"The Cold Heart" by Wilhelm Hauff.
Once upon a time there was a young man named Peter. He wanted to make his life better.
Peter met a Glassman. This wizard fulfilled his wishes. Peter became happy.
Then he met another wizard in the forest, Dutch-Mike. This creature granted Peter's wish, but replaced his heart with a stone.
Eventually, through magic, Peter got his heart back and became closer to his family.
A food chain is a different relationship between plants and animals. They eat each other and transfer energy.
Every creature in the food chain is important.
Food chains support flora and fauna in ecosystems.
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Uranus (Οὐρανός ) was a god of the sky in Ancient Greece. His father was Chaos (χάος). His mother was Hemera (Ἡμέρα).
Uranus was the first ruler of the world in Greek mythology. He lived in the sky. Uranus had a wife Gaia (Γαῖα).
He had many different children. The Titans, the Giants, the Cyclops, the Meliae, and etc.
Hesione (Ἡσιόνη) was a Trojan princess. She was a daughter of King Laomedon of Troy. Priam was Hesione's brother.
She was saved by Heracles from the sea monster. Heracles and Telamon (Τελαμών) killed this creature.
Hesione had two sons; Teucer (Τεῦκρος) and Trambelus (Τράμβηλος).
"They are two sisters: one gives birth to other, who in turn gives birth to the first. Who are the two sisters?" the Sphinx asked Oedipus.
"These two sisters are day (ἡμέρα) and night (νύξ)." Oedipus answered.
The Sphinx had this riddle, too.
After that, she killed herself.
Minos (Μίνως) was a King of Crete in Greek myths and legends. His father was Zeus, his mother was Europa.
He ruled on an island. Minos met many different characters of Greek mythology, such as: Daedalus, Poseidon, Minotaur, and etc.
King of Crete asked King Aegeus for seven boys and seven girls. they were needed for Daedalus' labyrinth, these boys and girls were eaten by the Minotaur .
Theseus, the Athenian hero, killed this creature.
Pasiphaё was Minos' wife. They had several children: Ariadne, Phaedra, Androgeus, Deucalion, Gkaucus, Catreus, Acacallis, and Xenodice.
He died in Sicily. After the death, Minos became an judge in the underworld.
This character was popular in arts and culture.
The creature Sphinx (Σφίγξ) guarded Thebes (Θῆβαι), the Greek city. Typhon (Τυφῶν) and Chimera (Χίμαιρα) were her parents. Hera (Ἥρα) or Ares (Ἄρης) sent her in this place. The Sphinx had her own riddle. It sounds like this:
"Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?"
She killed who couldn't answer this question.
Oedipus (Οἰδίπους) solved the riddle of Sphinx.
"Person-who crawls on all fours as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick during old age," he answered.
Afterwards, the creature killed herself.
Later Oedipus became the king of Thebes.
This riddle is popular in culture and art.
“Rumpelstiltskin” by the Brothers Grimm.
Once upon a time there was a miller. He was a poor man. Miller had a daughter. She was beautiful girl.
Miller said to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold.
The next night, the miller’s daughter was to turn the straw into gold in the castle. She couldn’t do it.
Suddenly the girl saw a creature who looked like an imp in the room. He took the necklace from her and spun gold out of straw.
The king asked miller’s daughter once more to make gold out of straw during the night. This time the creature took the ring from her.
For the third time, the king asked the girl to spin gold from straw and decided to marry her.
The creature did all and asked for her future child.
When the queen gave birth to a child, she didn’t want to give it up. Then the creature offered to guess his name within three days.
The Queen sent messengers to find out his name. One of them said his name was Rumpelstiltskin.
The creature was so evil when the queen called his name that he tore himself up in anger.
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