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Winged Shoes

Winged Shoes as seen in the film adaptation.

Winged Shoes are magical shoes given as gifts by Hermes to his children. They are similar to Hermes' winged sandals, one of his many Symbols of Power.

Appearance[]

The shoes look like basketball shoes, but at the word "Maia", they sprout wings and enable the user to fly. If the word is spoken when the wings are out, the wings shrink back into the shoes and they descend. They also look like Converse Chuck Taylors, but have an "H" as a symbol of Hermes instead of a star.

Luke Castellan-Viria

Luke Castellan, an owner of Winged Shoes.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians[]

The Lightning Thief[]

Percy Jackson

Percy Jackson, user of the Winged Shoes.

Luke Castellan gave Percy Jackson his pair that had been given to him by his father, Hermes. However, they were cursed, in order to drag Percy down to Tartarus once he got to the Underworld. Percy escaped this inadvertently by giving the shoes to Grover Underwood since it was a bad idea for Percy to hover because of Zeus.

During the period that Grover was wearing them, he used it numerous times to get out of dangerous situations such as fighting Medusa, and escaping the trap at Waterland.

In the Underworld, the shoes try to drag Grover into Tartarus, but they fall off because the shoes are too big for his feet. After attacking the three briefly, the shoes fly off into Tartarus by themselves.

Luke later admits that he'd altered the shoes so that they would deliver Percy to Kronos in Tartarus along with the Master Bolt.

The Lightning Thief (graphic novel)[]

Luke gives the shoes to Percy who then gives them to Grover because it would be dangerous for Percy to be in the air. Later when Annabeth Chase and Grover are panhandling Luke shows up in an Iris Message and asks Percy how the shoes are working. Percy lies and says they are coming in handy. When they get to the Underworld the shoes try to pull Grover into Tartarus.

The Heroes of Olympus[]

The Lost Hero[]

At Camp, Piper McLean briefly sees a sign on the Camp Half-Blood store, saying "50% off winged shoes".

The House of Hades[]

While Percy and Annabeth are in Tartarus, Percy wonders if the winged shoes are still somewhere in Tartarus.

The Trials of Apollo[]

The Burning Maze[]

Apollo, Jason and Piper find a pair of winged shoes on Caligula's shoe yacht, but Apollo rejects the idea of taking them.

Film[]

The Lightning Thief[]

Luke says that they just need a running start and it may take some practice. Unlike in the book, Percy never gave the shoes to Grover and used them himself. He first used them to get a pearl from the statue of Athena in Nashville. At the end of the movie when Luke steals the Master Bolt from Percy, they use the winged shoes to chase each other as the bolt switches hands. Luke manages to damage one of Percy's shoes (by cutting of one of the wings), but when Percy beats him and takes the bolt back, he takes Luke's shoes and flies back.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

  • They are similar to Hermes' winged sandals, possibly because Percy was given them by Luke, a son of Hermes.
  • The activation word "Maia" may possibly be based on the Titaness Maia, who is Hermes' mother.
  • In real life, the flying shoes are actually high top converse.
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