The Friendly Beast(s) are animals that help the hero. In the myth titled “Melampus”, the Beast(s) are two snakes. Melampus (the hero) saved two snakes from being killed, by his servants. In return, the two snakes someway or the other, made sure that Melampus could understand the language of animals. “The snakes had made him able to understand the language of all flying and creeping creatures. He learned in this way the art of divination as no one ever had, and he became a famous soothsayer. He saved himself too, by his knowledge”(295). The snakes helped Melampus, which shows that nature is on the side of the hero.