#aphrodite & epimetheus.

[whencyclopedia]

Pandora

Pandora is a figure from Greek mythology who was not only the first woman, but —as an instrument of the wrath of Zeus— was held responsible for releasing the ills of humanity into the world. Pandora was also an unrelated earth goddess in the early Greek pantheon.

Pandora - an Instrument of Punishment

The name Pandora means "gifts" and "all". According to (and perhaps even invented by) Hesiod in his Theogony and Works & Days, Zeus had Hephaistos make Pandora, the first woman, from earth and water. Zeus' intention was to use the beautiful and lovely Pandora as a means to punish Prometheus who had stolen fire from the gods and given it to mankind, who would in turn be punished. Zeus promises:

Son of Iapetus , you who know counsels beyond all others, you are pleased that you have stolen fire and beguiled my mind – a great grief for you yourself, and for men to come. To them I shall give in exchange for fire an evil in which they may all take pleasure in their spirit, embracing their own evil. (Works & Days, 54-59)

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[tylermileslockett]

The punishment of Pandora's jar illustrated by me

Seeking retribution for being betrayed by prometheus, Zeus forms a cunning punishment for humanity. He orders ingenious Hephaestus to mix water and soil to form a maiden: Pandora, the first woman of the mortal race. The olympians impart gifts and attributes into her. From Athena, the skill of needlework and weaving, Aphrodite; “cruel longing and dares that weary the limbs.” Hermes; …”a shameless mind and deceitful nature.” Athena clothes her in a “silvery rainment” and an “embroidered veil,” the Charities offer necklaces of gold, and the Horai crown her head with spring flowers. Hephaestus forges a crown of gold for her head.

Zeus then orders Hermes to deliver Pandora carrying a jar as a wedding gift to Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus, (who had already been warned by Prometheus never to accept gifts from Zeus.) But bewitched by her beauty and splendor, Epimetheus accepts. But Pandora’s curiosity gets the better of her and she opens the jar, releasing ills, toil, sickness, sorrow, and mischief into the world of humankind. She covers the jar before the final trait can escape: Hope. So it thus remains for mortals to use.

On one hand, this tale can certainly be a reflection of misogyny from a patriarchal society. On the other hand, this simplistic and sexist view clearly wasn’t universally reflected amongst all greek cultures and mythic literature, with the creation of powerful female heroines like Atalanta and Penthisilea who exercise real agency in their destinies, or goddesses like the mother goddess of Ephesian Artemis in Anatolia, or the war-like Aphrodite Areia of Sparta. Even more nuanced are the vengeful female antiheroes like Cyltemnestra or Medea, who lash back at the patriarchal suppression they face.

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[aliciavance4228]

Greek Mythology Characters And Their MBTI Types

Note: I tried to include as many gods, demigods, mortals, creatures etc. as possible.

INTJ: Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Feeling (Fi), and Extraverted Sensing (Se);

Characters: Athena, Hades, Nyx, Diomedes, Nemesis, Moirai (The Fates), Minos, Ixion, Tantalus, Melinoe, Styx, Graeae, Erebus, Hydra;

INTP: Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Feeling (Fe);

Characters: Pandora, Scylla, Daedalus, Chaos, Urania, Sphinx, Coeus, Aergia;

ENTJ: Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Feeling (Fi);

Characters: Zeus, Helios, Medea, Clytemnestra, Ouranos, Eteocles, Charybdis, Hyperion, Moros, Stheno, Nereus, Perses, Caucasian Eagle;

ENTP: Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Sensing (Si);

Characters: Hermes, Odysseus, Prometheus, Oedipus, Sisyphus, Chimera, Eris, Atë, Enyo, Damocles, Proteus, Momus, Apate, Niobe, Hermaphroditus, Hippomenes;

INFJ: Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Sensing (Se);

Characters: Hestia, Hecate, Psyche, Circe, Oizys, Chione, Medusa, Cassandra, Iphigenia, Selene, Asclepcius, Chiron, Okeanos, Aether, Theia, Harmonia, Phoebe, Asteria, Astraeus, Alcmene, Callisto, Geryon and Orthus;

INFP: Introverted Feeling (Fi), Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Thinking (Te);

Characters: Persephone, Hypnos, Morpheus, Orpheus, Eurydice, Pygmalion, Antigone, Amphion, Plutus, Ariadne, Zephyrus, Euterpe, Hemera, Lethe, Bellerophon, Melpomene;

ENFJ: Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Thinking (Ti);

Characters: Apollo, Gaia, Atlas, Aeneas, Nike, Peitho, Peleus, Admetus, Calliope, Cadmus, Iasion;

ENFP: Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Feeling (Fi), Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Sensing (Si);

Characters: Dionysus, Eos, Icarus, Thalia, Ganymede, Polynices, Tyche, Philomela, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Phaethon, Io, Iolaus, Clymene, Amphitryton;

ISTJ: Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Feeling (Fi), Extraverted Intuition (Ne);

Characters: Thanatos, Penelope, Electra, Clio, Echidna, Charon, Argus, Adrastea, Geras, Glaucus;

ISFJ: Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Intuition (Ne);

Characters: Demeter, Patroclus, Cyparissus, Telemachus, Ismene, Leto, Mnemosyne, Macaria, Polymnia, Leda, Thetis, Amphitrite, Maia, Euryale, Amalthea, Merope;

ESTJ: Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Feeling (Fi)

Characters: Hera, Poseidon, Cronus, Creon, Cerberus, Agamemnon, Menelaus, Zelus, Themis, Pentheus, Boreas, Zethus;

ESFJ: Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Sensing (Si), Extraverted Intuition (Ne), Introverted Thinking (Ti);

Characters: Hector, Perseus, Echo, Erato, Rhea, Eileithya;

ISTP: Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Feeling (Fe);

Characters: Artemis, Hephaestus, Polyphemus, Typhon, Pontus, Tartarus, Keres, Lycaon, Zagreus, Erychthonius;

ISFP: Introverted Feeling (Fi), Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Intuition (Ni), Extraverted Thinking (Te);

Characters: Narcissus, Achilles, Helen of Troy, Eros, Hebe, Andromeda, Iris, Orestes, Adonis, Triton, Endymion, Danae, Hyacinthus, Daphne;

ESTP: Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Thinking (Ti), Extraverted Feeling (Fe), Introverted Intuition (Ni);

Characters: Ares, Pan, Heracles, Kratos, Midas, Theseus, Ajax the Greater, Jason, Orion, Iapetus, Priapus, Tityos, Pelops;

ESFP: Extraverted Sensing (Se), Introverted Feeling (Fi), Extraverted Thinking (Te), Introverted Intuition (Ni);

Characters: Aphrodite, Paris, Calypso, Epimetheus, Terpisichore, Atalanta, Hedone, Hyppolita, Lamia, Achelous;

[theamazingmaddyas]

Okay, so for my own fanfictions, most of which take place post-TOA and therefore post-Percy "claim your children" Jackson and Jason "honor minor gods" Grace, I made myself a spreadsheet of all the cabins I believe could plausibly be at Camp Half-Blood, and ended up with a whopping 270, and there's probably more dieties whom I couldn't find any information on, and some dieties whom I don't believe would have a cabin (ex. Kronos) (if you think I should add someone comment) and decided to paste it here, since I don't feel comfortable sharing my original spreadsheet. I did add the water dieties, even though their kids could also plausibly go to the underwater camp, but I've decided to give them the option of what camp they want. I also didn't copy their domains, but I have the list from my research, so you can ask if you'd like, I'll be glad to explain! Most of my research was from Theoi Project - Greek Mythology, and Brittanica, and probably some others I've since forgotten, so if you know any good Greek Mythology resourses and books, please share!

