Blogpost # 6: Phoenix

We all know what is the Mythical Phoenix look like. Well,  Phoenix is flame bird that can die and born out of its ash. Phoenix is breathtaking to say the least. Its large size only enhances its beauty, as it soars and dives in the sky. Its feathers are composed entirely of fire, its tail feathers orange and deep yellow, and its body mostly dark orange, red and crimson. The phoenix is a symbol of the sun but personified.

Experts also said that a Phoenix is a mythological bird that is associated with the Egyptian and Asian culture, which has a tail of gold and scarlet and a colorful plumage. The phoenix bird is said to live for 500 to 1000 years after which, it burns itself and its nest and there emerges a new phoenix bird.

I read an article about "The truth behind the myth: Phoenix," by Renee Mallett.

Several theories of the mythical firebird came to be held world wide.
Renee Mallett exampled 'The Sprang from the behavior of East African Flamingoes. It is said that East African Flamingoes nest is build in salt flats that is baked from the heat of the sun where the chick Flamingoes can't survive.
She also mentioned another theory of mythical Phoenix bird behavior, which we call 'Anting'.

Anting means birds that rub insects on their feathers, usually ants, which secrete liquids containing chemicals such as formic acid, that can act as an insecticide and bactericide, or to make them edible by removing the distasteful acid. That is similar to mythical bird the Phoenix.

Renee Mallett also said that "There are several theories as to how the stories of mythical firebirds came to be worldwide."

I agree for what Renee wrote on the article, there are many theories of the Mythical bird the Phoenix.
In Philippines we can refer the phoenix to our famous mythical story called the 'Ibong Adarna.'
which is also a mythical bird.

Always remember, No one ever really learns from history, because choices never present themselves in exact the same way, and because you can always choose similarities and differences to fit.

Phoenix has many interesting stories that actually believed by many. Every culture has its own myths, tales, and legends about the mythical fire bird the Phoenix.

As I search for a new related article about my topic I found an article entitled "The Phoenix (The Geography of Myths: Tracking the Phoenix throughout the World)", written by Claire Weber.

Because of its popularity, It is said that the myth of the Phoenix is between Western and Eastern world.

For the Western world of Phoenix. The Phoenix is made popular by the Greeks, Their the one who spokes Phoenix magical and healing powers.
And for the other side the East world of Phoenix. In Slavic folklore, the trees forms an image of the Firebird creature, that known to grant wishes or to save lives of people in danger.

Claire discussed the difference of Western and Eastern world of Phoenix beliefs, where the Eastern phoenix is more in portrayed in being truly immortal, while the Western phoenix involves to political or religious motives.
And for their similarities either West or East, Phoenix die to live again to become a new bird, and to begin the next lifecycle.

"Each culture has its own myths, tall-tales, and legends. At first sight, the differences between cultures as one travels from place to place seem abundant," Says Claire Weber.

I agree for what Claire discussed, we all have different kind of beliefs it maintains the right balance of our world. And it contains more magical image that we can visualize in the world of creativeness.
We are the one who makes this mythical creatures lived.

Blogpost # 5: Elves

What do Elves look like? Well I haven't saw one before but I wish I can see them, though they said its impossible to caught them in the act. Elves are Cute, Cuddly, Small, Beautiful and Majestic just like Santa's Elves.

 But according to the experts Elves are monstrous mythical creatures that looks like Men that have an average height of 4 to 5 feet, Ears that pointed outwards, Long uncut hair, which is Fragile, big an expressive Eyes, Grateful and Beautiful. And they have the ability to heal themselves, whether they choose to do so with their natural born ability or with the use of magic. If the injured Elf hasn't lost too much blood or isn't too badly injured, then their natural healing ability usually suffices. They will be able to heal themselves much faster. The Nimbulaii are the rarest in every way possible.


I read an article about "Building in Iceland? Clear It with the Elves Fist" written by Sarah Lyall in website "nytimes"  where Sarah mentioned about Elves in Iceland.

