Daedalus is a brilliant inventor who angers King Minos. To escape from Crete with his son Icarus, Daedalus builds wings for them out of wax and feathers. Icarus ignores Daedalus' warning to not fly too close to the sun, causing his wings to melt and him to fall to his death in the sea. Daedalus continues on to Sicily in mourning, where he builds a temple to Apollo and finds refuge from King Minos.

1. The Story of Daedulus and Icarus
Daedalus is a brilliant inventor—the Thomas Edison of his day. Unfortunately, he angers King Minos, the
ruler of the island Crete, and he has to hightail it out of there. Desperate to flee the island, Daedalus uses
wax to build some wings for himself and his son Icarus. Daddy Daedalus warns his son to fly at a middle
height: the seawater will dampen the wings and the sun will melt them. (Not good either way.)
Icarus heeds his father's advice for a bit, but then he gets cocky. He's having so much fun flying that he
forgets the warning and flies too close to the sun. Sure enough, his wings melt, and Icarus plummets into the
sea and drowns. Daedalus is (of course) devastated by his son's death, but the show must go on. He flies on
to Sicily, where he mourns Icarus and builds a temple in honor of the god Apollo.
 Daedalus is an Athenian craftsman, famous for his ability to invent and build things. Think Leonardo
da Vinci, but with more powers.
 Unfortunately, he also has a jealous streak. When his nephew (Talus) invents the saw, Daedalus
realizes that the boy might be more talented than he is. Not good.
 In a fit of jealousy, Daedalus throws Talos off the Acropolis, a tall monument in Athens. That'll teach
him not to invent any more carpentry tools.
 Some people say that Athena saw the boy falling, and transformed him into a partridge. But others
argue that Talos died and that Daedalus tried to hide the murder by burying him. Well those are very
different endings.
 Either because he was feeling guilty or because he was banished, Daedalus leaves Athens and heads
to the island of Crete.
 While he's hanging out there, Daedalus befriends King Minos, the island's ruler. (It pays to have
friends in high places.)
 Daedalus still has the touch in Crete and he continues his building streak. First, he builds a cow suit
so that Crete's queen (Pasiphae) can get it on with a bull. Yes, we said bull.
 Pasiphae's union with the bull results in a horrible half-man, half-beast called the Minotaur. Heard of
him?
 Next up, King Minos (the half-beast's step-dad) asks Daedalus to design a maze (the Labyrinth) in
which to put the terrible Minotaur. The Minotaur demands human sacrifices, and every nine years, King
Minos sends seven young men and women into the Labyrinth to meet their doom.
 One of these victims sent to his death is the hero Theseus. This guy is tough and he decides to fight
back and try to kill the Minotaur.
 King Minos' daughter, Ariadne, falls madly in love with Theseus. And since Daedalus built the
Labyrinth, she asks him to help Theseus safely navigate it.
 Always the helpful one, Daedalus gives Theseus a ball of yarn, and tells the hero to trail it behind
him, creating a roadmap for how to get back out. Genius, we say! And sure enough, after Theseus kills
the Minotaur, he is able to escape. (He and Ariadne leave Crete together.)
 King Minos is not happy with Daedalus for helping Theseus, so he locks Daedalus and his son,
Icarus, in the Labyrinth. (This seems to be his punishment of choice.)
 (Some versions of the story say that King Minos actually imprisoned them in a tower. Still others say
that Minos just ordered every ship surrounding the island to be searched, making it impossible for
Daedalus and Icarus to escape. Any way you look at it, Daedalus and Icarus are trapped on Crete.)
 Clearly our genius inventor won't take this sitting down. Knowing that the land and water are
guarded by King Minos' army, Daedalus decides to escape by air. Brilliant.

2.  Daedalus uses twine, feathers, and wax to build large wings for himself and his son.
 (According to Ovid, Icarus goofed around while Daddy Daedalus was making the wings. He played
with the feathers and wax and just generally got in his dad's way. Ah, kids.)
 Finally, the wings are finished. Daedalus tries his set on and—OMG—they totally work. He hangs in
the air for a few seconds, flapping his fake wings. Nice!
 Before putting wings on Icarus, Daedalus gives his son some warnings: he should follow him closely
and fly at a middle height. If he flies too low, the seawater will dampen the wings, and if he flies too
high, the sun will melt them. Got it? Good.