Here's some symbols before we begin:

* - virgin goddess. I added them because Athena and Artemis already have cabins (and Athena kids by magical means)

" - Dieties whom have faded in the series. Their cabins are more memorials to them.

Additionally there are 2 dieties named Thalia, (1) Thalia refers to the muse, the goddess of comedies, and (2) Thalia refers to the goddess of festivities and banquet

Zeus

Hera

Poseidon

Demeter

Ares

Athena*

Apollo

Artemis*

Hephestus

Aphrodite

Hermes

Dionysus

Hades

Iris

Hypnos

Nemesis

Nike

Hebe

Tyche

Hecate

Rhea

Hestia*

Calliope

Clio

Urania

(1) Thalia

Melpomene

Polyhymnia

Erato

Euterpe

Terpsichore

Musica

Persephone

Despoina

Morpheus

Epiales

Thanatos

Aristaeus

Asclepius

Epione

Hygeia

Panaceia

Aegle

Iaso

Aceso

Telesphorus

Eris

Phobos

Deimos

Peitharchia

Alastor

Alce

Hybris

Ioke

Lyssa

Palioxis

Phrice

Phyge

Polemus

Proioxis

Alala

Homodos

Cydoimus

Democracia

Dicaiosyne

Dike

Nomus

Eunomia

Pradaxide

Arete

Homonoia

Adicia

Horcus

Neicea

Poena

Bia

Kratos

Zelos

Phthonus

Agon

Anaideia

Ate

Cacia

Coalemus

Corus

Dolus

Dysnomia

Dyssebia

Oizys

Prophasis

Ptocheia

Thrasus

Soteria

Soter

Paregoros

Sophrosyne

Porus

Ponus

Plutus

Euthenia

Aedos

Aeschyne

Aletheia

Anance

Angelia

Caerus

Calocagathia

Eirene

Ececheiria

Elpis

Epiphron

Eucleia

Eudaemonia

Gelus

Eupheme

Euphrosyne

Eupraxia

Eusebia

Euthymia

Eutychia

Ctesius

Hesychia

Sophia

Techne

Eleus

Penia

Pistis

Phthisis

Pheme

Ossa

Penthus

Ania

Morus

Momus

Apate

Limus

Achos

Aergia

Adephagia

Amechania

Aporia

Geres

Eros

Aglaea

Anteros

Calleis

Charis

Harmonia

Hedone

Himerous

Philia

Philopharosyne

Philotes

Pothussexual

Hedylogus

Peitho

Amphitrite

Triton

Kymopoleia

Rhode

Benthesikyme

Aegaeus

Argyra

Calliste

Capheira

Keto

Kharybdis

Delphin

Proteus

Eidothea

Electra

Thaumas

Eurybia

Glaucus

Helle

Leucothea

Palaemon

Phorcys

Thallasa

Thoosa

Triteia

Tritonis

Tethys

Nereus

Doris

Thetis

Psamathe

Galateia

Eudora

Aeolus

Boreas

Zephryos

Notos

Euros

Khione

Oreithyia

Hesperus

EosphorusVenus

Phainon

Phaethon

Pyroeis

Stilbon

Aether

Arce

Astraeus

Asteria

Eos

Hemera

Nyx

Herse

Helios"

Selene"

Pan"

Aix"

Ganymede

Britomartis*

Oupis*

Loxo*

Hekaerge*

Ariadne

Comus

Thysa

Thyone(formally Semele)

Telete

(2) Thalia

Pompe

Epidotes

Pherespondos

Lykos

Pronomos

Pyrrhichus

Priapus

Phales

Oxylus

Nesi

Methe

Melisseus

Kortymbos

Autonoe

Eileithyia

Carmanor

Carme

Chrysothemus

Daeira

Eleusis

Macaria

Melinoe

Charon

Lethe

Acheron

Gorgyra

Cocyrys

Pyriphlegethon

Styx

Leto

Anchiale

Anytus

Dione

Epimetheus

Eurynome

Aura

Lelantos

Mnemosyne

Melete

Aiode

Perses

Phoebe

Prometheus

Theia

Themes

So that's my list. I don't really have a rhyme or reason for why each number is each, but I did clump together gods with similar domains because that's where they were easiest to find in my research... I honestly think kids of minor gods are very underused in TOA fics, and even in PJO and HOO to an extent. Jillie, my nine year old daughter of Gelus with a contageous laugh? One of my fave OCs.

As for Roman gods and goddess, I'm not as knowledgable, but hopefully I'll make a spreadsheet for plausable godly parents, though unlike CHB it doesn't need to be organized as there's just Cohorts. I don't write Camp Jupiter fics all that often, but it'll be a good resource to have if I choose to.

[pescalozz]

Master list of Greek gods and Titans

ⁱ ᵏⁿᵒʷ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ'ˢ ⁿᵒᵗ ᵉᵛᵉʳʸ ᵒⁿᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉᵐ ˢᵒ ᵖˡᵉᵃˢᵉ ᵗᵉˡˡ ᵐᵉ ⁱᶠ ⁱ ˢʰᵒᵘˡᵈ ʰᵃᵈ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵒⁿᵉ

Aeolus

Aether

Aphrodite

Apollo

Ares

Aristaeus

Artemis

Asclepius

Athena

Atlas

Attis

Boreas

Caerus

Chaos

Cronos

Crios

Demeter

Dyonisus

Epimetheus

Erebus

Eris

Eros

Eurus

Gaia

Glaucus

Hades

Hebe

Hecate

Helios

Hephaistus

Hera

Heracles

Hermes

Hestia

Hymenaios

Hyperion

Hypnos

Iapetus

Iris

Kratos

Lelantos

Melinoe

Menoetius

Momus

Morpheus

Nemesis

Nereus

Nike

Notus

Nyx

Oceanus

Pallas

Pan

Persephone

Zeus

Perses

Plutus

Poseidon

Priapus

Prometheus

Psyche

Thanatos

Tartarus

Uranus

Zelus

Zephyrus

[bittersweetresilience]

félix and flairmidable as pandora’s myth

because i'm thinking about parallels between them again. this started a month ago:

(plain text in alt. i'm referencing hesiod's myth of pandora in theogony and works and days both because it's the original or, more accurately, oldest surviving account and because it's the one i'm most familiar with.)

briefly, the myth is as follows. after zeus denies mortals the gift of fire, prometheus hides it in a fennel stalk and gives it to them anyway. he is punished with the classic eternal liver eagle situation, at least until herakles rescues him, while mortals are punished with our lovely lady.

hephaistos and several other gods are recruited to create pandora, the first woman. under instruction from zeus, hephaistos sculpts her divine features from clay, athene teaches her craft and weaving, aphrodite gives her grace and desire, and hermes gives her a "dog-like, shameless mind and thieving ways . . . deceits and wheedling words, the habits of a thief." she is named pandora, meaning 'all gifts.'

hermes brings pandora to epimetheus, who weds her, forgetting the warning his brother prometheus had given him against receiving gifts from the gods. pandora has a pithos or greek jar with her containing all of the evils of mankind, and she opens its lid, releasing every spirit within but one: elpis, or hope. elpis stays within the pithos, trapped by the lid pandora has once again closed.

pandora's myth is an etiology or mythological explanation of evil, sickness, human labor, and toil. in a way, to félix, the miraculous are an etiology of the same. why does he feel compelled to obey orders even when they are unfair? why are his feelings troubled whenever he finds something that brings him joy? why is he hurt, blamed, unloved? why does his life seem to be linked to a ring? for him, the miraculous are the answer.

more clearly, pandora is made in the image of men and goddesses and instilled with a devious nature. félix is made in the image of adrien, and by definition their mothers, and he surfaces with a clever, trickster-y nature as well. both are gifts, and both are punishments. the only mixup is which one comes from and goes to whom.

pandora's pithos, funnily also referred to as pandora's box, becomes the miracle box in this story. félix opens the pithos by giving all of the miraculous inside to monarque, leaving only hope, or the miraculous of the peacock. he wears the miraculous of the dog while he does this, with the dog-like thieving ways hermes gave pandora.

with this, the golden age of mankind ends, and an age of toil begins. the released spirits or kwami become the plagues of mankind, such that their concepts replace the names of akumas and sentimonsters as antagonists of paris. and hilariously, the age of toil is the fifth age of mankind hesiod describes, just as the season after félix opens his pithos is the fifth season.

