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abookishdreamer · 2 years ago

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Character Intro: Pheme (Kingdom of Ichor)

Nicknames- Bottom Feeder by Hades

Sweetheart by her parents

My little diamond by Pseudologos

Age- 21 (immortal)

Location- Skyline district, New Olympus

Personality- She can be very vain, narcissistic, and shallow at times. She’s also extremely talkative and nosy, prideful of herself for knowing everybody’s business in Olympius from an A-list deity to the most unassuming mortal. She’s single.

Being the goddess of fame, she has exceptional gossip skills. She can make people famous or in a higher position with her words. If crossed, she can make people unpopular & infamous through rumors. As well as having the power of flight (due to her shimmering silver wings), she can also teleport through cameras, phones, and mirrors, & can sense a person’s reputation.

She's well aware how some of the other gods overlook her & her abilities.

In New Olympus, Pheme lives in an opulent mansion in the Skyline district with over a thousand windows so she can see everything that’s going on. She also owns a fashionable condo in the Queenstown district as well as beach houses in Delos, Shimmering Tail Island, & Lemnos. She does have pets- dogs and all of them are girls. There's a bichon frise named Jewel, a shih tzu named Cashmere, a maltipoo named Dulce, & a chihuahua named Sparkle.

Pheme has her own private plane nicknamed "The Jet-Setter."

She doesn't have that close of a relationship with her parents- Elpis (goddess of hope) and Dolos (god of deception & trickery), but she does love them. Other members of Pheme's immediate family includes grandfather Pseudologos (god of lies), her great-uncle Logos (god of stories), and her first cousin Eikono (goddess of iconography & literature).

Pheme runs a popular morning podcast called Morning Tea as well as a late night talk show called The Godly Hour, watched by millions with the ratings only being rivaled by The Agnostic Network. She also runs a successful tabloid magazine called The Oracle Scoop. Pheme is a frequent writer of Modern Olympus magazine as well as The Acropolis Street Ledger. She's also a co-chair of the Olympus Gala, one of the biggest events in all of Olympius!

Pheme also runs the second biggest production companies- being responsible for some of the TV shows & movies that are being put out, including the critically panned, but incredibly popular The Dynasty of the Vain & Powerful.

Her favorite place in the entire world is her main closet, which is filled with clothes. Pheme also has separate closets for her cosmetics, handbags, shoes, & jewelry. She almost never wears the same outfit twice.

She’s the third most followed goddess on Fatestagram.

Pheme has a personal assistant, Cleta (goddess of whispers), who essentially does all the snooping & dirty work for her. She also has her own crew of paparazzi and photographers.

Her go-to drink is a mimosa. She also likes caramel lattes, cosmopolitans, gin & tonics, champagne, and classic martinis. Her usuals from The Roasted Bean is a cappuccino & a large caramel latte.

A guilty pleasure is yellowtail sashimi, stopping by The Ocean Roll for a go-to order.

Her go-to meal is lobster filled ravioli with shrimp served with a side of foie gras.

She's friends with Narcissus (a mortal & popular model), Móda (goddess of fashion), Chrysos (god of gold & riches), Apate (goddess of fraud & deception), Pandora (the immortal mortal model), Aoide (goddess of voice & song), Calypso, Adephagia (goddess of gluttony), Momus (god of mockery, satire, & ridicule) with her greatest frenemy being Aphrodite (goddess of love & beauty). Pheme's also friends with two of Helios' daughters- Phaethusa and Lampetia.

She’s a former protege of Clymene (Titaness of fame & renown), who was her official mentor.

Her relationship with Hera (goddess of women & marriage) is strained. It started after she walked in on Pheme and Zeus (god of the sky, thunder, & lightning) kissing, under the guise of a business meeting. Pheme blames it on being a bit tipsy after drinking three glasses of champagne.

She once spent over thirty million drachmas in a single shopping spree!

Pheme has her own glamour doll collectibles!

Her favorite treat to indulge in is the opulent sundae, with a 68,000 drachma price tag, this frozen treat is made with vanilla ice cream, saffron, black truffle, champagne rose sorbet, chocolate vodka sauce drizzled on top and sprinkled with edible 24 karat gold flakes. She gets it from The Luxe.

She had a one night stand with Charon (Ferryman of the Underworld), which she thinks about often.