 Daedalus is still a little scared about the journey: the big softy cries while tying the wings onto his
son, and gives his little guy a hug.
 And off they go! Daedalus looks back at his son, cheering him on.
 A bunch of people on the ground, including a shepherd and a plowman, stop their work to gaze up at
Daedalus and Icarus. They're completely blown away at the sight of two people flying in the air—they
figure that Daedalus and Icarus might be gods, since no human has ever achieved flight before. What's
up now, humans?
 In all the excitement, Icarus forgets his father's warning and starts to fly higher.
 Sure enough, he gets too close to the sun: the heat softens the wax, and his wings fall apart.
 Icarus plummets into the sea, crying "Father, father!" on his way down. (We'll wait while you break
out the tissues.)
 Daedalus tries to save his son, but it's too late—he has drowned. The only thing Daedalus can find
are feathers floating in the water.
 For the first time ever, Daedalus curses his "art" (i.e., his crafting skills). That's what got him into this
mess to begin with.
 Daedalus names the part of the ocean where Icarus fell the "Icarian Sea." A nice honor for a not-so-
well-behaved boy.
 Still mourning, Daedalus flies onward to the Italian island of Sicily. When he gets there, he performs
funeral rites for his son (these were super important back then). Oh, and according to Ovid, a partridge
watches Daedalus as he does all this. This is no ordinary partridge, but Talos, the nephew that Daedalus
once tried to murder.
 Next, Daedalus constructs a temple to Apollo (NBD), where he hangs his wings.
 While living in Sicily, Daedalus strikes up a friendship with King Cocalus, the ruler of the island.
When King Minos comes searching for Daedalus, Cocalus takes pity and hides the inventor. Oh, and
even better, King Cocalus' daughters kill King Minos with scalding water, freeing Daedalus from his
hunt forever.
zeus - pangunahing diyos
hera - asawa ni jupiter

3. poseidon - diyod ng karagatan
hephaestus - diyos ng apoy
phoebus apollo - diyos ng araw
ares - diyos ng digmaan
demeter - diyosa ng agricultura
artemis - diyosa ng buwan
aphrodite - diyosa ng pag-ibig at kagandahan
pallas athena - diyosa ng katalinuhan at digmaan
hades - diyos ng kailaliman ng mundo
The story of cupid and psyche
The Story of Cupid and Psyche Once upon a time there lived a maiden so beautiful that she was thought to
be lovelier than even Venus, Goddess of Love. Venus, out of jealousy, commanded that her son, Cupid,
ensure that no man would ever love her. Cupid went to Psyche, but accidently stuck himself with the tip of
one of his arrows, and fell in love with her. He followed his mother's orders, making it so that no man would
look upon her with love, and then he left. Her family, surprised to find that their daughter was no longer
sought by any suitor when before men had travelled some distance to court her, consulted the oracle of
Apollo. The Oracle said that the daughter had angered the Gods in some way, and must be sacrificed to a
monster to appease them. In sorrow, they took their daughter to the top of a nearby mountain and left her
there, to await her fate. Soon Zephyr, the God of the winds, came along and carried her along to a beautiful
palace. A voice addressed her, though she saw no one, and it instructed her to enjoy the house and grounds
around her. At night, when she retired to bed, she was joined in her bed by a lover, who said he was her
husband but that she must never look upon him. He was gentle, but he was gone by morning. For some time
Psyche lived like this, though she often requested to see her husband's face. He would cover her in a gentle
blanket and refuse to let her see. Finally, one night Psyche kept an oil lamp nearby, and when she knew her
husband to be asleep she lit the lamp. Lying in her bed was the God Cupid, and what she had taken as a soft
blanket was his wings. In her shock, she spilled a drop of hot oil and it dropped onto his shoulder. Cupid
awoke, and was angry with Psyche for breaking his command to not look upon him. He fled, and abandoned
her. She chased after him, but as she could not fly she was soon left behind. Unable to find her husband
again, Psyche went to Venus, his mother, and begged her for help. Venus, who was still angry at the mortal,
refused to help unless Psyche agreed to perform labours to show her devotion. Psyche agreed and was set
about a number of tasks. She was asked to sort out a storehouse full of grains by their type. Despairing, she
asked for aide, and an army of ants came to help her, sorting the grains out. She was next directed to gather
a handful of wool from some wild and dangerous sheep. Again, she asked for aide, and the briars by the
riverside told her to wait, and after the sheep had drunk, she could gather the wool from their briars that
they had pulled out. Venus was not happy to find that the girl had performed her tasks so well. For a final
task,s he gave Pysche a box, and told her to go to see Proserpine, wife of Hades, God of the underworld,
and ask for a little of her beauty. Pyshce travelled to the underworld and met the Queen of the dead, who
gave her a box, commanding her not to open it. Psyche travelled out of hell again, but onher way, felt that
she had worked so hard for so long that she deserved some reward. She thought to open the box and take a
little of the beauty out for her own use. However, when she opened the box she found instead that what lay
inside was a deathly sleep, and she collapsed on the ground. By this time Cupid had recovered from his
wound, and was sorry he had left Pysche in such a manner. He sought out to find her, and discovered her
laying as if dead. He went to her, brushed away the sleep from her body, and embraced her again. While
Psyche brought the box to Venus as requested, Cupid went to the Gods and pleaded for their help. After
hearing his tale, the Gods agreed to make Psyche one of their own. She was given a cup of ambrosia to
drink, to make her an immortal, and butterfly wings so that she might fly alongside her husband.