(as an aside, many scholars draw parallels between pandora, made of clay, and her pithos, made of the same. with the miracle box as félix's pithos, félix as a child of magic might mean something new.)

pandora releases every spirit but hope. the meaning of this has always been unclear. was hope meant to be an evil? was its imprisonment meant to be a blessing or a curse? certainly félix wants to keep duusu with him, as elpis with pandora. hope and a weapon, a spirit like her siblings, all at once. and his exchange of the miraculous inspired as much debate about his intentions, origins, and consequences. i don't have answers to the questions about pandora, but with félix in mind, i can raise some more.

both pandora and félix were created the way they were by someone else's hand. for someone else's reasons, with someone else's guiding force, seen or unseen. when pandora opened the pithos, was this an act of free will? what about when she closed the lid? what did she feel keeping elpis inside? was it her fault for being pursued by her nature? could it have been a choice?

the same questions can be asked about félix. his narrative is one of grappling with autonomy. the threat of nonexistence dogs his every footstep. was trading the miraculous a choice or a necessity? was his deception the only natural next step of the life he was made to live? was he free for the first time when the miraculous of the peacock entered his hands? did he feel regret obtaining it? did he feel relief?

in the end, as with all stories, there is room for interpretation. there are countless versions of pandora's myth, because the story changes with the authors, with the culture, and with the meaning of hope. so too for félix's story. he writes his myth himself.

[raayllum]

re: essay titled “deceptive gift giving in greek mythology”

Actual essay (not my own) here

“After the theft of the cattle Hermes performs a sacrifice which we shall see later, is a paradigm of the reciprocal relationship between god and man”

“Before Hades permits her return to Demeter, he promises Persephone divine prestige if she agrees be his wife and also offers her a deceptive gift of food, the pomegranate”

“We have seen that Demeter is characterized as a giver (and with holder) of gifts, while Persephone is characterized as a receiver of gifts. In the same myth we also see the female as a gift herself, who creates relationship and obligation”

“In the story of Prometheus the seemingly reciprocal institution of sacrifice is presented as a means by which humanity cheats the gods: it is another instance of how more can be gained by giving than by taking, even in the relationship between man and god”

Prometheus’ two most famous myths are mentioned, according to the Theogony with the order being Prometheus tricking the gods’ into choosing the lesser of two possible sacrifices from humanity, and so Zeus steals fire from them as punishment, and Prometheus steals it back (and is then punished and chained to the rock, per tradition). 

“as the favor that the performance of sacrifice brings, not by taking anything overtly from the gods but by offering them a gift, the bones covered with fat, which turns out to be no gift at all; he conceals an act of taking with an act of apparent giving” 

“The gods finally achieve their revenge and respond success Prometheus' act of deceptive gift-giving by giving humanity a gift in return [...] The gods the unwary Epimetheus the woman Pandora, who seems to be beneficial for mankind but actually is a source of trouble. As in the myth of Demeter, the female is the ultimate gift within society, through whom survive [...] Like all gifts, Pandora is a highly ambiguous commodity and this gift brings with it both good and bad — in sum, the complexities of culture”

“In this myth two fundamental cultural institutions, sacrifice and marriage, are depicted as complementary acts of accepting deceptive gifts that pass between god and men”

“Yet the paradigmatic gifts we see exchanged in the myth of Prometheus — the bones covered with fat and the beautiful Pandora — are hollow, and through the mutual exchange of gifts the gods end up with less than what had (they will no longer receive meat), and men end up with more of what they do not want (because of Pandora mankind's woes are increased). Underneath the veneer of gift-giving — a veneer as deceptive as the fat on the bones, or the beauty of Pandora — lies strong animosity between man and god. As expressed in the myth of Prometheus, culture is the sublimation of vengefulness an greed into the activity of gift-giving, so that the gift is the most subtle and devastating of weapons available to cultural man”

More parallels to my “the takeover of Lux Aurea as the Siege of Troy” meta from forever ago with mentions of the fact that Troy could not fall so long as it had the Palladium (statue of Athena) within its walls, thus the Trojan Horse allowing the Greeks to sneak in and steal it, much the way Viren and Aaravos mar Lux Aurea’s orb and gift the Sun staff ultimately to Claudia. 

“The Greeks not only take the Palladium from the Trojans but give them a gift as well, the Trojan horse, which brings destruction upon Troy. The giving of the Trojan Horse and its acceptance, which leads to a definition of ethno-politcal reality (the Greeks triumph over the Trojans and their allies), form a mortal parallel to the giving and accepting of the golden apple, which lead to an ordering of the cultural values that the vying goddesses (Paris chooses Aphrodite, who offers him a wife; over Hera, who offers him kingship; and over Athena, who offers him victory in war).” 

“The gift is a cultural weapon by which the gifter can ‘win’ against the receiver. The effects of the subtle process of giving and receiving are more significant and lasting than the effects of thievery. The act of giving is a cultural refinement of the natural act of taking. In Hesiod’s Works and Days it is said that ‘giving is good, but taking is bad, a bringer of death’“

[mysticstarlightduck]

POMEGRANITE - Which myth would they relate to most?

JAM - Can they cook?

CANDY - Do they have a sweet tooth?

Thank you for the ask, @zackprincebooks!

I'll go with some of the cast of Supernova Initiative, namely Jack Tithus, Kye Thalax and Deimos Soll!

POMEGRANATE - Which myth would they relate to the most?

Jack Tithus - Prometheus

"[...] One day, Zeus distributed gifts to all the gods, but he didn't care much for humans. The Titan Prometheus, however, because he loved and felt sorry for humans, climbed up on Olympus and stole the fire from Hephaestus' workshop, put it in a hollow reed, and gifted it to the humans. This way, humans could create fire, warm up, and make tools. Zeus became very angry when he heard about this. He took Prometheus to a high mountain, the Caucasus, and chained him on a rock with thick chains made by the smith god, Hephaestus. And every day, Zeus would send an eagle that ate Prometheus’ liver. For thirty years Prometheus remained bound in the Caucasus, until the great hero Hercules, Zeus’ demigod son, released him finally from his torment. [...]"

Kye Thalax - Icarus

"[...] The labyrinth in King Mino’s palace was designed by a famous inventor and engineer, Daedalus. It is said that Athena herself taught Daedalus. King Minos commissioned to Daedalus and his son Icarus the construction of the labyrinth that would held the monster Minotaur. After finishing their work, King Minos imprisoned father and son inside the labyrinth, in an effort to prevent knowledge of his labyrinth from spreading to the public. Father and son were thinking hard on how to escape until Daedalus came up with an idea. They gathered a lot of feathers from birds and glued them together with wax thus, making four large wings. They tied the wings to each shoulder and fled from the island of Crete. Daedalus had warned Icarus not to fly close to the sun because the wax would melt. After passing the island of Delos, the boy, forgetting himself, flew high towards the sun. The hot sun softened the wax that held the feathers together and Icarus fell in the sea and drowned. Daedalus named the place where his son fell Icaria, in his memory. [...]"

