Official Mod's Contest - 'Fairy tales and Mythical Characters'

I`m from Bulgaria and this is the modern look of girl from fairy tale "Golden girl".She is very beuatiful,but when her mother died her step-mother turn out her of the house and then she meets a wizard who see that she is very nice girl,she puts her in the river and when she goes out she is a golden girl.

the goddess afrodite from greece mythology


Aphrodite is known as the Greek Goddess (Roman Venus) of love, desire, beauty, fertility, the sea, and vegetation. It is said that when Cronus was castrated by Uranus, and his part was thrown into the sea, Aphrodite was thus born and arose on a large shell, which was then carried to land, thus her name being translated "foam-risen". The sea nymphs dressed her and adorned her with flowers and gold. She now represents Erotic Love as a form of Divine influence, which has resulted in many men becoming capable of falling in love with her. There are many other tales of Aphrodite, as her Roman name is Venus, she is also known as the daughter of Zeus and Dione.
In Homeric legend Aphrodite was forced to marry the ugly god of fire, Hephaestus, with this marriage, she had hoped to reach the freedom she needed instead of being controlled. Aphrodite was very independent and constantly in search for a new lover. One of her more familiar lovers was Ares, the god of war, whom she later married. Aphrodite felt no pain in being deceitful, as she flourished in the fact that she could have anyone and everyone, love and admire her. Aphrodite has had many miscellaneous children as a result of her whimsical affairs, but a few of her more familiar ones are, Eros(god of Love), Rhodos, Herophilus, Hermaphroditus, Priapus, and Aneas. We can remember Aneas as the founder of Rome. Aneas had fled Troy when it was destroyed, accompanied by his son. He traveled far and wide, lived and heard many tales of the past and the future, until he found Rome and claimed it.

Aphrodite's more admired child is Eros.Eros or the Roman Cupid. Eros (Cupid) means desire, for Eros is the god of Love. Just as Aphrodite was married to an ugly god, Hephaestus, she had her son follow in similar footsteps. Eros was in love with Psyche, a beautiful princess. Except Psyche was a mortal, and Aphrodite hated her for her beauty. Aphrodite had Eros persuade Psyche to fall in love with a monster (Eros really), so he hid his identity from her, for she believed him to be hideous. She would only see him at night, as Eros kept her hidden away from all people. One night, Psyche's curiosity got the best of her, and she looked upon Eros by candlelight as he slept. Eros was so enraged by her spying that he left her to wander the world in misery, but he knew that his love for her was too strong. He begged Zeus to change her to an immortal, and they were finally married. We see Eros today as the symbol of love on Valentines day, and other sweetheart moments. Many of the portraiture of Aphrodite is recognizes by the image of Eros by her side, such as Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time by Bronzino.
The most famous legend of Aphrodite, is the beginning of the Trojan War. Aphrodite was among two other goddess, Hera and Athena, who were invited to the wedding of King Peleus and his sea nymph Thetis. Eris the goddess of discord was so outraged that she was not invited, so she threw a golden apple labeled "to the fairest" in the center of the floor. All three goddess knew that they were the fairest, and fought over it. Since Zeus would not choose the fairest, the goddess's looked upon Paris, the Prince of Troy, to make the award. Each goddess offered poor Paris a bribe for them to be the chosen one. Thus the bribe he could not turn down was that of Aphrodite, as she offered him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy. Helen however was the wife of the Greek king Menelaus, so Paris's abduction of Helen led to the Trojan War.

I chose Salome from the Bible

I live in Macedonia but our miths and legends aren't that detailed so I'm gonna use the greek mithology:
Persephone is the goddess of the underworld in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Persephone was such a beautiful young woman that everyone loved her, even Hades wanted her for himself. One day, when she was collecting flowers on the plain of Enna, the earth suddenly opened and Hades rose up from the gap and abducted her. None but Zeus, and the all-seeing sun, Helios, had noticed it.

