the+maverick

**so this is perseus,the maverick who decied to kill medusa.**

**and this is what many african tribes belived that goddess Atai looked like.**

Lightning McQueen of the movie Cars.

In general, the Maverick may stand tall with his features etched with pride. He will tend to be stubborn and unwilling to follow the unconscious trend that he'd been submerged into. Strong willed and focused, the Maverick has a demeanor that says "something is going to change, and I am going to make it happen." As catalysts for change and a safe landing for blame, Mavericks prefer to work alone in all their endeavors. Many Mavericks crave the power to change the world around them. They want control, by any means in some cases, to take over a situation and handle it the way they see fit, adhering to no one. Many African tribes believe in the god Abassi who is known as the creator of humanity both men and women*. Passive and good-natured, Abassi gave a small amount of his power to his loving wife Atai who, in turn, chose the planet earth to have the new human race inhabit. However there were only two humans (a man and a woman) created by Abassi himself and they were under strict orders to not procreate. Soon the man and woman discovered sex and began to reproduce*. Being as relaxed as Abassi was, he was not as angered by the human defiance as his wife Atai. However, she waited until there was a whole village filled with people to take it upon herself, much to her husbands’ disapproval, to show humans who they really were. As the numbers grew, Humans became all too familiar with themselves and tried to overpower the gods. Atai took this as an opportunity and she used her own anger and gave it to some of the humans and helped create arguments between them. To remind all the humans that they were, in fact, only human, she created death and the emotional feeling of grief.* Another example of a maverick would be the ancient Greek legend Perseus the murderer of Medusa. Being the essential part of a prophecy in which his grandfather Acrisios would be destroyed, an unborn Perseus lead his mother away to a distant island in which a man named Polydectes was king. The king had strong feelings toward perseus’ mother Danae and was jealous and angered when he saw that danae gave perseus more love and affection than he. The jealous king sought to get rid of perseus so he could marry his mother and the young man would not interfere. The king sent Perseus on a dangerous mission to retrieve the Gordon’s head. This Gorgon was said to be called Medusa. Although he had no idea as to how to kill the Gorgon, Perseus continued his quest since he had, in fact, promised the king.