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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The article talks about asking permission first before making your steps because it can cause you misfortune. It states that Iceland is rooted by elves where people actually believes on them.
People in Iceland has a different Philosophy answers about Elves, that if there's a large stone in your garden and somebody said to an Iceland that's an ''Elf Stone'', and they added that "It's not like they think they are little people living in there who come and dance outside." It's pretty weird because hey can't see them but they can feel them.


"Although it is easy to find Icelanders who roll their eyes at elf conversations, it is not easy to find hardcore skeptics." Says Sarah Lyall.


For me Icelanders are Philosophers because they think Elves do exist even if majority people thinks they don't. But it's a good thing why? I'm not sure if Icelanders know about this it's a good thing that they keep believing because it maintains the balance our mythical creations and imaginations in our world.

To me in my childhood, Elves and Fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my toys were as really children as I was myself a child.



I have browse a new article about my topic I have found an article entitled "The Art of Elves", written by Doug Beyer.

Where Beyer discussed about how elves involves in art.
As I read the article, I found out that Elves are fashionable, the way they dressed, they act, talks and move is a form of Art. Well Doug Beyer showed a lot of pictures that symbolized Elves in Art. Creations by many that can inspire us by looking they're works. Doug Beyer also mention that elves are warriors. In the pictures you can see that how they fight, it's unbelievable how the way they fight which is also symbolized Art.


"By the way! Today? Elves. Medium? Magic art. Let's go. Spartans, prepare for some pointy-eared glory," Says Doug Beyer.

For what I saw on the images of the article, I can say Elves are very majestic. They are very enchanted, beauty, grace, and vulnerability which is truly an Art.

Creativity is allowing yourself to express our imaginations, and Art is knowing which ones to keep.

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/elves.html#bS3TZaI53yvAs9v6.99

To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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To me in my childhood, elves and fairies of all sorts were very real things, and my dolls were as really children as I was myself a child.
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Blogpost # 4: Dragons

What is a Dragon? For me a Dragon is a Legendary creature or a Mythical beast, a Giant reptile who
breath's fire, has a snake like body, thick metallic skin, big strong wings, and on the end of the tail it has a blade like extension. Dragon's are unpredictable kind of a monster, I don't know if it talks or not, or lives on caves or mountains. But the only thing that I know about Dragons are dangerous.

Real facts about them, The very word 'Dragon' is related to other ancient words having to do with vision. A Dragon's life is a very long one compared to humans. On the average, dragons live 1,500 human years. A dragon's life is not boring by any means. They live to learn, and to gather knowledge, as well as a huge hoard of treasure.
And like most wise and powerful beings, they guard secrets and confer favors. Dragons are among the most popular and enduring of the world's mythological creatures. Dragon tales are known in many cultures, from the Americas to Europe to India to China.

As I'm searching an interesting article about Dragons I found an article about "What are Dragons?" written by Shawn MacKenzie, in the website LLEWELLYN. Where Shawn discussed about What are Dragons and why are they so important to us.


I believe that the author just want to show or to express his ideas about dragons. Asking what are dragons and why is it important to our life. So he said that Dragons are mythical creatures that don't exist in our world, but still he compare Dragons to Humans, the Calendars, and living Creatures in our world. He discussed about how Dragons rule our mythical imagination that was printed in our heart and mind, in short Dragon don't exist but they lived in our mythical imaginations.

He said that "I have kept company with Dragons for more than half a century. I have studied, worked with, written about, and adored them."

I agree with the statement very much that Dragons does not exist, we are the one who creates Dragons in our minds.

Dragon can be Scary, Monstrous, or Dangerous, but they can be also Magical, Miraculous or Magnificent.

For me Dragons is an illusion in our mind it can be our nightmare or our sweetest dream. Dragons are our feelings and only our imagination.



As I search for more related article about my topic I found a article entitled "The Fable of Dragon - Tyrant" by Nick Bostrom.

I was very interested about the topic because it talks about life, that life is too important that we must fight for our Freedom and our Rights. I was interested for what he mention about the King and a Young boy becomes a hero after defeating the Dragon.

 The article started how the Dragon-Tyrant rule their world, and how thousands of people were slaughtered each day. The article is all about how to kill the Dragon in exchange for their freedom, how their technology evolves and lastly the main reason of his story article is all about to Deal, to Settle, and to Understand the problem gracefully.