Deimos Soll - Pandora's Box

"[...] After Prometheus gave the fire to humans, Zeus decided to take vengeance. He ordered Hephaestus to create the first human woman out of soil and water. Each god gave the woman a gift: Athena gave her wisdom, Aphrodite beauty, Hermes cunning, and so on. The name of the woman was Pandora (meaning “all gifts” in Greek). Zeus gave Pandora a jar, warning her not to open it under any circumstances, and sent her to Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus. Prometheus had warned his brother not to accept any gifts from Zeus. However, Epimetheus accepted Pandora who, although tried hard to resist the temptation, opened the jar and released all evils upon the world. Hatred, war, death, hunger, sickness, and all the disasters were immediately released. [...]"

JAM - Can they cook?

Jack - Yes, he can! And quite well at that! Though - as I usually say - his usual (and favorite) dish consists of basically the space version of dino nuggets with hot chocolate lmao. He knows how to cook because he has been his little sister's guardian for years now, and so he had to learn how to properly look after her, and that includes preparing food.

Kye - I'm not sure lol. Since he is good at survival, I would assume that he knows how to prepare a dish or two for himself, but I can't say if it would be tasty or not lmao.

Deimos - He knows, especially the basics, and his dishes are quite decent. But he does remark that he is nowhere near as good at it as Jack, and quite honestly, Deimos is right lol. Still, his dishes aren't bad, they're just average. And he's fine with it, to be honest!

CANDY - Do they have a sweet tooth?

Jack - YES. Yes, he does. His favorite beverage, to this day, is hot chocolate, for a reason after all. He also loves candy and all kinds of desserts. Since sweet things were quite expensive in the moon where he grew up - and he was a street urchin who rarely had enough money to stay alive - desserts and candy were rare, sweet treats that he grew to adore whenever he got the rare chance to have some. And now that he is a rich intergalactic thief, he can have all the candy that he wants!

Kye - Hates sweets, but mostly because they remind him of someone from his past (who loved desserts) that he couldn't save. Because of it, candies and desserts kinda became something he associates with sadness, so he kinda just avoids those so as not to feel the emotional whiplash.

Deimos - Eh. I mean, he likes sweets, but he doesn't like eating sweet things all the time. An occasional bag of candies or a platter of cookies? Sure he loves those, in moderation. But if it is too sweet it makes his stomach turn. He prefers a milder amount of sugar.

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[godsofhumanity]

HC MASTERLIST: GREEK (A-H)

A

Aglaea x Hephaestus

Aglaea and Hephaestus' daughters; Eupheme, Eucleia, Philophrosyne, Euthenia

Aglaea and her sisters; Thalia, Euphrosyne (the Charites)

Amphitrite x Poseidon

Anchiale and her siblings; Prometheus, Atlas, Menoetius, Epimetheus

Aphrodite x Ares

Apollo and the Fates

angsty Ares hcs (Ares + war)

Ares and the Norse gods of war (Fite Club)

Ares and his relationship with the other Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, Persephone, Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite

Ares x Aphrodite

Ariadne meets the gods of Olympus

Artemis and her relationship with the other Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, Persephone, Athena, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite

Artemis x Orion

Asclepius and Epione

Asia x Iapetus; and the other titans' marriages

Asteria and her relationship with her husband Perses and daughter Hecate

Asteria and the other 2nd gen. titans; Prometheus, Helios, Selene, Eos, Pallas, Perses, Astraeus

Athena & justice: why i hc her to be a "hand of justice" when that's not canonical attribute of hers

Athena and Hera's relationship

Athena and her relationship with the other Olympians: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, Persephone, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus, Aphrodite

Astraeus and the other 2nd gen. titans; Prometheus, Helios, Selene, Eos, Pallas, Perses, Asteria

Atlas and his siblings; Prometheus, Menoetius, Anchiale, Epimethus

Atropos and the other Fates; Clotho, Lachesis

Aura and her father Lelantos

C

Chaos

the Charites; Thalia, Euphrosyne, Aglaea

Chiron (30 day hc)

Clotho and the other Fates; Lachesis, Atropos

Coeus and the other 1st gen. titans; Oceanus, Tethys, Kronos, Rhea, Hyperion, Theia, Phoebe, Crius (and Eurybia), Iapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne

Coeus x Phoebe; and the other titans' marriages

Crius and the other 1st gen. titans; Oceanus, Tethys, Kronos, Rhea, Hyperion, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Iapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne

Crius x Eurybia; and the other titans' marriages

the Cyclopes and the other monster children of Gaia; the Hecatoncheires, Typhon

D

Demeter (30 day hc)

Demeter and Hera's relationship

Demeter's relationship with other gods: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hephaestus, Ares, Dionysus, Aphrodite

Dionysus as Zeus' heir: how and why

Dionysus brings Ariadne to Olympus

Dionysus' childhood + being taken care of by Rhea

Dionysus reunites with his mother Semele

E

Elpis

Elpis x Moros

Elps and Pandora

Eos

Eos and the other 2nd gen. titans; Prometheus, Helios, Selene, Pallas, Perses, Astraeus, Asteria

Epione and Asclepius

Epimetheus and his siblings; Prometheus, Atlas, Menoetius, Anchiale

Eros brings Psyche to Olympus

Euphrosyne and her sisters; Thalia, Aglaea (the Charites)

Eurybia and the other 1st gen. titans; Oceanus, Tethys, Kronos, Rhea, Hyperion, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Crius, Iapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne

Eurybia x Crius; and the other titans' marriages

F

the Fates; Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

the Fates and Apollo

G

Gaia (30 day hc)

Gaia and Nyx as mothers

Gaia x Pontus

H

Hades

Hades and the other underworld gods; Osiris, Hel

Hades x Persephone (not the main story, but miscellaneous hc's)

Hebe

Hebe x Heracles' wedding

the Hecatoncheires and the other monster children of Gaia; the Cyclopes, Typhon

Hecate and her relationship with her parents Asteria & Perses

Hedone

Helios and the other 2nd gen. titans; Prometheus, Selene, Eos, Pallas, Perses, Astraeus, Asteria

Hephaestus (30 day hc)

Hephaestus x Aglaea

Hephaestus and Aglaea's daughters; Eupheme, Eucleia, Philophrosyne, Euthenia

Hephaestus and Hera (golden chair incident)

Hera (30 day hc)

Hera and Athena's relationship

Hera and Demeter's relationship

Hera and Hephaestus (golden chair incident)

Hera's relationships with the other Olympians: Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hestia, Hades, Persephone, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Hephaestus, Ares, Dionysus, Aphrodite

Hera and her relationship with her children and step-children: Athena, Persephone, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus, Ares, Hephaestus, Eileithyia, Enyo, Eris, Hebe

Hera and the other queens; Frigg, Isis, Juno

Hera x Zeus: Part 1/3

Hera x Zeus: Part 2/3

Hera x Zeus: Part 3/3

Hera x Zeus, and how Oceanus & Tethys dealt with that

Hermes (30 day hc)

Hermes, Iris and Pheme interacting

Hestia

Hyperion and the other 1st gen. titans; Oceanus, Tethys, Kronos, Rhea, Theia, Coeus, Phoebe, Crius (and Eurybia), Iapetus, Themis, Mnemosyne

Hyperion x Theia; and the other titans' marriages

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[whiskeysorrows]

Greek Legendary Women: Pandora

The Story:

Prometheus and Epimetheus created all living creatures, including humans

Prometheus tricks Zeus into getting the worst parts of the sacrifice over humans (puts fat over bone and intestine over meat). Zeus gets angry

Zeus forbade use of fire on earth.

Prometheus stole fire from workshop of Haesphaetus in a fennel stalk and gave it to humans

Zeus got angrier

Punishes Prometheus by chaining him to a rock and getting an eagle/vulture to pluck out his liver for eternity

Prometheus warns Epimetheus to anot accept gift

Punishes man by creating Pandora and wedding her to Epimetheus

Pandora opens the pithos the gods gave to her as a 'wedding gift'. All evils in the world escape (famine, disease, war, ect.)

Hope remains in jar.

Pandora becomes world's first mother and gives birth to a daughter, Pyrrha.

Man Lived in Paradise Before and Hell After (Hesiod's Theogony):

"lived like gods without sorrow of heart, remote and free from toil and grief: miserable age rested not upon them"

"made merry with feasting beyond the reach of all evils...they had all good things"

"They dwelt in ease and peace upon their lands with many good things, rich in flocks and loved by blessed gods."

"and [Zeus] gave them a second evil...whoever avoids marriage and the sorrows that women caused, and will not wed, reaches deady old age without anyone to tend his years, and ... when he is dead, his kinsfolk divide his possessions amongst them."

Interpretation of Story:

Women came after men - less important

Women's nature is deceptive - Pandora a punishment

Women as the "fall from grace" of mankind - a curse

Women only necessary bc of childbearing abilities (not needed before bc no-one aged or died)

Women a mistake that Epimethius shoul've seen in hindsight

Hope as the only comfort mankind gets or as another curse (false-hope)

Gods tyranical and mercurial in blessings

Hesiod's Work and Days (What the Gods gave Pandora):

"ordered famed Haesphaetus to mix earth and water...put human speech and strength in it and make the pretty form of a maiden, alike in looks to the immortal goddesses"

"Athena to teach her crafts, and the weaving of the...loom"

"Aphrodite...to sprinkle charm about her face, as well as desire that would cause trouble, and sufferings that would gnaw at one's limbs"

"Hermes...to put in her a bitch's mind and a thievish nature"

"Athena clothed and styled her"

"godly Graces and Lady Persuasion put trinkets upon her skin"

"the messenger...put lies and crafty words and a thievish nature into her heart"

[eleanorbriarsterm3]

Greek Mythology

Week 4

30 of the Most Famous Tales from Greek Mythology (greektraveltellers.com)

Pandoras Box

"After Prometheus gave the fire to humans, Zeus decided to take vengeance. He ordered Hephaestus to create the first human woman out of soil and water. Each god gave the woman a gift: Athena gave her wisdom, Aphrodite beauty, Hermes cunning and so on. The name of the woman was Pandora (meaning “all gifts” in Greek). Zeus gave Pandora a jar, warning her not to open it under any circumstances and sent her to Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus. Prometheus had warned his brother not to accept any gifts from Zeus. However, Epimetheus accepted Pandora who, although tried hard to resist the temptation, opened the jar and released all evils upon the world. Hatred, war, death, hunger, sickness and all the disasters were immediately released. "

I liked the story of Pandora's box as it includes a lot of the Gods and Goddesses, and is something that links them all together. The story is similar to Adam and Eve, where one small action led to all evils in the world. I could use this story in some of my images, by laying over some of the words.

The collage is Pandora opening the box and releasing the evils. I then made her have two more heads, one that couldn't speak and one that was screaming. If you look closely you can see it.

[tylermileslockett]

The Punishment of Pandora’s Jar

         Seeking retribution for being betrayed by prometheus, Zeus forms a cunning punishment for humanity. He orders ingenious Hephaestus to mix water and soil to form a maiden: Pandora, the first woman of the mortal race. The olympians impart gifts and attributes into her. From Athena, the skill of needlework and weaving, Aphrodite; “cruel longing and dares that weary the limbs.” Hermes; …”a shameless mind and deceitful nature.” Athena clothes her in a “silvery rainment” and an “embroidered veil,” the Charities offer necklaces of gold, and the Horai crown her head with spring flowers. Hephaestus forges a crown of gold for her head.

Zeus then orders Hermes to deliver Pandora carrying a jar as a wedding gift to Prometheus’ brother, Epimetheus, (who had already been warned by Prometheus never to accept gifts from Zeus.) But bewitched by her beauty and splendor, Epimetheus accepts. But Pandora’s curiosity gets the better of her and she opens the jar, releasing ills, toil, sickness, sorrow, and mischief into the world of humankind. She covers the jar before the final trait can escape: Hope. So it thus remains for mortals to use.

After the Pandora story in Theogany, Hesiod goes on to detail negative aspects of women and their influence on Humanity. On one hand, this can certainly be a reflection of misogyny from a patriarchal society. On the other hand, this simplistic and sexist view clearly wasn’t universally reflected amongst all greek cultures and mythic literature, with the creation of powerful female heroines like Atalanta and Penthisilea who exercise real agency in their destinies, or goddesses like the protective mother goddess of Ephesian Artemis in Anatolia, or the war-like Aphrodite Areia of Sparta. Even more nuanced are the vengeful female antiheroes like Clytemnestra or Medea, who lash back at the patriarchal suppression they face.

What do you think of Hesiod and the way he portrays women as evil in his Theogany?

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[rh35211]

A Gift From The Gods; Pandora | Paul Gauchi

Hephaestus, created Pandora from clay

Athena, gave the gift of needlework and weaving

Hermes (flying), gave the ability to lie and cheat without remorse, to have the nature of a thief

The Kharties (The Graces) Algeae, Thalia, Euphrosne; they placed gold necklaces upon her and other gifts to make her irresistible to men

Aphrodite, bestowed upon Pandora the beauty, the mystery of sexual attractiveness and desire and the pain that goes with it

Zeus, if you look closely Zeus is holding his gift to Pandora. The Jar/Box/Urn with all the evils and plagues of humanity and of course Hope too.

Epimetheus was the Titan god of afterthought and excuses. He and his brother Prometheus were given the task of populating the earth with animals and men.

Prometheus Forethinker

[kennan73888]

Legends Fables & Myth Timeline [June 27, 2022]

Organizing the timeline without the stories crossing each other, or so I’ll say. It’s more the planning of the year when each character appears and exists within the words. For example, Book A has Lee as a helper then, somehow, Book K shows Lee’s first appearance in the story plot. I love all of the characters to be there, but it won’t make sense when they appear later.

Before Time

Lucifer created his first demon, Lillith, and others with her.

Angels and Demons went on a rebellious phase, starting a war in heaven.

Michael seals Lucifer in a cage that’s buried deep within hell.

4004 BC

The universe exists, creating three archy.

Choronzon (Demon) and Cassiel (Angel) became good friends, keeping it a secret from their division.

3575 BC

The Titans defeat Uranus and lock him in Tartarus.

Few Uranus pieces fell into the sea, and Aphrodite froths traveled from Kythera to to Cyprus.

3256 BC

Kronos knew that one day his children will fight for his throne, so he’ll swallow them when they’re born. His wife, Rhea, saves one child by hiding him in Diktean Cave.

Zeus grows up in the Diktean Cave near Lyctus.

3135 BC

Zeus frees his brothers and sisters from within Kronos’ stomach then wages war against Kronos.

3100 BC

The Olympians release the Hecatonchires and the Cyclops from imprisonment in Tartarus and allied with Zeus.

Prometheus, and Epimetheus; they attack the Titans, commanded by Atlas.

3090 BC

The war lasted for ten years.

Zeus and the Olympians rule over Greek, and the Titans were imprisoned in Tartarus.

2908 BC

Zeus swallowed Metis, his first wife.

2900 BC

Demeter’s daughter, Kore (Persephone), was born when she slept with Zeus.

2895 BC

Zeus takes Hera as his wife.

2862 BC

Ares was born from Hera and Zeus.

2858 BC

Hephaestus was born and thrown off from Olympus because Hera was ashamed of his shriveled foot. After being thrown, Thetis and Eurynome saved him.

2810 BC

Hebe was born by both Zeus and Hera.

2802 BC

Due to a headache, Zeus orders his sons and Poseidon to break his head. From it, Athena emerges.

2785 BC

Zeus fools with Leto, creating Artemis and Apollo.

2744 BC

Aphrodite came from the sea, and Zeus adopted her as his daughter.

Aphrodite then became the wife of Hephaestus.

2710 BC

Hermes was born from his mother, Maia, and father, Zeus.

2658 BC

Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, is abducted by Hades as his wife.

Three sisters, who serve Persephone, were transformed into sirens by Demeter, out of anger, forcing them to search for her daughter.

Many months passed, the siren eventually gave up and settled on the flowery island of Anthemoessa.

2640 BC

The search for her daughter ends after Demeter knowing who’s the suspect.

2305 BC

Prometheus stole fire from Hephaestus and gave it to men.

2294 BC

The gods created the first mortal woman, Pandora, and gave her to Epimetheus as his wife (as punishment).

Pandora is given a jar as a wedding present and told not to open it, but she doesn’t listen, opens it, and humanity suffers the consequences.

2167 BC

Prometheus was chained on a mountain in the Caucasus because of a prophecy he refused to share with Zeus.

1972 BC

Dionysus, the son of Zeus and Semele, daughter of Cadmus is born.

1667 BC

Prometheus and Io met, telling her future and her descendants (Hercules) in 13 generations (about 400 years).

Zeus has an affair with Io (Ioun) the daughter of Inachus the son of Oceanus and carries her off to Egypt.

1606 BC

Hephaestus divorce Aphrodite.

1530 BC

Eros fell in love with Psyche.

1444 BC

Eros cast an arrow through Hephaestus that he nearly rape Athena.

Erichthonius was born by the semen of Hephaestus, that’s left on Athena’s thigh.

1418 BC

Parthenope first met Medusa on the island, Sarpedon.

1415 BC

Erichthonius rules at Troy.

1397 BC

Erichthonius (Erechtheus by Homer) rules at Athens.

1322 BC

Medusa got slain by Perseus

After being beheaded by Perseus; Pegasus and Chrysaor were born from Medusa's dead body.

 1317 BC

Imhotep (Ardath) was born in Egypt.

1289 BC

Imhotep and his lover, Ankh-es-en-amon, were mummified.

1286 BC

Heracles was born.

1268 BC

Heracles frees Prometheus from imprisonment.

Cacus, a barbarous, fire-breathing giant of Latium (central Italy), who was slain by Heracles. He was a son of Hephaistos.

1234 BC

Heracles dies and becomes a god then marries Hebe.

1232 BC

Helen was born by Leda and Zeus, who disguised himself as a swan.

1213 BC

Thetis married a mortal, Pelius.

Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite compete with each other, seeing who’s the fairest.

Pylius, son of Hephaestus and man of the island of Lemnos (Greek Aegean) who cured the Trojan-War hero Philoktetes of his snake-bite wound.

1174 BC

Poseidon punished Odysseus for harming one of his sons.

The siren sisters were almost drowning deep in the sea, when their father, Achelous, formed a cocoon around them, keeping them safe.

1171 BC

Hermes fathers Pan by Penelope, the wife of Odysseus.

990 BC

Solomon was born in Jerusalem, Israel.

970 BC

Solomon became King in Israel.

Solomon made his first demon contract with four demons; Amaymon (East), Corson (West), Ziminiar (North), and Gaap (South).

968 BC

The four great witches, Sonadia (West), Glinda (South), Kalinya (East), and Gayelette (North), were created by Solomon through magic.

931 BC

Solomon made a deal with God and somehow failed to keep that promise to end up trapped in one of hell layers.

The only way to set Solomon free is his 72 pillars that build throughout the world.

770 BC

Romulus and Remus were born by Rhea Silvia, and their father, Mars.

Afraid of the prophecy, Rhea Silvia’s father threw the children in the river, hoping to drown.

A lovely female wolf found them and raise them as her own.

755 BC

Remus and Romulus meet a necromancy, Gayelette, who grants them the power to transform into any animals.

Remus broke one of the rules, killing a man, and was forever cursed to transform into a maniac werewolf during the full moon. Besides, Remus can turn a human into a beast with a bite of his blood.

Romulus tried to kill Gayelette in revenge but got in return by turning into a bat. Out of anger, Gayelette too curses him, craving for blood and a bite of his blood will turn any human into a vampire.

753 BC

Roman First Founded, naming it after Romulus.

One of Romulus’ men is afraid that Remus will rebel against his brother, so he planned to kill him. Romulus found out about the plan and killed him, threatening his men if they so-ever had any evil thoughts.

719 BC

One of the Greek Goddesses, Artemis, fell in love with Romulus.

Apollo found out about this and cursed Romulus. At each skin contact from the sun, his skin will burn.

Apollo argues his sister by tricking her into cursing Romulus, which was confused for Remus, condemned him instead.

Remus and Romulus suffer their curse.

Artemis saw her mistake, so she gave them speed and strength to overcome their evil.

718 BC

Romulus gave up his throne as King in Roman.

700 BC

Remus went on a deep dive when he suddenly saw three giant cocoons in the sea.

Remus pulls it to the shore, then it breaks, showing three little girls emerge.

Remus and Romulus raised the three girls as their daughters.

356 BC

Alexander the Great was born.

323 BC

Alexander died but was brought back by an unknown vampire.

499

Arthur was born at Tintagel Castle

529

Mordred born by an incestual incident

556

Where Arthur lied to eternal sleep

Mordred was killed by Arthur

1199

Dealing with the Frog Prince became a bad deal for the little Princess.

1278

The Notre-Dame de Paris building was under construction, Crane arose after finishing being carved.

1431

Vlad the Impaler was born in Sighișoara, Romania.

1442

Vlad and his younger brother were sent to the court of Ottoman Sultan Murad II as collateral to assure the sultan that their father, in a reversal of his previous position, would support Ottoman policies.

1447

Vlad ran away from the sultan, even though he and his brother are living, however, the on edge he felt

One harsh weather in the mountain, Vlad enters a cave but is attacked by the three sirens.

While trapped in the cave with the three sirens, he has the same goal: searching for the 72 pillars.

Vlad met the four great witches.

God freed both Solomon and Lucifer after Vlad convinced him.

1448

Vlad returned, having been informed of the assassination of his father and elder brother at the hands of Walachian boyars (nobles) the year before.

Vlad then embarked upon the first of a lifelong series of campaigns to regain his father’s seat.

His opponents included the boyars as well as his younger brother, who was supported by the Ottoman sultan. 

Vlad emerged briefly victorious but was deposed after only two months.

1456

After an eight-year struggle, Vlad again claimed the voivodate.

1462

Igor was born to a gypsy mother, who died of an unknown disease with his father.

Igor’s uncle, Frollo, took him in while raising him, naming him Quasimodo.

As an infant, Quasimodo was secretly taken care of by Crane, one of the weakest gargoyles.

1465

Aurelia made a deal with a dwarf, along the way while having a child with him.

1466

For the first time, Igor met Crane face-to-face.

Redd, Malik, and Keziah were onto Crane’s little secrets.

1472

The betrayal was one of Vlad’s best men. He assassinated his wife, and son, including him.

Vlad nearly lost his life because of deception, then Romulus turns him into a vampire.

With his new abilities, Vlad got rid of the traitors and took over the castle.

1482

Igor met a beautiful gypsy, Esmeralda.

Without Crane on Igor’s side, he sneaks to the festival by himself.

By accident, he was discovered and held as a fool at the festival.

