The Special Features of European Mythology

Hero was blessed by god for victory.

Most of the fairy tales start in Europe; they talked about heroes, dragons, devils, and fairy (of course). But there’s a distinguish feature, the good always wins.

Heroes were the most popular character in European Mythology, Greek heroes were the mightiest. Heroes were believed to be a demigod; they have super power to defeat the evils. Like Heracles the strong guy, son of Zeus, had awesome power to lift a huge mountain and broke a cursed chain.

Heroes often fought with dragons, and dragons always symbolize the bad side. European myths attached important on the weapons. Heroes often equipped heavy and cursed weapons. In some portraits and poems, heroes were armored with spiky armor, long sword, and a heavy shield.

The moral of European mythology—the good always wins—handed down until today. The opponent of a hero was often stupid and dumb. For example, in ‘The Odyssey’, Polyphemus the Cyclops was defeated by Odysseus easily. Besides, there is another unique feature among European tales: heroes fought to save the princess. I hate this part of story.

Besides of dragons, witches and leviathan are also heroes’ foe. Medusa, the snake-haired woman who can turn a person who was staring her to stone, was killed by Perseus. Witch was hated by the European of Middle Age. In 10th century, almost all witches had been burned into ashes. Now you can see, what people hate is always a hero’s foe.