"So let us leave the fable people to grapple with their new challenges, while we try to make progress in our own adventure," Says Nick Bostrom.

I believe that Nick want's to make our decision carefully and calmly, because if you hesitate huge regrets will be formed and will not be erased and leave your heart wounded.

So most people die of sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only thing one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Blogpost # 3: Medusa

Starts with Love ends with Hatred

What's in your mind if you hear the name Medusa? Probably this is your answer she's a Monster, a Beast, a Gorgon, or a Dragon body formed Snake headed freak. Well for the Record your correct that's Medusa's negative sides. In the other hand  Medusa is The "Serpent Goddess" and The Protector or the Guardian of women's specially the virgin's. Medusa protects women to men sex abuse.

The strength of Medusa is she can stop anything in its tracks. Even her severed head will instantly turn anything into stone, including those who see it by accident. And her weakness is  Perseus was able to trick her and cut off her head.

So why if someone loves you there is always be an opposite or there are always be haters in you? Well that's a question that Medusa fits in.

While I'm searching for related article about my topic I found The "Story of Medusa in Greek Mythology" on the site Humanities360.com that was written by Martha Leonard and she was discussing about the story of the Serpent Goddess Medusa.


It was Written their the history or origin of Medusa. So Medusa was  loved by many because of it's stunning beauty,before she was cursed by Athena , Many men courted her even the God of Sea Poseidon was attracted by her beauty.

Anyways Medusa was hated because of the cursed that Athena gave her, Athena removed her beauty and made it even worse she turns Medusa so ugly, Cursed her with hair of Snakes, body of a Dragon, and face that turned those who looked at her into stones.


Martha give a lesson to all beautiful woman's she said that  "One is that beauty can either be a gift or a curse, depending on how a beautiful woman behaves."

I Fully Agree to what Martha said, This is a message for all the beautiful woman out there, to use their physical appearance in good ways. Cause we already no what's going to happen.

Now we all know what's the true story about Medusa The Serpent Goddess.



As I mention how Medusa protect women to men's sex abuse I discovered an related article about my topic entitled "Freud's Medusa", Written by Thomas Moore.

He discussed about how Freud begin with his note. And also talk about how Freud or why Freud compare the male testicle into the hair of Medusa and a Gun, He also mentioned of multiplication of a male testicle, And said that why not use a male testicle instead of guns.

"He was too narrow in his vision of myth and of Medusa, and he limited far too much the imaginal implications of the penis,"
Says Thomas Moore

For me following upon on Freud is slightly not a bad idea for a man like us!

There is a good and bad sides of this, Good? Because we can enjoy ourselves in some ways, Bad? Come on, we all know what's the main reason is. Crime rate, As a man if we saw a beautiful woman, we get stoned and start to think bad, And Population we need to control our behavior to reduce poverty.

Blogpost # 2: Mythical truth about Dracula's life

Well I am a big fan of Dracula since my high school life. Because of his Famous movies like "Van helsing", and "Fright Night". one of my best movies ever. And also it's Funny accent.

Now What's behind those fangs? Maybe you know who Dracula is, Well he is the Famous and the Legendary Vampire. And do you know what his real name is? His name is Vlad III Dracula. Dracula means "Son of Dracul" in Romanian. Therefore young Vlad was "Son of the dragon" or "Son of the devil." He is also the Walachian Prince in the past 15th century.


I was Browsing the internet and I found a related article about my topic called "The Terrifying Truth about Dracula", Written by David Johnson. David discussed the history of the Famous Vampire, Vlad III Dracula.

In the article it contains the origin of the vampire Dracula, where what is his life before he became a vampire. It said here the misery and sadness he take without anyone on his side. The emotions conquer his heart to push himself to revenge his family at any cause.

When I read David's article this phrases got my attention.
"Dracula's Father was murdered, while his older brother, Mircea was blinded with red-hot-iron stakes and buried alive," Says David Johnson


For me if you merge the emotion of anger and misery, It can cause you hatred to all, You will  not care of anyone even yourself, The next thing will happen is Suicidal attempt and that can cause you death.




