MYTHS AROUND THE WORLD 4.0

AGE OF MYTHS
WRITTEN BY: VICTORIA CHAVEZ
AND ULRICH DANIEL AVENDAÑO
GRELLE TOBIAS

AXEHOLD TEXTS PRESENTS:
“AGE OF MYTHS” VOL.1
CREATED, DIRECTED, CAPTIONED AND WRITTEN BY.
VICTORIA CHAVEZ SEDEÑO
ULRICH DANIEL AVENDAÑO GRELLE TOBIAS

INDEX
A MYTH, A TOUGHT ---------------------------------------------------------1
XIBALBA’S GATES-------------------------------------------------------------2
OLYMPU’S SCROLLS-----------------------------------------------------------3
THE NINE WORLD’S BALLADE--------------------------------------------------4
UNICORNS THE LEGEND-------------------------------------------------------5
QUESTION SESSION---- -------------------------------------------7
GUESS THE CREATURES -------------------------------------------8

A MYTH, A THOUGHT
Gods, creatures, dream built places, traitors, heroes, blood forged warriors,
conformed the pillar of human beliefs from antique times. Society tried to
found an answer to everything thEY WEREN’T ABLE TO CONTROL AND
understand, something capable of leading a new born race that was first
introduced to their unknown home. Mythology was the key.
Every myth represents aN specific, unique moment and feature from the
cultures history; deep down each civilizations way to see various life aspects,
we can now appreciate the reflection from those customs in the Norse sagas
or Greek monuments. The world saw many mythical beings born and perish,
many great civilizations rise and fall, great heroes being formed in fierce
battles, legendary deeds and quests accomplished, monstrous beasts, and
much more intriguing and rich lore stories that are now kept in old and
almost forgotten texts. Mayans, Vikings and Greeks are all bearers of
grandiose mythological pantheons, filled with gods and goddesses in charge
Of SAfEGUARDING THEIR PEOPLE’S BELIEfS.
Hellenes believed in Zeus, Odin was father to the great Norsemen and
Kukulkan protected the glorious Mayan empire.
In fact myths have helped thousands and thousands of people understand
there is no thing that cant bmade true, since we are the carvers of our
destiny and convictions are just made to keep our mind staunched to a
tought.

XIBALBA’S GATES
“BEHOLD THE GREAT AJAWAB KINGODM, WELCOME, WEARY
TRAVELER, WELCOME, THE DOORS ARE OPENED…”
CHOOSE A PATH… jUST ONE… RED, BLACk, WHITE OR YELLOW…
CHOOSE BEfORE THEY DO… YOU ARE STEPS AWAY fROM THE
great gathering hall of the dark lords from HELL…
The Popol Vuh describes this realm as “AH PUCH’S” (GReat
Dead and War Lord) underworld and trial place for
the brave heroes to put themselves to test; since, what
RESTED DEEP DOWN XIBALBA’S CAvES AND AND NOOkS WAS
fILLED WITH DARkNESS…
The sacred texts refer to a big and lonely hole, where
six great homesteads lied, each one with different jeopardies and challenges
foR THE HEROES TO CONSUMMATE, ENDING WITH THE OUTRIGHT CHALLENGE… the
five roads (mentioned formerly).
THE fIRST, WAS NAMED, “ THE DARk HOUSE”, WERE ONLY SHADOWS WERE ALLOW
to lurk around
“THE frost Liar” WAS HOME TO ICE AND EBON CHILL WIND
Jaguars ran, gambled and gathered in their own lair.
The gloomy household of the bats, was packed with hundreds of them
THE “kNIfE HOLD” HAD BEEN ALL COvERED UP WITH RAzOR-sharp blades.
And, the last one, kNOWN AS THE “HEAT HOUSE”, HARBORED THE vERY OWN
devil flames and blaze
Together with many other
hazards, such as Blood Rivers and
arduous stairways, the Mayan hell
place is still to this day, a lieu
where only a single pair of
mortals, the far-famed twins
Hunaphu and Xbalanque, have been
able to go through; culminating in
a ball game match, between them
AND THE DREAD LORDS “vUCUB CAME”
AND “HUN CAMé” (Seven deaths and
one death respectively

OLYMPU’S SCROLLS
“WE ARE TWELvE…GODESSES AND GODS, WE ALL RULE AND
CHOOSE, WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES”…
Far away, far up, reclining in their fanciful thrones,
TWELvE CELESTIAL BEINGS WATCH OvER HUMANITY… but
THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, ONE WHO WAS LEfT BEHIND…
Unlike Vikings or Mayans; Hellenes believed the only
way to reach the sainted place where their gods
RESTED, WAS ESCALATING GREECE’S TALLEST known
mountain… OLYMPUS. THEREfORE, NOT EvERY MORTAL WAS
ABLE TO COMPLETE THE qUEST, IN fACT, ANY HUMAN WASN’T
able to reach even a quarter of the entire solid rock
giant beforthey demised into the great abyss between
the sky and earth.
BUT, THIS MOUNT ISN’T ONLY A GIGANTIC EARTH fORMATION STANDING AROUND
Greece; it represented the residence of the most important deities in aged times;
six powerful women and seven important men lived in the great halls and
rooms of the golden Olympian palace; while, deep down below in the edgy
holes of the underworld, a forgotten traitor had been left to guard the
underworlds gateway, due to his unstable mind and madness.
Things mentioned above, WERE ALL BENT BY ONE GOD PARTICULARLY… zEUS, THE
great thunder lord and king of Olympus who had to trust luck once. You
see, when Cronos, (father to Zeus, Poseidon,,Hades and more beings) was defeated
by his own sons; the three new born gods, threw luck in order to decide
which realm would they guard (Sky, Sea and Hell), concluding in the
coronation of Zeus, the oceanic designation of Poseidon and the derogation
of Hades towards earning the underworld.
Years run past, and things settled fine, Zeus and Poseidon had had godlike
siblings and now the pantheon began to arise its deity number. Things ended
up this way:
Zeus sister and wife Hera, was god to women, marriage and birth.
Crops were secured by Demeter, maiden of agriculture and seasons.
The wise Athena, represented knowledge, warfare, literature, etc.
Zeus son, Apollo was god to the sun and had a prophetic gift
Artemis was goddess to the, moon, virginity and bow hunting goddesses,
she was also sister to Apollo.
The despised Ares was idol to bloodshed, violence and war.
Aphrodite represented, procreation, fertility, love and passion.
The blacksmith god Hephaestus was master to fire and metals.
The gods messenger Hermes represented commerce and thieves.
Family is represented by Hestia, god to hearth and home
The drama god that represented wine was Dionysus.

