#there's no basis for that in the myths

[finngualart]

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#norse gods #norse mythology #odin x loki #odin/loki #loki #odin #made some spicy drawings for myself (the spiciest ive ever made thus far jdsh) so i can stop thinking about Them and focus on other things #but i am too shy to post them ahaha #you can request them if you like #i'll dm them to you #i also feel better about it this way bc i'll know people are 100% consenting to see it #idk i just get a lot of dicks and vags shoved in my face on the internet when im just trying to go about my business #i dont actually enjoy that very much :) #lol also! #disclaimer time #this odin and loki are not father and son dear god #they're blood brothers (i.e. two people not related by birth who mingle their bodily fluids to swear eternal loyalty to each other :P) #im saying this bc a beloved and respected and treasured mutual voiced their bemusement about me drawing incest the other day hghgdgh #its the marvel comics/movies that made that up #there's no basis for that in the myths #the myths are definitely not free of incest but i personally am not super into that :'))))) #so this version of him is not loki's dad but definitely their daddyy

[moghedien]

I’m watching a video that’s explaining that Lore Olympus is actually about and IM GONNA FUCKING SCREAM

#I heard nothing but bad things about that comic and the art is atrocious imo #so I was never interested in it given how naturally wary I am of Greek retellings anyway #but they did WHAT TO DEMETER #TELL ME YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE MYTH THST WAS THE BASIS FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT AND POPULAR GREEK MYSTERY CULT #WITHOUT TELLING ME YOU DONT UNDERSTAND IT #FUCK

[sarafangirlart]

I’m sorry but it’s so corny to say that Aphrodite doesn’t care about appearances bc she’s the goddess of love. It shows a complete misunderstanding of her complexity as a character as well as a fundamental misunderstanding of how beauty was viewed in Ancient Greece.

#ramblings #they literally believed that beauty correlates with how much of a good person you are #and she abandoned Priapus for being deformed #tho tbf that’s only referenced in a late source #but when y’all say that she couldn’t have cheated on Hephaestus bc of his appearance I can’t help but side eye #you don’t need to make excuses for cheaters pls #obviously retellings are fine since it could be hard to root for a character being shallow but when it comes to serious discussion #pls don’t just make shit up with no actual basis #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon #greek goddess #aphrodite greek mythology #aphrodite goddess #Aphrodite #greek god #greek goddesses #greek myths #greek myth

[howoffcentre]

I have brainworms

#my art #original art #oc: phobos #oc: deimos #oc: harmonia #< me looking at somewhat niche greek mythological figures: what if i made these into ocs and develop a story for them with no basis in myth #what then 🧍 #children of ares

[aroaceleovaldez]

yall dont wanna see the rant i just went on trying to math out if Clarisse and Silena = Achilles and Patroclus, then does the Battle for Manhattan in TLO = the Trojan War, and in which case who’s who. is the Titan Army the Trojans? or is Olympus the Trojans because they’re defending Olympus (i.e. Trojans defending Troy)? If Percy is also Achilles, kinda, cause curse of Achilles, what’s everybody’s roles then? What do we do with two Achilles? is Ethan Nakamura Hector? Does Luke = Paris? (in which case Hermes = Priam? which actually works really well cause Hermes did aid Priam in the Trojan war). or is Luke... Helen? Or is Luke just straight up the Trojan Horse?

Also side-tangent, if Clarisse and Silena are Achilles and Patroclus, we can make some guesses for who Chris Rodriguez vaguely is analogous to, but not really Charles Beckendorf? at least purely in terms of love interests. Which is interesting. Again: who’s who. I simply must know.