Esmeralda saw how miserable Igor felt in place, so she intervened and took him with her.

Through the gypsies hiding place, Esmeralda shows him the life of living as a gypsy.

Igor was introduced to a gypsy who can see anyone’s future through a crystal.

While looking through Igor’s future, the gypsies went unconscious because there’s too much information to handle.

The death of Esmeralda causes Igor, unable to let her go. Death came to take Igor’s soul in exchange for Esmeralda’s life when he came to offer his. The soul Crane had was nothing special compared to a human-like Igor.

1485

Carabosse found a beautiful raven during the pouring season.

1544

Abigail (snow white stepmother) became a maid.

1546

William was born, abandoned in the Amazon rainforest.

1655

Gretel escapes with her double, Hansel, from her palace being invaded.

1779

An experiment from the Prodigium lab escaped, feeding on anything that moves.

All the animals in the forest got consumed, causing the huntsman to feel uneasy, believing that the woods are cursed.

The Nimrod came to hunt it down.

Soon it escaped once again, storing itself in a cart, carrying it to London.

While settling down, its first victim was an alley cat then a couple came after.

It transforms into a cat, blending itself in the city.

It was soon adopted by a little girl and her family, naming it Sweeney.

1781

Benjamin Barker was accused of a crime he didn’t do and was exiled from the country.

Under Turpin’s watch, he kept Lucy and her daughter under his wing, for now.

Lucy doesn’t want to get raped by Turpin, so she slit her throat.

Unable to leave, Barker sneaks through the city to get his family.

He heard the news about his wife being dead through suicidal.

Barker tries to get revenge by sneaking into the Turpin room but gets shot instead.

Barker was about to be thrown in the river when Sweeney came and consumed the men.

Barker saw it was his cat and patted it head before dying.

For the first time, Sweeney felt an uncertain emotion.

He consumes Barker.

1785

Sweeney Todd reopened the Barker shop, on top of Mrs. Lovett pie bakery.

Todd sworn himself to kill Turpin and everyone that hurts his family.

After finding out Mrs. Lovett unrequited love, Todd fools her by turning her into his assistant to take revenge.

The only family living was Johanna Barker.

1790

Ichabod went to Sleepy Hollow.

1792

Adam was created in the lab by Victor Frankenstein, his father.

Adam met Victor’s wife and accidentally killed her due to his unknown strength.

Victor went in rage and chased after Adam till he lost his life.

1796

Edmond was born.

1802

Lucian was born in New York.

1804

Dr. Jeremiah Griffin was born.

1815

Edmond got betrayed by his three friends and traded to the Prodigium, turning into part of an experiment.

Edmond became a ghoul.

Alejandro saved a young child, Matakara, and raised her as his daughter.

1821

Through those cruel experiments, Edmond finally escaped and met Gayelette.

1826

Lucian became part of the Men of Letters.

1830

Edmond seeks his revenge.

Dr. Griffin went invisible while helping Lucian, but can never find an antidote to cure him.

Lucian bit Remus so hard that it drew out blood. Within those blood Lucian accidents take it, he became the new birth of Lycan.

1832

Erik was born in Boscherville.

Francois was created in the lab and escaped.

1839

Erik died at age seven from a collapse and trap inside a cave, which turned into a phantom.

Marguerite was born, with her fraternal twin sister, Charlotte.

1840

Eleanor d'Aubigné was born in France.

1844

Dr. Griffin was testing his new invisibility until he spotted his younger brother.

To help his brother, Dr. Griffin, helps him through disguises.

1846

Hyde was born in Paris.

1848

Marguerite fell in love with Eleanor’s appearance when they first met while their parents got married.

Eleanor’s father got a heart-attack for some unknown reason.

1849

Lorina was born.

1852

Alice was born.

1854

Edith was born.

1856

Hyde was found in London and adopted, changing his name into Henry Jekyll.

Hyde had amnesia, from what his adopter believed it was the war’s fault, so he restarted as a new person.

1858

A ball was announced.

1860

Lorina went missing and was taken to Wonderland.

1869

Alice follows a rabbit then enters Wonderland.

While staying in Wonderland, Alice learns his older sister, too, went there.

Searching for his missing sister, Alice went through many trials.

1871

Erik bought the Palais Garnier, with different managers to manage.

1878

Thomas Edison invented Jeno and called Hadaly.

1881

Erik taught a woman how to sing then fell in love with her.

The woman couldn’t return the feeling, for she loves a different man.

Vlad donated the theater repairmen while Adam tagging along.

Later, Erik takes an interest in Adam.

1887

Romulus and Remus die, becoming a tree.

Gayelette lay in bed as her ardor consumed by a core that planted in the body.

1888

Dr. Griffin met Will in an Amazon Forest.

Jekyll transforms into Hyde and begins his savages way of murder.

Holmes and Watson are finding who’s the killer.

Utterson, Jekyll’s friend, tried to understand his situation.

1890

Vlad met a woman named Mina that had a similar appearance to his dead wife.

The two became good friends.

1896

Lucy Westenra

Renfield is dead, being killed by Van Helsing.

Quincey, born before his mother, Mina, became a vampire.

1921

Ardath, Imhotep, was awakened from the dead.

Ardath met his reincarnation lover, Evalyn Grosvenor, who accidentally awakened him.

Evalyn thought she would be cursed but misunderstood when Ardath confessed his love.

After what Ardath tells her about turning her into immortal.

Evalyn never loved him, and she purposely killed him and became immortal herself.

Ardath was saved by Solomon and was under Vlad’s care.

The betrayal of his love was so much that he turned into a drinker.

1930

Watson and Holmes were captured by the Prodigium, becoming an experiment of entertainment. They then suicide to escape the torture.

1933

Ardath kills Evalyn.

1983

Sherlock was born.

John was born.

2000

Aleister and Cassiel were slain by the Archangel, Michael, for forming a relationship.

God save the two rogues.

2002

Christian was born in a cult church, Soho, London.

2010

Sherlock first met John, making them roommates in 221B Baker Street.

2013

Christian awakens as the AntiChrist.

The Secondary Revelation War began.

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Pandora, the First Woman on Earth

Pandora (the 'all-gifted'), first mortal woman according to Hesiod.

She was sent by Zeus as a gift to Epithemus. She brought a box which, when opened, released all world's evils. Only 'hope' remained. (Victorian painting)

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The story of Pandora came into prominence in Theogony, the epic poem of Hesiod, written in the 8th century BC.

The myth dates back to the first centuries of humanity, just after the Titanomachy, the Great War between the Titans and the Olympians.

It is interesting to note that the reference to Pandora's Box came only in the 16th century from Erasmus of Rotterdam.

The bottom line is that the entire story about Pandora was fabricated.

It may be considered as a misogynist stand that the creation of woman was the harbinger of all evil on this world.

The Creation of Pandora

All started from a gathering of the gods where the Titans were also invited.

The gathering had been organized to decide who would be favored with the better portion of a sacrifice.

Prometheus, the Titan who later stole the fire from the Gods and gave it to humanity, had deviously presented the sacrifice in such a manner that Zeus chose the portion that looked more appealing when in fact, it was just bones presented in a tempting manner.

Outraged at this mockery, Zeus decided to take revenge and get even with Prometheus.

Zeus charged Hephaestus, the god of smiths and master of crafts, with creating a dazzlingly beautiful woman, one that would appear irresistible to either god or man.

To accomplish this feat, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, posed as a model for the creation of the statue.

The woman was molded of earth and water and once the body was ready, the Four Winds breathed life into it.

She was then given gifts from all the Olympian gods.

Aphrodite gave to her unparalleled beauty, grace and desire.

Hermes, the messenger god, gave her a cunning, deceitful mind and a crafty tongue.

