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Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence, accomplishments, or capabilities. The adjectival form of the noun hubris/hybris is hubristic/hybristic. [1] The term hubris originated in Ancient Greek, [9] where it had several different meanings depending on the context.
Euphorion, a hubristic youth, attempted to fly to heaven but Zeus caught him and with a blow knocked him down. According to another version, Zeus fell in love with ...
This myth of a sworn companion to Artemis breaking their vow is similar to the myth of the Arcadian princess Callisto, [10] while Aphrodite's ire and revenge due to their rejection of love parallels the story of Hippolytus, whose central theme is the antagonism between Aphrodite and Artemis and the mutually-excluding domains they represent.
Artistic depiction of a Yeti, a mythical humanoid taller than an average human said to inhabit the Himalayan region of Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.. Mythic humanoids are legendary, folkloric, or mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character.
The term ophiotaurus is a compound derived from Ancient Greek ὄφῐς óphis, meaning "serpent", and ταῦρος taûros, meaning "bull".. The Ophiotaurus is said to be a creature with the front half of a bull and the back half of a serpent.
Väinämöinen's end is a hubristic one. The 50th and final poem of the Kalevala tells the story of the maiden Marjatta, who becomes pregnant after eating a berry, giving birth to a baby boy. This child is brought to Väinämöinen to examine and judge. His verdict is that such a strangely born infant needs to be put to death.
The term is derived from the Greek word ἀράχνη (aráchnē, 'spider'), from the myth of the hubristic human weaver Arachne, who was turned into a spider. [5]
Euhemerus (/ j uː ˈ h iː m ər ə s,-h ɛ m-/; also spelled Euemeros or Evemerus; Ancient Greek: Εὐήμερος Euhēmeros, "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon.