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Many Greek myths focus on "the hero's quest," often involving challenging or difficult tasks the hero must complete to achieve a  goal (4)  There is often magical or supernatural forces at work as well (4) The quest forces the hero to use strength, wits, or both to defeat an enemy or some type of monster that crosses their path in Possibly my favorite mythical hero of all time, because he was a hero in the truest sense, as he actually died for his own people Though the poem is in Old English, the story is actually set in Scandinavia, where King Hrothgar of the Danes has a mead hall, which is under attack by a monster called "Grendel" (who is described as a giant) What hero myths communicate to us, what we're so thirsty for, is the reality of a certain experience, the exhilarating and righteous feeling of fighting for what's right The historian Herodotus wrote that he wanted to preserve humanity's "mighty and marvelous deeds" so they would