Athena clothed her and taught her to be deft with her hands.

Poseidon bestowed on her a pearl necklace that would prevent her from drowning.

Apollo taught her to play the lyre and to sing.

Zeus gave her a foolish, mischievous and idle nature, and last but not least, Hera gave her the wiliest gift, curiosity.

Thus, the first mortal woman was born, and she descended down to earth.

Her name was Pandora, meaning "all-gifted," implying all the gifts she had received from gods.

Along with her, Hermes gave a gilded and intricately carved box, a gift from Zeus with an explicit warning that she must never open it, come what may.

Draped in raiment fit for the gods, she was presented to Epimetheus, Prometheus' half-brother.

Opening the Box

Epimetheus had been told by his brother never to accept any gift from Zeus.

Prometheus was well aware that Zeus was still angry with him for his effrontery at the gathering and would try to get his revenge.

However, one look at Pandora was all it took for Epimetheus to fall in crazy love with her and marry her without thought or consideration.

He was truly enchanted with her.

To congratulate them, Hermes came to the wedding ceremony and told Epimetheus that Pandora was a gift from Zeus, a peace-offer signifying that there were no more ill feelings between the chief of the gods and Prometheus.

He also told Epimetheus that the gilded box of Pandora was a wedding gift from the Olympian King.

Being a bit credulous, Epimetheus believed the words of Hermes to be true.

Unfortunately, Prometheus' advice had fallen on deaf ears.

The days were passing quickly and the two were leading a happy, married life but one thought was still at the back of Pandora's mind:

What was in the box that Zeus had given her?

She kept thinking that maybe the box had money in it, nice clothes or even jewelry.

Without thought or reason, she would find herself walking past the box and involuntarily reaching out to open it.

Every single time, she was reminding herself that she had vowed never to open the box.

Hera's gift of curiosity had worked and one day, unable to take it any more, she decided to have just a brief look inside.

When nobody was around, she fitted a golden key hanging around her neck to the lock on the box.

Turning the key slowly, she unlocked the box and lifted the lid only for a while.

Before she knew it, there was a hissing sound and a horrible odor permeated the air around her.

Terrified, she slammed the lid down but it was too late.

Pandora had released all the wickedness and malevolence that Zeus had locked into the box.

Accordingly, she understood that she was a mere pawn in a great game played by the gods.

In that gilded box, Zeus had hidden everything that would plague man forever:

sickness, death, turmoil, strife, jealousy, hatred, famine, passion... everywhere the evil spread.

Pandora felt the weight of the world on her shoulders and looked at the gilded box that had turned rusty and hideous.

As if sensing her need, a warm and calming feeling shrouded her, and she knew that not all was lost.

Unknown to her, along with the evil feelings, she had also revealed hope, the only good thing that Zeus had trapped inside the box.

From now on, hope would live with man forever to give him succor just when he felt that everything was coming to an end.

Pandora's Box

The modern phrase "Pandora's Box" derives from this myth.

It is used to say that a certain action provoked many evils, just like Pandora's action to open the box released all the evils of humanity.

However, despite these evils, we humans still have hope to encourage us.

This phrase was produced by the Dutch humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam in the 16th century, when he translated the poem of Hesiod.

Pandora and Eve

In this myth, we can observe some similarities with the Christian story of Adam and Eve.

Just like Pandora in ancient Greece, Eve was known as the first woman on earth in Hebrew history.

Even the creation of the two women is similar:

Pandora was made of earth and water.

Eve from the rib of Adam, the first man on earth, who was in his turn made of clay.

Another similarity is that they both disobeyed god:

Pandora opened the box and unleashed evil in the world.

Eve tempted Adam to eat the forbidden apple against God's will.

Some accounts maintain that Pandora tempted Epimetheus into opening the box.

However, both women brought ruin and misfortune upon men who had so far lived in a paradisiacal world, free from all sins.

Pandora and Eve are considered as the progenitors of the human race and because of their curiosity, the world is cursed today.

Interestingly, Pandora was created with vicious intentions but not so with Eve, who was simply created to be Adam's companion.

The treachery lies in the role of Hermes and the Snake respectively.

In Pandora, Hermes instilled that she must never open the box and had Hera not gifted her curiosity, it may have remained closed forever.

In the Garden of Eden, the Snake tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and Life, bringing about realization and shame.

From these two stories, we can imply that women have forever been seen as perpetrators of all that is deceitful.

Therefore, women are to blame for every evil on this world.

Pandora desires to open the box.

Retelling of Greek Myths by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864). Illustrations by Walter Crane.

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Pandora opens the box and a thunder cloud falls on Epimetheus.

Retelling of Greek Myths by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 – 1864).

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[godlikecunning]

Pandora, the all-gifted

I. “Trust me,” Ares, god of war and slaughter, said softly, so softly that Pandora almost didn’t hear him, as he handed her a knife, “you’ll need this.”

She blinked as his calloused fingers closed hers around the hilt, pressing for a moment before stepping back. The blade felt unnatural in her hand, a limb that Pandora didn’t have control over. Ares watched her, his eyes dark and glassy and incredibly sad, with something akin to pity in his expression. Anger hissed beneath her tongue, brewed and ragged in her stomach, but Aphrodite had taught her to be charming above everything else and Hermes had given her a generous, useful lesson on slyness.

“I don’t need a weapon,” Pandora declared, her chin held high and her smile cold.

He laughed mirthlessly, eyes sliding closed for the briefest instant and a sigh tearing his blank expression, “my gift to you, all-gifted, is courage in your own battlefield. And a way to defend yourself in a world full of things stronger than you.”

Pandora laughed back, with just a hint of humor, letting the knife clatter on the ground as it fell. She’d not need it. Exceptional, powerful, victorious. One day, used.

II. Pandora screamed as the Eagle tore her skin in bloody shreds. Prometheus screamed with her, his stomach a gaping wound that’d heal before the Sun came once more. It was his malicious punishment for being clever, and the blood that dripped from his torn liver was golden like the scorching fire shining pitilessly and heartlessly above them. She killed his brother in the trajectory of destruction left behind because she opened a damned jar given by the gods, and it was impossible to save him from this torment. But it was as impossible to give up from this madness. She’d promised.

“ARES ENYALIOS,” Pandora raged against the blue sky above her head, her once soft hands now calloused and torn from this endless fight, and thought of the divine knife given and then denied by her naivety, “ARES ENYALIOS, YOU WARNED ME!”

The god of war didn’t answer her – none of them di, since she opened the jar, the apex of her existence according to gods, and took to defend Prometheus from Zeus’ selfishness and pettiness. She survived her unwilling task and still survived every day as the beast came to torture an innocent man. However, despite his silence, on the next morning, Pandora found blade meaner, longer and sharper than a mere dagger resting just by the sleeping Eagle. It was bloodstained already, and it thrummed with power.

For all the ages to come, Pandora was the all-gifted, the slayer of the Eagle of Zeus, the victorious above godly whims. She only remembered, though, the slick and nauseous warmth of the blood staining her as the sword of Ares himself tore through feathers, skin and flesh. It was the first time that Prometheus laughed, bursting with bitterness and with an ancient hatred. She understood his anger, his resentment.

III. Elpis was a bit impersonal, a bit detached from this world, but, even so, she was a soothing presence, full of the same tranquility of the ocean when there wasn’t a single cloud in the horizon. She didn’t have the menacing, starving aura of the gods, the ugliness of their irrational, destructive grief and their blazing hatred. Pandora could breath near her without feeling breathless, small and pitied all at once. It was good.

“You are very bold, all-gifted”, Elpis commented, her expression difficult to read and so beautiful that Pandora wanted, “for how mortal hands can remake fate?”