespeare, Alexander Pope, Percy Shelley, Voltaire...) have mentioned the basilisk in their works to describe someone’s look, the strength or the mortality.

The basilisk also appears in J.K.Rowling’s famous saga Harry Potter. In the second volume Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the basilisk is a monster that lives in the “Chamber of Secrets” in Hogwarts. The basilisk is described as a large snake that causes instantaneous death to those who see its eyes. Though if its eyes are seen through something such as a mirror, a camera, a ghost, a reflection in the water or something similar only causes petrification that only can be healed by a potion made from mandrakes. Its poison is one of the most lethal substances in the wizarding world which can only be counteracted by the tears of a phoenix. In the book, the basilisk is the creature that the spiders hate most. In Rowling’s book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the basilisks are described as green snakes that can reach fifty feet in length. They live for up to 900 years and can only be controlled by parselmouths, people that can speak with snakes.

GNOMES

Gnomes are very small old men with dark brown skin. They've got a long white beard and they are very friendly. They've got magical powers: theese creatures are to take care of forest and gardens. They live in areas of rocky hills and it is said to be a small humanoid creature that lives underground. They guard gold and other valuable objects.
Gnomes are attracted by scents, salts, minerals, rocks, dust,...etc.

The Mermaids

“Mermaid” is a compound of mer, the French word for “sea”, and maid, a girl or young woman. The male equivalent is a merman. A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female

human head, arms and trunk and the tail of a fish.

They have a beautiful voice and with this they mange to attract men or sailors and wake their fall in love for then so mermaids eat them.

There are several types of mermaids :

-Sailors who eat and use their voices to attract them (like Piratas del Caribe).

- Those who sing to defeat evil characters (like Pichi Pichi Pitch, is an anime serie).

- As “The little mermaid”, whick only has a beautiful voice but not mesmerizing.

Sirens of other mythologies:

Greek: Agláope (the beautiful face), Telxiepia (aclamants words) or Telxínoe (delight the heart),

Pisínoe (the persuasive), Partenope (scentad virgin), Ligeia (used later by Edgar Allan Poe story), Leucosia (as a pure), Molpe (the muse), Radner (improvement) and Teles (perfect).

In the British Isles: Sirens were reported in British folklore as unlucky omens. Mermaids could also swim in fresh water reaching the rivers and lakes and drown their victims into believing they

were people who were drowning. On occasion, mermaids could cure diseases. Some mermaids were described as monsters as large as 600 m.

In China: In some ancient tales, mermaid’s tears become pearls. Sirens can also weave a very valuable material isn't only lightweight but also beautiful and transparent. Trying to capture are of them was seen as a crime.

Laura Bellido

Ariadna Boladeras

fantasy creatures. mermaids.

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head and arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. She's got long hair and they're the most beautiful creatures of the sea. They're like water fairies. They like to brush her hair and stay in the water. Mermaids appear in all liquids, like seas, rivers or creeks of sweet water. They can attract at the sailors with their songs. They are helpful. "Mermaid" is a compound of 'mer'(the french word for sea) and 'maid' (a girl or young woman).

NYMPHS

In Greek mythology it’s used to say that nymphs are spirits of the nature. They are famous because they are female deities and the protectors of spring, mountains and rivers. Nymphs are represented as young and pretty girls.

There are different types of nymphs, and everyone protects one different aspect of nature. Depending of the place where they live, they’re:

Dryads, they protect forests; Naiads, take care from springs and rivers; Nereid, they came from the Mediterranean; Oceanids, all over the sea; Oreads, form different mountains; Limoniads, came from meadows; Limniads, protect lakes and marches; and Napaea look for the valleys.

They have a place where they meet called Nymphaeum, a monumental fountain that they worship.

Mermaid

Mermaid is a mythical sea creature with the head and torso of a human woman and the tail of a fish. The mermaid appears in all the world. The mermaid has many variations in appearance, they are beautiful and always have a very long hair. It is said of them that attract seamen with her voice and her beauty, they go crazy and drag them to the bottom of the sea to devour and take away his soul. The male version is known as a merman, and the generic term is merfolk.

Elves

Elves are creatures from the Nordic and Germanic mythology, they are almost human-like creatures that live hidden in the woods and the word “ elf ” comes from Proto-Germanic and from the ancient Nordic. They are tall, thin, they have pointed ears and they are very handsome. Another fact is that elves like singing, listening to music or just standing still looking at beautiful things. They normally live in the middle of the woods, in very beautiful cities that blend with the forest from the distance, but there are some elves that live alone, in the middle of fields. Surprisingly they have an ability: they can hear things from the distance, which helps to hide from enemies who enter the forests. Elves appear in some books: Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion , Dragon lance, Iron Fey, Forbid den Kingdoms…, and in some films too: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter. Elves are used in many works because they have so much beauty and like a lot of people, and the legends say that they are suspicious and dangerous.

Mermaid: a mythological creature

The original name of Mermaid comes from the French word “sea” (mer) and maid, that means young girl or women.

Mermaids are extremely beautiful women in general. Most of them have an strange color of skin and hair, which usually appears very long and bright, and many others have clams in order to cover their breasts. Down the waist, they have a fish tail instead of legs. Talking about personality, mermaids have a tendency to be vain, idle and arrogant; but some types of mermaids are kind and compassionate and often these one are who fall in love with humans.

This strange creature often lives at the bottom of the sea or oceans, usually where water is extremely dark and cold, but it can also be found in lakes and even rivers. Mermaids love singing, and with their voices they cast a spell on humans (usually men); they also enjoy using corals as jewelry and playing with other fish. However, their most impressive power is that they can become humans for a short period of time whenever they want.

Mermaids appear in a lot of religious books, children’s films (as the famous “the little mermaid”), TV series and fairy tales; but they aren’t very common nowadays. 
Posted by: Lorena Roldán

The Curse of the Mummy (2)

Thousands of years ago the Egyptian Empire dominated the world of the alive and the dead. Today you, brave and courageous students, have brought Ancient Egypt back to life through Tutankamon's story. Get ready to enjoy your classmates' animations!

  

And remember what the curse says "Death will fall upon those who disturb the sleep of the Pharoh"

The Curse of the Mummy

This is the video we watched in class after reading The Curse of the Mummy. The music belongs to Green Day. Do you remember the lyrics? I hope so.