Mythological Creatures have been around as long as human history. They are found in ancient civilizations and religions around the world. They are embedded in our culture from out video games, to our movies. They are often several parts animal, have some human traits, and part imagination. This is your chance to use your imagination to create your own mythological creature.
In Word type your Mythical creature’s description, traits, special powers, and where it lives. Then write a three paragraph descriptive Story or Legend.
Description:
Character Traits:
Special Powers:
Where it lives:
Legend:
Submit in Schoology 2 files: Hand in your writing with a photo of your artwork inserted into Word and the same photo sent in as a jpeg.
1. Write down a list of creatures. They can be your favorite creatures, or just ones you find particularly funny or fascinating.
2. Next to each, write down their most interestingbody parts and features. What is interesting to you?
3. Once you have a list, choose four of the creatures to work with. 4. The writing part of the assignment might end up looking like this. Lion: Big mane, long tail with fluffy end, big paws
Goldfish: Flowy fish fins, bright color, scales
Lizard: Feet with nails, scales, a very long tail
Owl: Big eyes, short beak, wings, round body
Now look at the features and pick the ones you like the most from each creature. Then, you are ready to combine the different features into a brand new creature!
(Ancient Greek: γρύψ, gryps; Classical Latin: grȳps or grȳpus; Late and Medieval Latin: gryphes, grypho etc.; Old French: griffon) In the modern Persian language, the griffin has come to be called shirdal (Persian: شیردال), meaning 'lion-eagle'
A legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion; the head and wings of an eagle; and sometimes an eagle's talons as its front feet.
Because the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts, and the eagle the king of the birds, by the Middle Ages, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Since classical antiquity, griffins were known for guarding treasures and priceless possessions.
In Greek and Roman texts, griffins and Arimaspians were associated with gold deposits of Central Asia. Indeed, as Pliny the Elder wrote, "griffins were said to lay eggs in burrows on the ground and these nests contained gold nuggets"
Constellations are a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological creature or figure.