"Only she can prevent the darkness from engulfing the world"
THE NEMEAN LION pt1
The world’s fascination with monsters harks back to the dawn
of civilization – and even to prehistoric times – when mankind first sought to
explain the magical and capricious forces of nature.
Civilized as the ancients were, the stories they told were
filled with horrifying creatures. They called them monsters, and there was
nothing civil about them. From Anteus, the bloodthirsty cannibal giant, to
Hecate, the beautiful, ambitious tormentor of the dead, to the ogre Fafnir,
whose guests for dinner become his dinner, the monsters of mythology embody the
dark side of human nature. Their battles with Ulysses, Jason, and the other
heroes and heroines of legend represent the ongoing contest between all that is
worst, all that is best, and all that stands in between.
Tonight we feature the Nemean Lion, a murderous beast who terrorizes
the people of Nemea with his ivory-dagger teeth, brass talons, and impenetrable
armor hide. But Nemea is merely a practice ground for the lion; his true task
is to serve Zeus, King of the gods, who needs a special monster to destroy the
latest threat to his rule: a sickly, undersized child destined, the god-king
has warned, to shake his entire kingdom.
Unaware of heroic fate, the tine Palaemona falls in love
with Melampus, the healer, who can revive the dead and save them from an
eternity in Tartarus under Hades’ brutal reign. But the healer’s betrayal and
Palaemona’s yearning for his love soon lead her to the grotesque Bullman, who
employs bulls to savagely tear his victims in half, shredding their skin and
bones, spilling their blood like fertilizer across his furrowed land. The
Bullman quickly prepares Palaemona for a similar end – one that would leave
this ancient time desperately short of heroes.
Caught between a world she so much wants to love and a world
she is terribly unsure of, a young girl struggles to find the answers that lie
just beyond her reach. Surrounded by treacherous gods, enormous killer bees,
and leather-winged demons, she must face one of the most frightening creatures
to ever walk the land: the Nemean Lion. Standing alone, this brave young girl
is the only one who can prevent the darkness from engulfing an already fragile
world.
Book: Monsters & Myth - THE NEMEAN LION
Author: Bernard Evslin
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