#pjo #percy jackson #riordanverse #analysis #there's also a whoooole lot of Percy and Nico in the Underworld = Caeneus in the rant #but that's besides the point i've gone on that rant enough times #though i do think its interesting in a manner of if it is an intentional parallel (which is very possibly is!) #then it implies that Rick started leaning more into Nico being canonically romantically interested in Percy back in TLO #which would make sense given you also have Clarisse and Silena as Achilles and Patroclus *very* explicitly in the same book #and whereas Achilles and Patroclus being lovers is a debated topic - Caeneus' romance is as far as im aware undisputed #(probably primarily because Caeneus was a woman for most of it) #and like from book one Rick referenced myths like Ganymede #so like. i dont think the whole ''greek mythology had a lot of gay stuff' was going over his head or anything #and Caeneus is not an obscure figure. he was an Argonaut! #and the Argonauts were. yknow. the entire basis for the second series. and also a good amount of SoM #there was also a lot of ''Does Nico = Orpheus?'' and How Many Times Did Nico Pull An Orpheus (the answer is like. 2. maybe 3.) #(maybe 4 actually) #regardless Nico has fully exhausted Most Orpheus Myths so theoretically they shouldn't come back. #[I AM LOOKING VERY HARD AT THE NICO BOOK. DO NOT DO THE THING I SWEAR I WILL BE MAD.] #not because ''oh no tragedy'' because i KNOW it's gonna turn out fine and Different This Time and ill just be mad #because it got overused cause WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT SPECIFIC PART LIKE. TWICE. IN THE FIRST SERIES. GET OUTTA HERE. #anyways options for if the Argo 2 members represent Argonauts then Who Orpheus - Piper. Leo. Nico. #i personally prefer Piper best for thematic reasons but Leo could also fit and Nico is really trying on the myth-reenactment-front #and also being the mopey guy on the Argo ruining the vibes for everyone cause he's busy being heartbroken and emo #he hasn't been torn limb from limb and his immortal severed head turned into a speaker for his parents to listen to tunes from though #so really Nico are you even trying? (the ''parents-grant-immortality-after-death'' thing though is also a Nico-pulls-an-Orpheus moment tho)

[popsicle-stick]

never not thinking about the wild hunt and all its hyperspecific regional and cultural variants. like What Was Going On There. really

#spirits and black goats in england?? unseelie court in scotland??? Fucking Clowns in France??? #woden/wotan/oðinn often leads the hunt in places with germanic basis such as scandinavia germany netherlands and england #guernsey has sea witches..... #there's so many kings and heroes and random figures like francis drake (!?) who have been subsumed into the myth too

[iersei]

Miku Mix Playlist

Track 26: Reboot - JimmyThumb-P

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#hatsune miku #reboot #vocaloid #miku mix month #i was one of those people who fell for the myth that this was samune zimi’s retirement song #(literally only realized it was a myth when i was looking up stuff for this project) #yeah it still gets to me #yeah i still use it as a basis for my personality and stories #this song gets to me man #tossing my art into the void

[percabeth4life]

Luke: I asked for a quest! Not a repeat job!

Luke: copies literally everyone ever that was angry with the Gods and betrays them and tries to wage war, even copying the previous titan war

#yes I know this is not the whole basis of his issue BUT #the boy complained his quest that he LITERALLY FAILED wasnt special and unique enough #then went and did a repeat round of a dozen other myths but as the villain #like okay grats uve dedicated ur life to repeat jobs #pjo #percy jackson #luke castellan

[fitzrove]

studying for an exam and haunted by this.....

#'nobody cares its a fanfic' PEOPLE SHOULD CARE #akasjjdjjgjgjdjjf #every country has its biases in history writing but learning to acknowledge them is something not even all professional historians can do #and when you learn to see them it also causes a rift in your worldview and that of most other people from your country because you stop #subscribing to/start seeing cracks in the 'foundational myth' of the nation (= part of the basis for the nation as an imagined community) #and i can't talk about this to people because they will go 'well if it didn't happen the way it did the country wouldn't be independent' #and in fact people lean on nationalism more and more because of the current state of international affairs and to some level it's needed #because it effectively motivates people #but ughhuuhughghghghh #burdened by my big brain etc #XDDDDDDDDDD #valuable learning experience etc. but idk what to do about that fanfic... i wrote the scene the way i did cos it was easy for me #i would have to do a lot of research to find a more fitting case to use and i dont have time #xD maybe i should put a note

[kuruna]

I think people shouldn't talk about Persephone if their view on Demeter is negative in the slightest 💖

