Europes Early Middle Ages Project By: Simran Minhas
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Focus: Mythology; Greek Mythology Historical Character:
Poseidon Contemporary Character: Aqua Man What is Greek Mythology?
Greek mythology are myths and legends belonging to the ancient
Greeks. Concerning their Gods, and hero's, the nature of the world,
and origins and significance of their own ritual practices
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P o s e i d o n A b o u t P o s e i d o n Poseidon is the son
of the Titan God, Cronus and Rhea He is the God of the sea,
earthquakes, storms, and horses Poseidon lives in the Sea and he
rules his kingdom Atlantis Poseidon is the main reason troy was
destroyed When the Trojans were to accept the Trojan horse they
didn't believe at first, a non believer made fun and Poseidon sent
sea serpents to kill him, thus causing the Trojans to take in the
horse, then the fall of troy.
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P o s e i d o n B a c k g r o u n d I n f o r m a t i o n
Poseidons spouse is Amphitrite and has 7 children Poseidons
siblings are Zeus, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hera Poseidon has
multiple symbols, a Trident, fish, dolphin, horse, and a bull. When
he was born, Poseidons father Cronus tried to eat him Poseidon was
saved by his mother Rhea, who concealed him among a flock of lambs
and pretended to have given birth to a colt, which she gave to
Cronus to eat instead. Poseidons features are considered to be
flowing hair, beard, deep blue eyes, carried a trident,
muscular
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Aqua Man About Aqua Man Real Name: Arthur Curry, Orin Aqua Mans
left hand was once replaced with a harpoon Aqua Man uses gills to
breathe underwater, and can communicate telepathically with all
forms of sea life Aqua Man became the defender of the Earths oceans
after realizing his powers
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Aqua Man Back Round Information Nickname: King of the Seven
Seas Aqua Man is a fictional superhero who is the star in many DC
comic books. The comics created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger
The first ever Aqua Man was debuted in More fun comics #73 in 1941.
Aqua Man was a founding leader of the Justice League of
America(comic book series) Aqua Mans features include blonde hair,
muscular body, gills, half of a human body, half of a underwater
animal body
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Comparisons Both of their strengths are water. They also can
communicate with sea animals They both have had many great
adventures In many ways you could say that Aqua Man is the new,
less angry version of Poseidon. They both rule the seas. Finally
they both like horses. These are the similarities that they
share.
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Reason for Choices I have a lot of interest in Greek Mythology
Poseidon is my favorite Greek God Aqua Man makes sense, his power
is water as well They both are interesting myths