Topic Research: Serpents and Sea Monsters

I think for this project I'm going to focus on the Serpents and Sea Monsters. Going off of what Laura recommended to me, I think doing a storybook around various mythical reptiles could be interesting. Most of my story ideas here are kind of simple where I flip the story and the serpent/dragon wins.

First story idea: Wikipedia: Apep

I could make this story based around Apep's eternal battle with Ra and them fighting every night. This would of course include Ra winning every time. Maybe they could get tired of fighting over time or Ra becomes more and more arrogant because he thinks he can never lose and his victory is always assured. Maybe one day the prayers stop and Ra is finally defeated, thrusting the world into eternal darkness and chaos.

Second story idea: Theoi: Drakon Hesperios

This is the 100 headed serpent who guards the Golden Apples of Hesperides. It's name is Ladon and it is killed by Heracles as part of the 12 labors. I don't think I'll have Ladon specifically, but being one of the Labors, Ladon should be ferocious and may have been the untimely demise of some other adventure.

Third story idea: Wikipedia: Sea Serpents

I have no decided on the specific iteration of sea serpents I'd like to write about, but the one described Hans Egede seems to be pretty interesting. This is because it's so recent relatively speaking. Instead of being thousands of years old, it's just a couple, and it seems they didn't confront it directly, so maybe this story could be less violent and more of an omen type situation.

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