#mythological influences

[doodlerose]

#agamemnon #menelaus #patroclus #digital art #I learned that Agamemnon and Menalaus was exiled and thought this was funny #The funniest part about this is Peleus seeing this and being like yesss #What a good influence for my son #It was weird to try and draw young Agamemnon or Menelaus without a beard #greek mythology #classics #ancient greece #the illiad #greek myth art

[honouredsnakeprincess]

so, why do magical girls (when they are depicted with weapons) usually depicted as using weapons of a previous era? there are a hundred fencers, a dozen musketeers, but practically no magical girls with anything used after the first world war.

#possible side project #after project criminal troupe #and project get that one book on russian occultism from the library to see how pre-modern russian folklore and mythology did or did not #influence occultism in the late imperial era

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

you are pitting Jesus and Santa Claus against each other. I am acknowledging Santa as both a mythic symbol of Christ and a cultural legend based upon a real man whose faithfulness to Christ was used by God to grant common grace not just to the people of Myra but throughout the entire world. we are not the same.

#- HK #I know anti-Santa people who are not smug but the anti-Santa influencers are getting smugger and smugger each year #my generation was not raised to cope with loss of childhood #pro-tip: it comes back when you have your own children #I know because I get a taste of it whenever I visit my friends’ kids #mobile #x #Christmas #Christianity #history #mythology #let kids believe in magic again #you know what believing in magic did for me? trained my heart to recognize the wondrous when I see it #trained me to accept that I don’t and can’t know everything #trained me to live by the faith of adherence when i cannot enjoy the faith of assurance (Matthew Henry) #I was the only person in any of my friend groups who ever believed in Santa #and you know why I didn’t feel betrayed to find out I’d misplaced my belief? because Santa is real. #someone moves even terrible parents to give good gifts to their children on the same holy day every year #someone moves the imagination to ensure that the darkest week of the year will produce the most ethereal lights #someone moves the ancient and forgotten back into our conscious present minds #and if you’re wondering whether I’m talking about Jesus or Santa that’s a GOOD thing! #that’s the whole point! #the Santa mythos *impacts* people all over the world. and that is an act of Providence whether you believe in God or not

[cannibalcaprine]

#general descriptors based on vibes‚ titles based on mythological or cultural influences #space

[sarafangirlart]

If your understanding of Hephaestus as a character and his relationship with Aphrodite comes solely from the GOW Games maybe stfu idk

#I’ve been seeing so many annoying dudebros acting like they know the mythology #calling Hephaestus and Aphrodite all kinds of names #ppl complain about the negative influence Lore Olympus had on pop culture’s perception of mythology #we don’t talk enough about how the god of war ga #games do the same thing but with gamers #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #hephaestus greek mythology #hephaestus god #hephastios #hephaestus x aphrodite #hephaestus #hephaistos

[crazy-maracuya]

Love the idea of trickster Lucifer/The Devil who tries to manipulate and psychologically torture everyone into leaving god and taking away all their chance to be redeemed.

But I'm hungry to see Michael never falling for it.

And I don't mean the Archangel who goes down to his level to make people still have faith, who also hurts others and even his own to go against the devil. Neither do I also mean the Archangel who is blinded by faith and does whatever he wants because he can't fall, or even the Archangel who acts just as pompous and prideful as any other prince.

I clave for the Archangel who fails and learns his lessons, who always gets hurt in the end but never gives up on humanity, the one that became so human it breaks him entirely, the Archangel chief prince that rules through heaven and the pressure of it holds him forever. The Archangel whose faith doesn't waver, whose scars are visible like those of a warrior, whose mind is sharp from the ages and wise from its confrontarions with the devil. The one who is patient enough to hold a conversation with the worst of kind, the one who has learned resilience from the humble and recieved strength from the loveless. The one that has been through the war and never forget it, but neither does it forget to love the enemy through it.

#rant: #that talk with the devil and michael over his body and the whole thing of jesus being tempted as a human by the devil always made me wonder #if the angels after the fall of Lucifer would also be subjected to more of that #possibly even better manipulation than the ones before the fall #so i tried to gather my two braincells to think how the angels could be portrayed. and especially how important it was to remain #to the teachings of god #especially for michael who has to show the best parts of a leader and a warrior but also a protector and an angel like any other #and i do love to think he can talk to the worst. he has earned every human trait and honed it. #and just as well also fall to it. the thing is he quickly tries to regain himself with rhe help of god. #where as Jesus was born perfect as it was and meant to be the perfect one. #like i kinda see the angels each one try to reflect a part of humanity they have learned from them and being influenced by it. #angelology #angels #bible fandom #abrahamic mythology #abrahamic religions #michael/lucifer #Christianity #headcanons

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Demeter: You say “Please” and “Thank you” in front of Hera all the time, and she never repeats it.

Demeter: But you call Father Kronos “Ass-faced motherfucker” ONE TIME…

#demeter is hera's biggest influence #demeter #hera #kronos #greek gods #greek mythology #incorrect greek gods #incorrect greek mythology #incorrect greek god quotes #incorrect greek quotes

[azeerhqworld]

What's your opinion on religious influences in Dragon Ball?

There is a lot of Judeo-Christian imagery (white dove, Upa scaring Devilman with a cross, Goku as a Moses-type figure, etc.) I don't like it when Seventh-Day Adventist fearmongers like Little Light Studios call Goku a Lucifer-type figure.

Beerus and Heles look like Egyptian gods

Comment on your thoughts in the reply section and like, share, reblog, and boost. U can do this matter your religion.

Dragon Ball is a mix of different religions †☪︎✡☯☸ૐ⛩️🀀𓋹⚛

I'm not gonna talk about Journey to the West since everyone knows that Dragon Ball was influenced by that story.

Ki comes from Eastern religions. A comparison to make is the Jewish concept of ruach tamah, described by rabbis as similar to ki and as the source as Samson's power

Judeo-Christian imagery. Super Saiyan is similar to the glowing state of Stephen (my interpretation, I'm Christian btw). Goku is a "SON UNDER THE SUN". Goku is also a Moses-type figure, like Superman. A white dove also appears aside of Android 16. That's the symbol of the Holy Spirit. Upa also scares Devilman with a cross. Magic users (with the exception of Baba) are all evil. Baphomet-like demons are always the villains. Goku's values are also Judeo-Christian/Islamic. Dragon Ball has a god hierarchy like Marvel, but Zalama who is above all, just like the One Above All in Marvel, has a similarity to Yahweh of Judaism and Christianity or more like Aether of the Hypsistarian cult.

The Kais relate to the Buddhist Heavenly Kings and Hindu deities. Beerus and Heles take inspiration from Egyptian paganism.

State your opinions and thoughts in the reply section.

#dragon ball #dragon ball z #dragon ball super #anime #religion #christianity #religion and entertainment #egyptian paganism #buddhism #hinduism #shinto #shintoism #paganism #rip akira toriyama #akira toriyama #toriyama's influences #islam #judaism #confucianism #taoism #atheism #catholicism #catholic #orthodox christianity #protestant #anglican #mythology #deist #deism

[fridka]

A drawing for @anx1oustig3r of our dota mains, Chen and Mireska 💖 They’re having a run about the Hazhadal Barrens.

