Perseus and Medusa.

Perseus was another Greek hero, also son of Zeus. He had to kill Medusa, a horrifying monster.

Medusa once had been a very beautiful woman; but she was punished by immortal gods because her wickedness. She was transformed into a horrible monster; and the only thing she kept from her beauty was her face.

Medusa's blood was venomous; and she could convert to anyone into stone only with a glance. It was a formidable foe; for this reason Perseus ask for advice to Atenea, the ancient god of wisdom. Atenea, impressed by the courage of the hero, gave him three presents: a helmet of invisibility; a pair of flying sandals; and a mirror shield.

Perseus started his travel. He flew to the island where Medusa lived with the sandals. There he could enter into Medusa's cave hidden under the invisibility helmet. And finally he could cut off Medusa's head avoiding to look at her, using for this the mirror shield.

Then, Perseus could come back riding on Pegasus, the winged horse. He had many other adventures: he killed evil kings, he rescued beautiful princesses... But that is another tale, and shall be told another time.

Questions:

1. Who was Perseus?
2. Who was his father?
3. What was his hero's task?
4. Describe Medusa.
5. Who helped Perseus?
6. What did she give to him?
7. Where did Medusa live?
8. How did Perseus kill Medusa?
9. How could Perseus come back from Medusa's island?
10. What was the name of the winged horse?

Hercules and the Hydra.

Hercules was a hero from ancient Greece. He was son of Zeus, and he had a supernatural strength. During his life he had to achieve some incredible tasks: the very famous "twelve labours". One of them was to kill a terryfing monster called "Hydra".

In the place of Lerna, in ancient Greek, there was a horrible and awful monster called Hydra. It had nine heads, it lived in a very deep cave and it loved to kill and eat up cattle and people. Hercules, who was a hero, knew about it and decided to kill the monster.

But when Hercules arrived to the cave and started to cut off Hydra's heads, he could check that when he slashed one, other new two appeared from the bloody neck. Astonished, he flew away. Fortunately a nephew of him, called Iolalus, was over there. He was very intelligent, and he told Hercules that when cutting off heads, it was necessary to burn the wound in order to avoid the raising of new heads.

So both ones, Iolalus and Hercules, returned to the Hydra's cave. There, Hercules started again chopping heads; but this time his nephew cauterized the stumps. Hydra didn't raise new heads, and so Hercules could finish his task, killing the hideous animal.

Questions:

1. Who was Hercules?
2. Who was his father?
3. What was his "super - power"?
4. Where did the Hydra live?
5. How many heads had it got?
6. Whad did it do with people and cattle?
7. Why was so difficult to kill the hydra?
8. Who helped Hercules?
9. What did he tell him?
10. Could Hercules finish his task?

Mythological beings game.

Mythological beings

Definitions about Mythological beings.

1. Magical female being, usually small, beautiful and winged. It lives in the forest. It can grant wishes. It is benevolent.
2. Giant sea monster. It is like an octopus / squid. It appears on some sailor stories, eating up ships.
3. Small male being, from Irish tradition. It is a small goblin. It wears a hat, jacket and trousers. Its representative plant is the shamrock.
4. Sea being half woman, half fish. 
5. It is a winged horse. Usually white.
6. It is a horse, but with one horn on its head.
7. Mythological being, half horse, half man. It is armed with bow and arrows.
8. Mythological being, half bull half man. 
9. Mythological monster, with a snake covered head. It could convert people into stone with only a glance.
10. Magical male being. It lives in a lamp, and it can garant three wishes.
11. Horrifying multi headed monster. In accordance with tradition, if you cut off one of its heads, other two ones appeared from it.
12. It is like a big monkey, completely covered by fur. It is over 2m tall. It appears in regions like the Rocky Mountains or the Himalayas.
13. Magical being almost like a person. They have sharp ears. They're beautiful and immortal. They live in the forest.
14. It is a small person. It is the only of these beings who can really exist.
15. It is a very big person, usually strong and armed with a club.
16. A very big one eyed monster.
17. A very ugly being. Traditionally it has been considered evil, dirty and foul. Shrek is the most famous one.
18. Mythological being, half lion, half eagle. From Persian tradition.
19. Mythological fire bird. It can be reborn from its own ashes.
20. Female Mythological monster, half bird, half woman. It was very agressive and bloodthirsty.

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Definitions about tools.

1. Instrument by which you can drive nails. It has got a handle and a head usually made of iron or steel.
2. Grey powder used at construction for "sticking" bricks. It is usually prepared in the cement mixer.
3. Instrument used for transporting heavy loads. It has got one wheel and two handles (or levers)
4. You can thigten or loose screws with it.
5. It is an instrument typical at gardening. Like a comb. You can prepare the ground or gather leaves with it.
6. Device by which you can inflate your bicycle, or the wheels of a car.
7. Small hexagonal piece usually made of metal. It usually thigtens a screw.
8. Tool with two handles. It is used for cutting or bending wires and cables.
9. It is a large tool. It has got a long handle and a flat metallic part. It is used for removing cement, sand, gravel... 
10. An instrument used for lighting up. 
11. Tool by which you can remove any filth stuck on any surface: paint drops, dried dirt... 
12. Instrument suitable for doing perfect circles.
13. You use this tool for thigtening metal nuts.
14. Tool composed by a handle and a metal surface in which there are sawteeth. There are many kinds of it: for wood, stone, metal, diamond... 
15. Electrical device designed for drilling surfaces (walls, wood, stone, metal...)
16. Gardening tool designed for digging and removing soil.
17. Harvesting tool composed by a long handle and a sharp blade. At Halloween, the Death holds it with his bony hands.
18. Tool with a short handle and a flat metal surface. It is used at construction to spread the cement on bricks.
19. Chopping and cutting tool. It is also a weapon. It has got a handle and a sharp head, usually made of iron or steel. 
20. A small metal spike with a broadened flat head, driven into wood to join things together or to serve as a hook.

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