Myths and Legends in Arthur

Arthur and his friends often use their imaginations to explain the world around them. In the course of doing so, they frequently reference classical myths and legends.

Poseidon
The Greek god of the ocean. He is the brother of Zeus. Poseidon appears in D.W.'s story.

Unicorns
Unicorns are legendary creatures. They are a white horse with a single horn on top of its head. DW loves Unicorns and always wanted a real Unicorn (including a pony). A real unicorn appeared in D.W story.

Siren
Sirens are fish people that live on small islands. According to legend there song can send sailers to there doom. They made an appearance in D.W story where they sang the song Crazy Bus.

Baba Yaga
A legend told in Russia. It is an old lady who lives in a tree house with chicken legs. Sue Ellen told this story when she got scared in What Scared Sue Ellen.



Kappa
A river demon from Japan. They say that they catch children playing in the river. Their only weakness is to get them to bow. They made an appearance in What Scared Sue Ellen.

Banshee
A spirit from Scotland and Ireland. There cries mean certain doom. Actually the Banshee appeares to those with Scottish or Iresh background. They only appear when someone dies. They made an appearace in What Scared Sue Ellen.

Ghosts
Ghosts have appeared in many legends. Most people are scared of ghosts. There are people who research ghosts. Ghosts made many appearances in the Arthur series.



Cupids
Cupid is known as the demigod of love. He is the offspring of the goddess venus in roman mytholigy. It is said that his arrow can make anyone to fall in love with the first person they see. They made an appearane in Buster's secert admire.

Dragons
Dragons have been found in legends all over the world. They are very popular in moderen day culture. In Arthur a platinum dragon appeared in Ferns story the thing (the good version). A robotic dragon appeared in DW, the Picky Eater.

Cyclops
The cyclops is a legendary giant from greek and roman mythology. They had one eye and very low defposation. They would eat anything. It was the cyclops who helped the gods of olympus to win the war of the titans. The cyclops appeared in DW story.

Trolls
Trolls live under bridges and eat anything that enters its territory. It is common enemy in fairy tales next to wolfs. Trolls only appeared in Just Deserts.



Witches
Witches are a religion or tradition but the ones used in stories are evil and case spells. They live in the deep dark woods. It made an appearance in Just Deserts.



Giant
The giant is a realy big person. In many tales they are 10 times the size of normal or over size human. It made an appearance in Just Deserts.



Vampire
A legendary creature from Romania. Legends are said to drink the blood of humans. The most vampire is Dracula. There weakness is sun light, a wooden stack, holly water and garlic. Legends say they can transform into a bat and only comes out at night. He made an appearance in Ferkenstein Monster.

Radioactive Lizard
A famous subject that appears in many comic books, movies and tv shows. The most famous radioactive lizard is Godzilla. She mainly ate fish, she lived under water, she is capable breathing radioactive fire. She made an appearance in Fernkenstein Monster.

Centaur
A legendary creature from Greek and Roman mythology. It is half human and half horse. It is said to live in the forest and hate humans. The Centaur appeared as Alan Brain Powers in the opening in Looking through the Glasses.

The Tooth Fairy
A small creature that goes to house to house collecting teeth from small children. They leave money underneath the pillow of the child. It made an appearance in DW tricks the tooth fairy.

Cerberus
A legendary three headed dog from the underworld. Legends state that it protects the door from the inhabbitens from leaveing the underworld. It appeared in Prunella Packs it in as the three head dog of dofenshmer.

Leperchaun
The Leperchaun comes from Irish mythology. They are small people that take care of the enviroment. Legends state that at the end of a rainbow is where you find there pot of gold. The Leperchaun are also known to be very tricky. Of you spot a lepercon you must keep an eye on it or it would disappear.

Mermaids and Mermen
These creatures are a common legend with sailors. Said to be half man or woman and half fish. There songs like the siren can lure sailors to there doom. The Merpeople where seen in both D.W goes to Washington and Buster Baxter and the Letter from the Sea.

Big Foot
A creature that lives in the Western Forest of North America. There has been sitings across North America. They are extreamly fast, strong and smart. They are part of Native American legends. They appeared in the episode the Contest.

Mummy
The Mummy is not a creature but instead the way the egyptians barey there dead. They remove the vital parts and cover them with salt so it can remove the mosture in the body. Mummies in moves are creatures that can move slowly and tend to attack by crushing there victims head. The mummy appeared in Buster Hits the Books.