#my art #dota 2 #dota 2 art #dota 2 fanart #dark willow #chen #those spires are part of my headcanons about the Fold #yknow since valve have made 0 efforts into giving them any lore #they signal the perimeter of Obelis’ direct influence #the priests of the Fold (not Chen hes a knight) can raise them out of the ground #like those guys from Age of Mythology #if anyone’s played that

[arda-marred]

According to letters and previously unpublished manuscripts, J.R.R. Tolkien began writing stories about Middle-earth as far back as 1917 when he was deployed in the First World War. During this time of time of senseless destruction and tragedy, Tolkien created a hero that embodied these fears; Turin Turambar, the self-proclaimed “Master of Doom.”  There is no shortage of heroes in Middle-earth; the diverse cast of characters is a primary reason readers are attracted to Tolkien’s books. From the highest order of Elves and Gods to the smallest Hobbit in the Shire, anyone can be a hero. Manwe, Gandalf, Beren and Luthien, Eowyn, Frodo, Sam, and so on. These heroes of Middle-earth are generally positive figures, they show compassion for others, take council in wisdom, and put the needs of the helpless ahead of themselves; standard qualities for an archetypal fantasy protagonist by today’s standards.  Turin is different. He is disturbed, melancholic, and vainglorious, though he is capable of compassion and accomplishes much in the name of good; of Turin’s many exploits, the most remarkable is single-handedly slaying Glaurung the dragon, a scene reminiscent of Sigurd and Fafnir from the “Volsunga Saga.” Despite all of Turin’s achievements though, despair follows. His sister Lalaith dies from plague as a child and Turin never recovers emotionally; Turin’s father Hurin is captured in battle, believed to be dead, tortured for decades, and cursed to watch his family suffer from afar through dark magic; Turin’s homeland is overtaken by bandits and subjected to thralldom; Turin is forced to abandon his pregnant mother at the age of nine and the two never meet again; he is exiled from his foster home after murdering an advisor to the king, refusing to return on the one condition that he ask for forgiveness; he kills his best friend Beleg after mistaking him for an orc in the dark; most disturbing of all, he discovers that his pregnant wife, is actually his long lost sister Nienor. Upon realizing their act of incest, Nienor casts herself into the ocean and Turin falls upon his sword, thus ending his miserable life.  Turin, a complicated anti-hero that isn’t quite sympathetic, but pitiable, is a jarring departure from the other heroes of Middle-earth. There is never a triumph for Turin; the weight of the world just keeps packing on. While Tolkien was certainly in the headspace to create such a character during the turmoil of World War One, the genesis of Turin and his family is derived from “The Kalevala,” a collection of ancient songs, poems, and folk stories from Finland. Turin’s life was inspired by the rune songs of Kullervo, a deeply troubled youth who experiences many hardships and goes through life inflicting disaster upon himself and his people; sometimes by accident, other times in a fit of rage. Kullervo is a national icon in Finland, not just for his appearance in “The Kalevala,” but as the subject for Finnish composer Jean Sibelius’ first major symphony, “Kullervo. Op. 7.” Through this creation, Sibelius raised the international awareness of this tragic character, as well as the literary and cultural merit of “The Kalevala.”   Read more

#Tolkien #J.R.R. Tolkien #Turin Turambar #The Children of Hurin #The Silmarillion #Tolkien's Legendarium #Tolkien studies #Kullervo #Finnish mythology #The Kalevala #Finnish rune songs #The Tale of Kullervo #Tolkien's inspirations #Tolkien's influences #Tolkien and the Great War

[talons-mcyt-rqs]

✧ — ghostbur kin names and pronouns ; with themes of

[for: 🪻 anon]

