Mythical сreatures. Мифические создания.

English mythical creatures

Purpose: to learn and get acquainted with the mythological characters of England

• Tasks :
• Learn new mythical characters of England
• To understand how our ideas differ from reality

Fairy

• In the folklore of Great Britain, fairies are the most numerous kind of mythical creatures. By their nature, they are crafty and mischievous, sometimes cruel, and sometimes kind-hearted. They are very touchy and vindictive, have an aesthetic sense — they love dancing and music, and also worship marital fidelity and chastity.

Dragon

• They were often portrayed with a massive serpentine body, had wings, horns, four paws and were able to breathe fire. The main occupation of dragons is to steal gold and put it in heaps in their cave. The mythological dragon symbolizes the test that must be passed to get the treasure. It is associated with immortality, which can be obtained by invading the body of a monster

Hobbit

• They are one of the kindest fairies of the English mythology. Hobbits are the modest and very ancient people. They love peace and quiet and are drawn to the cultivated land. They are undersized people, half as tall as a man. There were three main tribes of Hobbits : The grips, Hairy and legged Foresters

Dobby

• Dobby is a house elf, a creature obliged to serve one magical family or house all his life. He is short, with a long thin nose, bat-like ears, and large bulging green eyes. His masters were Dark Magicians and treated him cruelly. Dobby loved two things more than anything else in the world:socks and keep an eye on the order in your school

In English mythology, the images of mythical creatures often differ from the modern images that are presented in different films.