Heracles - Greece

Now, that we have creation of the world behind us, comes the time for some heroes. I though that Heracles is a good one to start with. Being half human and half god, he was the only one that could fight the giants. Listen to this story:

Soon after Zeus took over the rule of Olympus, the giants attacked the gods wanting to gain the power. They were throwing mountains and making a wall that would take them to the Olympus. Some of the gods got scared. Giants were attacking them with the massive rocks; those rocks that did not reach Olympus would fall into the sea and were turning into islands. Zeus looked into to the book of destiny and found out that only a human can kill the giants.
Athena brought in Heracles who managed to kill most of the giants with his arrows. Those who survived were scared off by the Dionysus and his army of roaring donkeys.
Only one giant stayed behind on the field. His name was Alcyoneus. He was not afraid of any weapons as long as he could touch the place where he was born. Touching his birthplace would immediately heal all his wounds. Heracles kidnapped him, took him far away from his country and killed him.

What an interesting myth. Despite all the fighting it has a couple of poetic touches. For example, explanation on how the mountains / rocks that had fallen into the sea became islands.

I was thinking that writing all the time about one region might be a little bit boring. I couldn't resist and last week  I bought a book on celtic myths and legends. Maybe I can choose a couple of them in April? What do you think?