Pheme has the third-most worn fashion line, after Aphrodite and Hera. Her line Diamond Ave. (which includes clothes, shoes, cosmetics, jewelry, accessories, eyewear, & handbags) has gained popularity but has received much criticism due to the outlandish prices of the products (like paying nearly 800 drachmas a pop for a pair of shoes)! There's even custom shoes, where the soles are encrusted in miniature diamonds. There are store locations in the Underworld.

A popular item of her brand is called "The Diamond Dress"- a nude colored mermaid style dress made with organza and chiffon is covered in nearly 1,000 different extravagant diamonds. There's a 130-carat yellow canary diamond in the center of the bosom. The Diamond Dress is an archived piece at the NOMMA.

In her free time Pheme likes shopping, going to the spa, skiing, going to the cinema, swimming, going to the theater, tennis, listening to music, sailing, tanning, clubbing, & dining out.

“If you lose a friend, you can buy 100 more.”

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bard-twins · 3 years ago

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sooo i found this on twt and im curious about your opinion on it; https://twitter.com/windflowerlia/status/1478965838380249090?t=SlBMF-U5SbbmevNHaUnWeA&s=19

do you think its himmel, venti faking his death, or just a grave of a random character we still don't know of? 🤔

Link

I thought it would be the nameless bard at first but it would be weird to just instantly point out it’s venti/nb because bards are very common in teyvat.

You can actually talk to orpheus himself if you wanna know!

But for a short answer for your question: this is a different character but has a similar resemblance to venti

Ngl i would like to think that if nb was alive after the archon war, there’s a chance he would be the Anemo archon 🤭👀

Here’s one conversation with orpheus i snapped that caught my interest (also long theorizing under the cut)

What i would like to think of these seven children— or just byakoyakoku in general— is that they are somewhat similar to honkai’s “Previous Era” because byakuyakoku’s civilization has existed after Phanes created the human world from its shell— and maybe the celestia as well— then proceeded to annihilate the rest of the dragon sovereigns

Though this island nation has sunk when they were terrorized by the dragonheir. Phanes doesn’t heard their pleas, however, along the way, they are progressing with the help of Tokoyo (istaroth) by giving enough wisdom to Abrax (abarakusu) to create the hyperion.

This is where the seven sunchildren enter. The people of enkanomiya were power hungry and wants to rule over the place so they planned to create a religion where they would worship Helios as a god, and Abrax as the prophet who created the hyperion, and then the establishment of the leaders called Phaetons (sunchildren)

It was part of the elders’ plan to pick children as the leaders since they’re easily manipulated and are simply used as a scapegoat in case something wrong happens. So they can pretty much get away with anything. The elders knew that if they grow up and discovered they were manipulated by them, it’ll be over. So they once again planned by creating this special ritual where they would be brought up to the helios and burned to ashes.

The elders DO NOT want these sunchildren to get help or support from adults for them to become proper leader, hence the reason why the people “detest” them as clymene mentioned due to their unfit to rule the nation.

Abrax saw all of this and wants to stop them but the elders took this chance to use the children as a puppet letting them think that abrax was there to claim their position. He was then imprisoned and died.

Doesn’t this remind you of a certain deity?

Elders= celestia

Seven Sunchildren= seven archons

It seems like celestia has followed the footsteps of the elders and wants to continue this principle and custom. They really wanted to be the highest among the deities or gods

Do not question the heavens

Heaven is not to be challenged

Wisdom is concealed in stellar fragments

The God of Justice lives for the spectacle of the courtroom, seeking to judge all other gods. But even she knows not to make an enemy of the divine

Celestia is really watchful of the archons’, controlling and manipulating them. And they also get to decide who’ll be the next archon in their respective nation

Let me also add this analogy of the sunchildren being described as “unfit to rule the nation” to the archons of teyvat

Decarabian- tyrant

Ei/beelzebul- also a tyrant

Tsaritsa- lost her love for her people and became heartless

God of justice/focalor- perhaps always seeking to find the “mistakes” of the archons just to judge them however she please?

Venti- perhaps becoming too careless with these freedom ideal he has to the point mond has been in a danger twice (?) when he was asleep

I’m worried about venti because he knows celestia is dangerous and he’s becoming wary of them. Perhaps he already knows their origin and decided to keep it to himself? He does, after all, seen the fall of khaenri’ah.

