Icarus to Pop Culture

Icarus to Pop Culture (Video Games)

Icarus Timeline

Icarus

Similarities

Kid Icarus

-Protagonist's name is Pit.

-Antagonist is Medusa.

-Protagonist is trying to reclaim stolen items.

-Protagonist is trying to chase down and kill the Antagonist(Medusa).

-A goddesses is affected by the Antagonist's actions.

-Protagonist's name is Icarus.

-Antagonist is King Minos.

-Protagonist is trying to escape a prison.

-Protagonist is trying to flee from the Antagonist(Medusa).

-A god is punishing the protagonist.

-Includes another character committing an hateful act towards the protagonist.

-The name, Icarus becomes associated with wings.

-Both includes Greek goddesses.

-Both include monsters of Greek Mythology.

1. Icarus's father, Daedalus, is a carpenter. His nephew (Talus) begins to invent his own items, like the saw, he realizes Talus may be better then him.

2. After getting jealous, Daedalus throws Talus of a monument in Athens called Acropolis.

3. After either feeling guilty, or being banished, Daedalus leaves to the island, Crete. Ruled by King Minos.

4. After befriending him, Daedalus is asked to create a maze to trap a Minotaurs.

Icarus Story

Kid Icarus (cont.)

Icarus Timeline (cont.)

The story of Icarus is about a young boy trying to escape a prison with his father by creating wings out of feathers and wax. But Icarus flew too close to the sun, just like his father told him not to do, and fell out of the sky.

While in the underworld, Medusa conspired with the monsters of the underworld to take over the Sky Temple, Palutena's residence.

5. A man going by the name, Theseus, wants to defeat the minotaur(where he succeeds.)

6. King Minos is unhappy with this action and locks

Daedalus and Icarus in a tower.

7. Immediately Daedalus begins to make a plan of action to escape, by making wings for both him and his son to fly out of the tower. After flying away, Icarus flies too close to the sun and falls into the water and unfortunately drowns...

Kid Icarus (Video Game)

Kid Icarus (cont.)

Work Cited

Kid Icarus Timeline

A video games series going by the name, "Kid Icarus", created by developers at Nintendo, where a land named, "Angel Land" is ruled by the goddess of Light, Palutena. But the Queen of Darkness, Medusa, hated Palutena's actions towards humans. Palutena then banished Medusa to the underworld after she had dried up all of the humans crops and turned humans into stone.

5. While fighting with Palutena's army, Medusa stole "The Three Sacred Treasures": The Mirror Shield, the Arrow of Light, and the Wings of Pegasus.

http://www.vnotesonline.com/img_art/Kid_Icarus_Manual.pdf

http://www.shmoop.com/daedalus-icarus/summary.html

1. A kingdom named "Angel Land" was ruled by a goddess named Palutena who created light for the humans who lived there.

2. Medusa didn't like humans and always dried up the crops of the land and turned people to stone.

3. Angered, Palutena punished Medusa by turning her into a disgusting monster and sending her into the Underworld.

4. While in the underworld, she joined forces with the monsters of the underworld to attempt to take over Angel land.