The Kraken is from NORSE MYTH, not Greek Myth. In the myth of Perseus, the monster Perseus slew was the sea-serpent CETO.
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Top 10 Mythological Errors in Clash of the Titans (Remake)
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Io's backstory: Io was not cursed with immortality for refusing a god's advance. In the myth, she SLEPT with Zeus and afterwards was turned into a Heifer.
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The Kraken never fought and beat the Titans. The honor of beating the Titans went to the Greek gods who battled with the titans in the Mythological Titanomachy.
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There are no titans in this movie. Despite the title being 'Clash of the Titans' we never see any Titans in the movie.
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Hades was not a villain. Despite his portrayal in most Myth movies, Hades, the god of the Underworld, is actually very rarely, a villain in the Greek myths (save for the whole, 'Abducting Persephone'
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There was never a human 'war' against the Greek gods. Sure, humans stopped believing in them and tore down their alters, but there was never a time when a King raised up a huge human army and marched
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Charon did not sail the dead down the river Styx. He sailed them down the river ACHERSON. Nessus the centaur sailed the dead down the river Styx.
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In the movie, Perseus befriends a Pegasus on his way to fight Medusa. In the myth, it wasn't till after Persus decapitated Medusa that the Pegasus sprang from the body of the Gorgon.
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Perseus and Io were never a couple. Io was actually a distant ancestor of Perseus. After killing the sea-serpent and saving Andromeda, Perseus and Andromeda married nad had several children.