Mondstadt in general is in grave danger sigh. There was this “Great Fire of Fall Equinox” where Mondstadt has a giant library. They all have sorts of books and perhaps also has “Before Sun and Moon” but was burned because it’s odd Enjou mentioned this before the quest ended.

It’s highly likely that enjou’s the one behind this fire incident.

Mondstadt has two khaenri’ahn characters, an elf who’s knowledgeable about the world of teyvat and decides to traverse in different worlds, Durin attacking mondstatd, and that one big ass statue he has in the plaza with the words “gateway to celestia”…

Oh venti you and your nation are fucking doomed and i hate where this would be going when we’re close to the ending

Sources for these theories:

Full Timeline of Enkanomiya

Great Fire of Fall Equinox

#genshin spoilers #elli.answers #chit-chatwith.anon #elliplays.genshin

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diana-thyme · 1 year ago

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Greek Gods 101: A Masterlist

This is a masterlist of the “Greek Gods 101” series. This series aims to provide basic information and worship ideas for both major and minor deities. This masterlist also involves heroes, deified mortals, spirits, and other figures of Greek mythology.

Aceso

Acheron

Acratos

Aedos

Aegle

Aeolus

Aether

Aglaea

Akhlys

Ampelus

Amphitrite

Ananke

Anemoi

Angelia

Anteros

Antheia

Aphrodite

Apollon

Aporia

Ares

Arete

Ariadne

Aristaeus

Artemis

Asklepios

Asteria

Astraeus

Astrape

Athena

Atlas

Bia

Britomartis

Calliope

Carpi

Cassandra

Ceraon

Cerberus

Ceto

Chaos

Charon

Chione

Chiron

Chloris

Chrysos

Circe

Clio

Clymene

Comus

Cratus

Cronos

Daphne

Deimus

Deipneus

Demeter

Dicaeosyne

Dike

Dionysus

Dysnomia

Ececheria

Eileithyia

Eirene

Ekho

Electryone

Eleos

Elpis

Endymion

Enyo

Eos

Epiales

Epione

Epiphron

Erato

Erebus

Eris

Eros

Ersa

Eucleia

Eudaemonia

Eunomia

Eupheme

Euphrosyne

Euporia

Eupraxia

Eurybia

Eurydice

Eusebia

Euterpe

Euthenia

Eutychia

Fates

Furies

Gaea

Galateia

Ganymedes

Gelus

Hades

Harmonia

Harpocrates

Hebe

Hecate

Hedone

Hedylogus

Helius

Hemera

Hephaestus

Hera

Heracles

Hermaphroditus

Hermes

Hestia

Hesychia

Himeros

Homonoia

Horae (Seasons)

Horae (Time)

Hormes

Hybris

Hydros

Hygieia

Hymenaeus

Hypnus

Iaso

Iris

Lelantus

Lethe

Leto

Macaria

Matton

Medusa

Melinoe

Melpomene

Methe

Mnemosyne

Morpheus

Nemesis

Nike

Nyx

Oizys

Orpheus

Orthannes

Ossa

Ourania

Ouranos

Ourea

Paeon

Paidia

Palaemon

Pallas

Pan

Panacea

Pandaisia

Pandora

Pannychis

Panopia

Paregoros

Pasithea

Pegasus

Peitho

Penia

Penthus

Persephone

Perses

Perseus

Phales

Phanes

Phaunus

Pheme

Philophrosyne

Philotes

Phobus

Phoebe

Phorcys

Phthonus

Phusis

Pistis

Plutus

Poena

Polemus

Polymnia

Pompe

Pontus

Ponus

Porus

Poseidon

Pothus

Priapus

Prometheus

Pronoea

Prophesis

Psamathe

Pseudologoi

Psyche

Ptocheia

Rhea

Selene

Silenos

Sophrosyne

Soter

Soteria

Styx

Tartarus

Telesphorus

Terpsichore

Tethys

Thalassa

Thalia (Mousai)

Thalia

Thallo

Thanatus

Thaumas

Thea

Themis

Theseus

Thesis

Thrasus

Thyone

Tithonus

Triptolemus

Triton

Tritopatores

Tyche

Tychon

Urania

Uranus

Zagreus

Zelus

Zeus

What is a “Universal Offering/Devotional Act?”

Feel free to request or suggest deities! This list will be done in order but you can ask for me to complete one that’s further down the list.