Once more while searching an interesting article about my topic I found, "The many Life's of Count Dracula", Written by Gail-Nina Anderson.

In this article Mrs. Anderson Discussed about how did Bram Stoker's Count created the template for the modern Vampires, a little history about Dracula, And in this article they are like counting, How many Movies and Novels did the character Dracula was involved to. It is also showed how Dracula look's like what his voice sound like. In this article it said that the novel started to become the focus of an academic/critical industry.
And lastly how it Evolves how did they rejuvenate the character Dracula, Because in reality the famous vampire Dracula is a Fictional Character made by Braham Stoker.

"This is the period when the novel started to become the focus of an academic/critical industry and the Romanian connection became more widely known,"Says Gail Nina Anderson.

It's so fascinating how the story goes how it ends, The creativeness of Braham is  so rare.
For now the name Dracula still lives in our culture and will never be erased, the creation of Braham Stoker will live.

Blogpost #1: Werewolves

What is a Werewolf? Werewolf's are also known as Wolf man, Lycanthropes, Beast, and a Loup Garou. Werewolves is an half human and half wolf. They are cannibals because they eat human flesh. The werewolf is said to shape-shift under the influence of the full moon.

True facts about Werewolves. Werewolves are virtually immortal because of the constant regeneration of their physical tissue, making their true age somewhat difficult to determine.Werewolves do not only turn on a full moon, neither do they have to. A werewolf can change his form and shape shift at will whenever he wants to, at day or night. Although newly turned werewolves are sometimes forced to change by certain aspects of the lunar cycles or certain sounds such as the howling of another werewolf.


So let's start with a question "Werewolves" - Where are the wolves? First of all I never had the chance to saw one, But I really want to meet or catch one. Anyways based on my observation, as I'm sure you know, tracking werewolves can be very difficult. They kill you at first sight. They only come out during full moons, and at night.

Werewolves live at a house in human form where they feel most safe. In wolf form, a werewolf lives in forests or near their house where they live while in human form.

Did you know why the other term of werewolf is Lycan?
Well the term Lycan is used to depict two humanoid races that are believed to live among human beings but secretly.

While I'm searching for a related topic of Werewolves I found an article at forteantimes.com the article was written by Brian Regal and entitled "Where have all the Werewolves gone?"

He discussed and explained that how did the arrival of Darwin's theory of evolution put paid to a widespread belief in half-human creatures.

It is said that the Evolution theory is actually supported by the notion of mythical creatures like Satyrs, and Sea serpents but some of the biologist are unwilling to accept. So by the help Charles Darwin , he made a little mention about monster on his work, Like long tooth and hairy killers but he didn't address the werewolf. And now Biologist likely to believe the existence of werewolves,That soo because of the theory of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species.

In this article Brian Regal mentioned that "What is certain, though, is that when it comes to creatures of supposed biological reality, the werewolf has replaced by Bigfoot and his ilk, and that Darwinian evolutionary theory helped make the change possible."

On what Brian said about Darwin, I imagine that because of Darwin's theory there's a chance that monster like werewolves will live again in our land, Hopefully its not



As I looked for more interesting information about Werewolves I have read an article about werewolves that can actually be useful to humans. I found this article entitled "Scientist discover 'werewolf' gene which could spell the end for baldness," written by Daily Man Reporter.

It is said that Scientist discovered that a Werewolf gene can end human baldness. They gave an example that has a Werewolf syndrome which is extremely rare to find or to search. They exampled the 11 year old girl from Thailand, Supatra Sasuphan that holds the record of the worlds hairiest child in Guinness world records. And they proved that Werewolf's genes can cure the baldness.

"In the future, scientist could use drugs to 'turn on' genes, which could trigger hair growth", Says by Daily Man Reporter.

For me It is possible that baldness can be cured by the help of a Werewolf's genes. But as I read the article Scientist are scared for what can be the result they are scared that if apply the werewolf's gene they're is a possibility that they would be able to trigger hair growth not just in bald patches, but also it can grow all over our body.

Cure has always an opposite which we call the side effects.