#Hope talks #👁️_👁️ #This is about my mythology class. btw #So baffled by straight up rejection of acknowledging the kidnapping #There may be other myths of a more consensual relationship sure sure #But the version presented in the Homeric hymn is the most well known and the basis for most information regarding them #The rejection to acknowledge the kidnapping is almost always paired with treating Demeter like she's some crazy bitch and not a mother #Who was scared and worried about her daughter. 💔 My god #I'm sorry it is not feminist or progressive if your consensual Persephone myth involved belittling Demeter #When again the Homeric hymn presents a story of a scared girl being stolen and her mother doing everything in her power to bring her back #Home. Anyways 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

[teddybeirin]

learn the rules & then bend them with style. the wizard's way

#yvette #still need to finish bending the rules of geomancy to be more fun. but now am enamored with astrology & astrolatry myth-basis for Why thing #are done - & the different entry-points and ways to move if you take the many facets of this huge collection #of myths & carefully brush away the christian categorizing to find oh! beloved saturn! #but keeping fun father time because it's all about my own preferences. and oh how it screws things up #if you decide ''i hate the concept of a week. monday is not real it cant hurt me'' and to measure time in different ways #suddenly all the planetary days & hours correspondences are closed to me naturally. what fun! #& well some other dude already solved this. it's the day of the planet if it is above the horizon + hour of the planet if it is overhead #so true man. im feeling it

[echoes-of-kemet]

Deities of other pantheons may think the title of Biggest Slut goes to Hathor or even Bast. But the gods of Kemet know Thoth the community bicycle of all gods should be in the running. His list of flings, friends with benefits, and one night stands is a long one, including:

Ma'at

Seshat

Nehmetawy

Nut

Set

Astennu

Tefnut

Sekhmet

Khonshu

Osiris (and Isis)

Bast

Hermes

Apollo

Iris

Nefertem

Min

Neith

#lore posting #thoth #fun fact: everyone up to Osiris has a basis in the actual mythology #it's difficult to tell For Sure w/ the male partners due to the history of researchers changing or outright erasing things they didn't like #but as new egyptologists examine the old myths some of these forgotten tellings may be rediscovered #point is. global mythology has always been queer and not every -ologist of whatever kind is a bigot #but the ones that historically were caused the loss of information at their most innocent #this has been my wee tag rant thank you for coming drink some water take a nice shower etc. #from the waters of queue

[holywineandmadness]

Just a little reminder to be a lil patient with those who found the Gods through popular media. We didn’t all have books about mythology as kids or were the “weird” ones who would sit during recess and read. Give us a little extra time, this is all new to us.

#e journals #it can be a little disheartening to see so much vitriol towards popular media that usesmyths as a basis of storytelling #we should seperate myth and modern stories and religion of course #but we werent all the kids that could recite the stories by heart #but i straight up learned that hades was the god of wealth through lore olympus #I learned that dionysus was the god of wine from hades (the game by supergiant) of all things #i just never had an interest in it as a child #i was 25 when i started showing interest in the theoi #i have a lot of catching up to do but damn if Lament Of Orpheus doesn't remind me of my love of Dionysus

[dullahandyke]

Pov me blocking different tags for ze hades game like whack a mole

#tfw the irish pagan has opinions on the adaption of pantheistic myth as like a neutral basis for a story #instead of something that should. u know. include the people from the culture that u r profiting off of #@supergiant why do they sound british....

[corvid-ghost]

Bro here's stories I want to write but I'm a highscooler who's incredibly burnt out and depressed

#2 of em are retellings #others are original ideas #1 o the retelling is of medusa (following the original myth not Ovids etelling) where she falls in love with a blind women #the core of the story is about grief and acceptance #and the other is a retelling Romeo and Juliet #this one is also queer #its the story but they both are just experiencing comp het #but nooo 8 have to not be able to shit #i can only semi function on a regular basis

[kopivie]

when in a depressive episode, just look for old ideas and worldbuild. that's what i'm doing.

#[ 🌱 — blah blah. ] #it's not as refined as the others #like there's no singular basis for this world #it's a combination of several myths and such #but im doing it anyways