Okay so I have a story I'm writing and I use a Greek mythology character in it. In my story they have some of the same traits but I kind of created my own version of the creature so to speak. Should I try to make it more along the same lines as the Greeks or just role with my story as it is.
If you are doing a story/retelling of Greek mythology, then you should stick to the facts. But as inspiration, there's no reason not to change certain aspects of the story.
ahh "Creature" ... in that case.. just go with what flows with you. I do not think you need to worry at all. Last I heard people think vampires catching rays in the noon day sun at the beach are acceptable.
L.O.L. thanx. It's not a retelling just a fantasy story. A half harpy half human is my MC. And obviously because of her family there are other harpies in it.
Actually, that thing with vampires is from the original myth and the best known vampire story (Dracula); the "sunlight will kill them" thing wasn't portrayed until the movie Nosferatu (released, I think, sometime in the 20's). I think you should stick some of the basics at least (if someone had a Wendigo and it didn't involve cannibalism I'd wonder why they'd bothered calling it that at all.)