! names

✧ alastor

✧ azure

✧ blake

✧ blue

✧ charon

✧ cyan

✧ danny

✧ hades

✧ onyx

✧ orpheus

✧ orion

✧ pluto

✧ spirit

✧ rey / ray

✧ rot

! pronouns

✧ he/him/himself

✧ they/them/themself

✧ ve/vem/vemself

✧ fae/faer/faerself

✧ ghost/ghosts/ghostself

✧ undead/undeads/undeadself

✧ spirit/spirits/spiritself

✧ spectral/spectrals/spectralself

✧ mist/mists/mistself

✧ soul/souls/soulself

✧ tombstone/tombstones/tombstoneself

╰ or: tomb/stone/tombstoneself

✧ sheep/sheeps/sheepself

✧ baa/baas/baaself

✧ bleat/bleats/bleatself

✧ 💤/💤self

✧ 🌀/🌀self

✧ 🔵/🔵self

✧ 💙/💙self

✧ 🚬/🚬self

✧ 🧨/🧨self

✧ 🪦/🪦self

#i am under the influence of swag ✧ request accepted #went a little crazy on the greek mythology names… whoops…. #and also on the pronouns . whoops. #names #pronouns #ghostbur kin #wilbur soot kin #wilbur kin #mcyt kin #<- defaulted to kin tags lemme know to change em #🪻 anon

[wizardnuke]

if my classmate could stop attempting to draw parallels from a book that takes place in 1800s nigeria and is written by a christian, nigerian author to greek mythology i would be very grateful

#its not. its not that. its not that. i was bitching about this last semester with the nordic pagan girl #not everything is connected to your mythology/pantheon of choice. analyze the book #its not like theres never any influence but like. when we were looking at a book that PREDATES all known written records of greek mythology #he was doing this. it can still be done but. use the cultural knowledge..is the culture or the author impacted by yr mythology? #no? find a different fucking angle you cant look at every piece of literature from the same pov or youre bad at analysis. sorry

[highladyluck]

Michael Livingston is trying to fuck with me specifically because Robert Jordan put Shai’tan (obviously connected to Satan) at Shayol Ghul.

And Shayol Ghul is part of the Northern Ice Cap, famed home of Santa.

NOBODY IS DOING THIS BY ACCIDENT

#wheel of time #the dark one #the origins of the wheel of time #wot origins liveblog #also deeply unsurprised RJ was influenced by a Key to All Mythologies-type book #is it time to reread Middlemarch? probably

[sarafangirlart]

btw Ovid does say that andromeda was a dark skinned women

Yeah, while her ethnicity and nationality is all over the place in ancient sources she’s very much not a white woman. Last time I drew her her design was based on ancient Egyptian clothing and modern-ish Ethiopian jewelry. Tho now I wanna redesign her a little and make her Afro-Palestinian since the one real location that was specified in her story if Jaffa, Palestine.

#so while I won’t be mad at ppl not drawing Andromeda black I will still side eye anyone who still draws her yt #since Ovid is a late Roman source #greek mythology #ancient greek mythology #greek pantheon #jaffa #there is this legend about Egypt conquering Jaffa Trojan horse style so maybe I will keep the Egyptian influences lol #princess andromeda #andromeda #cassiopeia #cepheus #Aethiopia #ancient egypt #afro palestinian

[diioonysus]

I’m going to need people to stop comparing different gods from different mythologies to each other in a way to bring one down. there doesn’t need to be a comparison between zeus and odin. not only are you disrespecting people who worship these deities but you’re disrespecting the cultures they’ve influenced. cut that shit out, you don’t look cool or more knowledgeable. one mythology is as important as another

#it’s not cool to hate on a popular mythology either because of the us influence over it #greek mythology #norse mythology #japanese mythology #egyptian mythology #and this goes for any mythology

[silly-mode-cilia]

ive been playing a lot of hades recently and I think that zagreus should have the option to hit on achillles in some way. regardless of whether achilles politely shoots him down or he enters a polycule with achilles and patroclus. fishing about to see how achilles feels about nonmonogamy. It would be fun to watch him be so awkward about it

#mems yells #hades #I have finished the game in terms of storyline #and am aware that achilles holds a role that seems to combine mentor and father figure #But. First if all given Greek mythology I don't think zag would care. And also! #Young queer person admiring and developing a crush on their older queer role model? #this is also partly influenced by achilles being one of my favorite characters in hades and having one of the most fleshed-out personalitie #(In my opinion) #Anyways. I will channel this into further decorating the west hall. West wing. Whatever. More paintings incoming to there