4. Bugan at wigan
Ang epikong Alim ng mga Ifugao ay nagsasalaysay ng isang panahong ang lupain ay saganang-sagana.
Maging ang mga ilog at dagat ay sagana sa isda. Ang mga kagubatan ay maraming mga hayop na medaling
hulihin. Walang suliranin ang mga tao tungkol sa pagkain. Pag ibig nilang kumain, wala silang gagawin
kundi pumutol ng biyas na kawayan at naroon na ang bigas na isasaing. Ang biyas ng kawayan ay siya ring
pagsasaingan. Noon, ang daigdig ay patag na patag maliban sa dalawang bundok: ang bundok ng Amuyaw
at ang bundok ng Kalawitan.
Dumating ang panahong hindi pumatak ang ulan. Natuyo ang mga ilog. Namatay ang mga tao. Humukay
ang natitirang tao ng ilog. Ang tubig ay bumalong. Natuwa ang mga tao at sila ay nagdiwang. Subalit
bumuhos ang malakas na ulan. Umapaw ang mga ilog. Tumaas nang tumaas ang tubig. Nagsipagtakbo ang
mga tao sa dalawang bundok subalit inabot din sila ng baha. Nalunod na lahat ang mga tao maliban sa
magkapatid na sina Bugan at Wigan.
Nang bumaba na ang baha, nagpaningas ng apoy si Bugan sa bundok ng Kalawitan. Nakita ito ni Wigan sa
kanyang kinaroroonan sa bundok ng Amuyaw. Pumunta si Wigan kay Bugan. Nalaman nilang silang dalawa
lamang magkapatid ang natirang tao sa daigdig. Nagtayo ng bahay si Wigan na tinirahan nila ni Bugan.
Pagkaraan ng ilang panahon, si Bugan ay nagdalantao. Dahil sa malaking kahihiyan tinangka ni Bugan na
magpakamatay.
Pinigil siya ng isang matanda. Ito'y bathala ng mga Ifugao, si Makanungan. Ikinasal ni Makanungan si
Wigan at si Bugan. Nagkaroon sila ng siyam na anak, limang lalaki at apat na babae. Nang dumating sila
sa hustong gulang, ang apat na lalaki ay ikinasal sa apat na babae. Ang bunsong lalaki na si Igon ang
natirang walang asawa. Namuhay sila ng masagana.
Paglipas ng ilang panahon, nakaranas sila ng tagtuyot. Wala silang ani. Naalala ni Wigan at ni Bugan si
Makunangan. Sila'y nanawagan dito at hinandugan nila ng alay na daga. Patuloy pa rin ang tagtuyot.
Naisipan nilang si Igon ang patayin at siyang ihandog sa Bathala. Natapos ang pagsasalat at tuyot.
Subalit nagalit si Makunangan sa ginawa nilang pagpatay at paghandog ng buhay ni Igon. Isinumpa niya
ang mga anak nila Wigan at Bugan. Sinabi niyang maghihiwalay-hiwalay ang magkakapatid- sa timog, sa
hilaga, sa kanluran, sa silangan. Kapag sila'y nagkita-kita, sila'y mag-aaway at magpapatayan. Kaya't ang
mga tribong ito ng mga tao sa kabundukan, magpahangga ngayon ay naglalaban at nagpapatayan.