#Zeus Apollo and Hera really didn’t like that Tiresias did they

[gods-favorite-autistic]

One of my fav Greek myths has gotta be Tiresias if y’all will let me ramble for a bit

iirc one version says that Tiresias (born a woman) asked Apollo for the gift of prophecy in return for sex, Apollo granted her the gift, Tiresias didn’t have sex with him, so Apollo proceeded to turn her into a dude, then at some point in the future for unspecified reasons (prolly cuz he was mad) Zeus turned Tiresias back into a woman, then at some point in the future later Hera for also unspecified reasons turned Tiresias back into a man, and also at some point Tiresias (prolly male at this time) saw Athena bathing and Athena’s response was to make him blind,

In another version Tiresias was born male, saw two snakes having sex, got so pissed off about it that he hit the girl snake with a stick, which pissed off Hera so bad that she turned him into a girl, which Tiresias then lived as for seven years (like she got married and gave birth and everything), then she saw the same snakes I think having sex again and either hit the guy with a stick or just left them alone and got turned back into a dude, at some point after Zeus and Hera were arguing about whether dudes or girls had a better time during sex so they asked Tiresias because he’d been both and Tiresias said the guy and Hera got so mad she blinded him and Zeus felt so bad he gave him the gift of prophecy

And then in both versions he drank contaminated water that fucking killed him (cuz Apollo)

So yeah just an all around wild time for that guy

[th3blind-prophet11]

//does mod happen to have headcanons for Tiresias?

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//OHOH BUDDY.. DONT EVEN JOKE.

‼️Trigger warning / content warning‼️: ||Sexual abuse , gender dysphoria||

Tiresias barely ever mentions their ex husband , but it’s known because he had 3 biological kids. They did not want to have any children , but as its Ancient Greek times and they were a woman , it’s not like they had a choice.

After one kid their physical health declined , and it was advised to him by Apollo for them to not get another , but their partner at the time decided against it. Because it wasn’t an order is was advice.

Tiresias was always reluctant on having kids and it showed but it’s not like their lover cared. They had 2 other children after that. Their husband left after realising they were a man before , and left Tiresias with their kids. Tiresias doesn’t want their kids to feel bad about themselves so they never told them.

After the birth of his scone and third child Tiresias would be crying to Apollo about how much it hurts and how awful he feels about himself , after the 3rd child , Apollo cursed the man who married Tiresias.

Practically this is the reason why he’s always been so averted to touch in all my rps , he only a few people they told about this was Apollo , Persephone and Hermes in that order.

He has a few parental figures , which is his biological mum who’s a nymph that worshipped Athena , who blinded him , Hades , Persephone , Poseidon , and hestia.

Hestia adores Tiresias a lot.

Tiresias got with Hermes because he and Aphrodite are very close Because of that one epic the musical reel with the cast , And basically he blatantly called Hermes voice hot and seductive and she was like “I’m setting you guys up” and to her not surprise , they hit it off really well.

Turesias loves birds. Like a LOT. he has a service owl himself.

Hermes making Tiresias take off the eye mask when he kisses him so from the corner of his eyes he can see the very faint pupils in the prophets blank eyes dilute.

Tiresias after being turned to a woman became a priestess of hera. There is no information as to why they became one but I like to beliebe it’s so they are on her good side.

Anyways after becoming a priestess Hera granted ~~Her~~ them clothing made from different types of silk , one of which being a nightgown which was comfortable enough for ~~Her~~ the to actually enjoy wearing. It was not too feminine and didn’t give ~~her~~ them any unnecessary dysphoria.

After they had permission to transition back to a man , they gave away the clothes they never wore to their daughter Manto , and kept the ones that had special memories to them like their wedding dress from when they got married.

Something that they kept That wasn’t tied to anything special was the night gown , mainly cuz they liked it and it was soft and felt nice to sleep in.

Tiresias relies on certain personality traits and voices to identify people.

Hermes being the trickery god one time thought it'd be funny to fuck with the prophet and copy other's traits and voices.

He would switch from like let's say Zeus to Aphrodite to Apollo and Tiresias would get really confused and annoyed and maybe even overwhelmed from how quickly the voice changes. Which kind of makes the other feel guilty-

It's safe to say Hermes will NEVER do that again-

Likes these dresses