THE NINE WORLD’S BALLADE
“ICE AND fIRE, fLARES AND RIMES, COLD AND
WARMTH, WERE WHAT fORGED, OUR GREAT TREEHOLD”
It was called Ginnungagap. The crevice between
THE ICE REALM “NIfLHEIM”, AND THE BLAzING kINGDOM
“MUSPELHEIM” created a strong bond between both
elements, eventually bounding them into a
POWERfUL SUBSTANCE kNOWN AS “EITR”, “THE
derivation of all living things in THE UNIvERSE”. AfTER YEARS AND YEARS Of BEING
mixed, the powerful element gave birth to the first frost giant around the
NINE WORLDS…THE fIRST Of ITS SPECIE… “YMIR” THE jotun king had arose.
From his armpit the first women and man were born, and from his leg the rest
Of HIS SPECIE… THE “jOTUNS” MIGHTY ICE GIANTS THAT WERE HELD AS YMIR’S SIBLINGS
IN ALL MATTERS. BUT, THE GREAT fROST fATHER WASN’T THAT fAIR AND NICE WITH
NONE Of BOTH RACES HE HAD BROUGHT TO LIvE, NOR WITH BORR’s sons, Vé, Vili and
Odin, who ended by slaying the first Jotun, and from his leftovers; they made
a world to the poor and forgotten human race. His blood filled the seas and
lakes, his flesh made earth ( which they named Midgard), his teeth the rocks
and his bones the mountains, from his broken skull they made the sky
dome,placing a dwarf at each of the four corners to hold it safely above
earth. They protected the land from the Jotuns with a strong wall made
from Ymir's eyebrows. Then they created time, and placed the orbs of the sun
and moon in chariots driven by the noble giants Sól(sun) and Máni(moon)
whom circled round the sky:pursuited by two fierce wolves known as Hati
and Sköll.
YEARS AfTER CREATING “MIDGARD”, the new Norse warrior gods the
“ÆSIR”fOUNDED “ASGARD”THE "COURT Of THE Ás", a palace with many halls. Odin's
hall, Válaskjálf allowed him to see all the worlds at once .The other
IMPORTANT HALL WITHIN ASGARD, IS NAMED “vALLHALA”, WERE GREAT HEROES WHO
perished in battle are raised again from death to feast and train with their
DEITIES, fOR “RAGNAROk”, (Norse Armagedon) is yet to come.
MORE RACES AND WORLDS WERE CREATED IN TIMES TO COME, BUT THE GREAT NINE ONE’S
were baptised lke this:
Asgard’S REALM, WAS HOME TO THE WARRIOR GODS, THE (Æsir).
Light elves lived on the glowng blessed land of Alfheim.
The Dwarfish land of Nidavelir was neighbor to the Dark elve
realm, of Scartalfheim.
Jötunheimr was land to the Jotun giants.
Vanaheimr served as kingdom to the (Vanir) nature gods.
The frozen world filled with ice and frost was Niflheim
Muspelheim, a realm of heat and lava,home of the blazing
DESTRUCTIvE LORD “SURTR” ( A fIRE jOTUN).
Helheim refugee of the dishonorable dead warriors, close to Niflheim
and ruled by the goddess Hel.

UNICORNS, THE MYTH
“PURE, BLESSED AND GREAT, PERFECT REPRESENTATION
Of LIGHT”
From Norsemen, to Greeks to Indus; the horned
horse has had a variety of representations
around the world. Giving it many different
appearances and powers in many well-known
cultures.
THESE INCREDIBLE CREATURES’ HAvE A HORSE-liked
appearance, possessors of great horns and a
GORGEOUS vARIETY Of COLORS.THE UNICORN’S BODY
hair is white colored, their creel is pink, the
horns are golden, and both, (Unicorns and
Pegasus) are powered up with magical abilities,
such as the physical and mental restoration of
injured people through its healing horn.
IT IS ALSO MURMURED, THE SACRED UNICORN’S BLOOD
grants eternal youngness to any mortal
capable of drinking from it.

Question ROUND
¿WHICH GOD BELONGS TO THE GREEK PANTHEON?
A) Thor
b) CHAAC
c) HADES
¿UNICORNS ARE COLORED IN?
A) WHITE
B) ORANGE
c) BLACK
¿ WHERE NORDIC MYTHOLOGY COMES FROM?
A) ITALY
B) GERMANY
C) ESCANDINAVIA
Answers
1 (C), HADES
2 (A), WHITE
3 (C), ESCANDINAVIA

GUESS THE CREATURES:

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