UK

Alice in wonderland
English writer - Lewis carroll
falls down a hole and has a  magical time

The leanashe is an ancient Irish mythical monster, a female possession spirit or vampire. Variations of the word include Dearg-Du, and Leansídhe.

On the ‘Isle of Man' she is a blood-sucking vampire and in Ireland the muse of poets. It is said that those inspired by her live brilliant, though short, lives.

There are very few adaptations of what she would look like available, but someone at my school did an artistic impression of her for coursework, and apparently she was often barefoot and did not look too much like a vampire, although her beauty was the inspiration and demise of many.

I am from Canada, but am also a vestur-íslendingur (western Icelander). That is what people in Iceland call North-Americans of Icelandic decent. So I chose the huldafolk, which means hidden people, and are basically elves. They like to play games and are nice to people who are nice to them and mean to those who are mean to them. So if you lose something, an example being your keys, the huldafolk are playing with you. If you are nice to them, you will find them somewhere obvious, like near the door, but if you are mean, they tossed them somewhere you won't be likely to find them again, like a hay field.
There are 2 well-known huldafolk who live in Canada. Snorri and Snæbjorn are 2 huldafolk that snuck aboard one of the first ships that carried Icelandic settlers to Canada in the late 1800s. They live in the old elementary school's attic in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada. If you ever visit Gimli, you can go and see their attic, which has their elf sized furniture in it. The old elementary school is now Gimli's town hall.

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Hello! I'm from Finland, and my bimbo is dressed as Kuutar, the goddess of the moon, from Finnish mythology.

Kuutar in Finnish mythology is the silver counterpart of the golden Päivätär, the goddess of the sun. Together they own the gold and the silver that comes from the rays of the sun and the moon. They sit in the sky and spin gold and silver thread and make beautiful clothes out of it. In the Finnish epic poem called Kalevala, young maidens ask these two goddesses for jewellery and clothes to make themselves more attractive.

I am from Serbia. My Bimbo represents Vila Ravijojla (Nymph Ravijojla). Vila /vi:la/ is a Slavic version of a Nymph. They are described as amazingly beautiful young women with long, golden hair, dressed in long, light dresses and bearing bows and arrows. They live in
unhabitated areas, in mountains, by the water or in the clouds. It is believed they are born from the dew, flowers, when it rains, when the sun shines and when there is a rainbow. They build their castles up in the sky. Vilas are incredibly skillful at mending battle wounds using various weeds. They can also predict future. Vilas hardly forgive an insult and they can kill those who offend them with their arrows or with a mere glance. They are kind only to those who manage to steal their clothes and if someone takes away their wings, they turn into an ordinary girl. There are 15 named Vilas altogether, but Vila Ravijojla is the most famous one.

I am from Canada, and I chose the Native American myth of the White Wolf Woman.  The story is of a woman who is saved from her captors by a white wolf who returns her to her tribe, but is killed by her people because they think he has chased her to the village.  After the wolf dies, she escapes from her village up to the top of a mountain and transforms into a white wolf.  She is able to change form at will, and she is known for guiding lost people back to their homes.  Her magic is said to be her freedom.

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I live in Saudi Arabia located in the arabian Peninsula ...FULL of mythical and fairy tales but i chose for my bimbo represent one of the arabian myth there  shr is known with her ability to see from a far dsistance, it has been said that she can see from a 3 days walking distant

Her name is Zarqaa Alyamamah....she is know for her beautiful blue eyes and sharp mind and vison ....her tribe that lived in the middle of the desert, never lost any battle, because Zarkaa allways could see the enemy coming and they would be prepared 3 days a head ....

But at one time their enemy found a way to over come Zarkaa legendery visual ability...they hid behind bushes and trees
Zarkaa saw that there is trees becoming closer each day she told her tribe ..but they laught at her ang told her that her mind is getting ruined and now playing tricks on her
so enemies reached to Zarqa land and killed every one including Zarka...they even took out her eyes .....

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It's the Flying Dutchman! Hunting the seas for all eternity while looking pretty.
Yeah, I am from the Netherlands