This list is subject to change. There are probably repeat deities (deities who go by multiple names, parts of groups like the Horae or Charities who are mostly grouped together, etc.) on this list. Some deities are not on here. Some names are spelt wrong or different.

#masterlist #masterpost #greek gods 101 #deities #hellenism #helpol #hellenic #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheism #hellenic community #hellenic polytheist #hellenic deities

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desos-records · 3 years ago

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Everything Mythologically Inaccurate about Clash of the Titans (2010)

Another movie that I adore, but let’s pick it apart anyway.

This movie is called Clash of the Titans and yet, there are no titans

Sometimes being made into a constellation is an honor in Ancient Greek myths and sometimes it’s a punishment, it kind of depends

A vague description of the Titanomachy, but okay.

Fun fact: in Greek mythology, each generation is thought to be less powerful than the previous one as we get further and further away from the original source. Creator deities, like Gaia, are stronger than the Titans, who are stronger than the gods, who are stronger than humans. Which is why the only way for the next generation to usurp the older one is through trickery.

Unfortunately for humans, Zeus has Metis, the og goddess of wisdom, in his head making him super clever on top of being very powerful, which is why every attempt to overthrow him fails

Anyway, moving on.

Nope. nope. Nope. nope.

First of all. The Kraken is NORSE. It’s not even a Greek sea monster, what is it doing here?? Cetus is RIGHT THERE

Second. Hades did what now??? Birthed it from his own flesh what does that even mean???

The Titans were defeated by Zeus because he broke the Cyclops and Hecatonchires out of Tartarus. The Cyclops made his lightning bolts, Poseidon’s trident, and Hades’ helm. The Hecatonchires are ridiculously strong and have a hundred arms and fifty heads each, so. no sea monsters

Again, why does Hades get associated with monsters so much?? Poseidon is LITERALLY the father of monsters what the hell is this

“Tricked” by Zeus?? I mean, maybe. They drew lots to determine who would rule each realm

Darkness and misery?? I mean, Hades is also god of riches, jewels, and gold, so it’s really not that bad of a gig. He’s the ruler of everything under the earth

In most versions of myth, it’s Prometheus who created humans, not Zeus

Either way, human prayer does not power the gods’ immortality. The gods represent forces of nature and their power is tied to their realm, not human belief. They demand prayers and offerings as signs of respect like kings demanding tribute

Although Zeus’ symbol is an eagle, it’s not a bald eagle, those only live in North America. Zeus’ eagle would probably be a European Golden Eagle

Okay, about Perseus. He was found adrift in a box, but his mother, Danae, was alive and they washed ashore on the island of Seriphos, where they were taken in by the fisherman Dictys (who is sometimes a son of Poseidon) and his wife, Clymene.

Oh, I love the idea that, as a son of Zeus, Perseus can feel thunderstorms in his chest, it’s not supported by the myths, but I love it

why does everyone have british accents???

I see we’re doing a Superman/Moses childhood story again for our demigod hero why do people keep doing this stop killing off the mothers of heroes

This movie is obviously very culturally tied to Modern America as opposed to Ancient Greece, so you can bet there aren’t many speeches in Greek mythology where they speak about the gods like they’re fascists

Again, the cultural understanding of the gods of Ancient Greece is that they represent natural forces, which can either help or harm humanity, but they’re rarely outright malicious unless you say things like that

Narratives about the poor and oppressed rising up to fight for liberty, or whatever, are very popular in America for various reasons, but not in Greek myth, so this is kind of jarring

Not to say that humans don’t try to rise up and fight their rulers in these myths, they do, but it’s usually portrayed as a very foolish and fatal thing to do

You cannot fight Poseidon anymore than you can fight a hurricane

In an Ancient Greek myth, a fisherman who was doing poorly would probably try and figure out if he’d offended the gods somehow and make an offering to them, instead of loudly complaining and making vague threats towards the gods’ authority—especially when you have clearly been gifted the child of one to care for

Everyone else is British, but Perseus is… Australian???

(an extremely short hairstyle like Perseus has here is historically associated with enslavement)

I’m pretty sure that statue is supposed to be The Colossus of Rhodes, which is actually a statue of Helios and was supposedly destroyed by an earthquake

Okay a) there are only three Furies and b) did they just. combine into Hades??? wtf

Why is Hades here?? It’s not his statue. Zeus can handle his own karmic punishments

And why did he destroy the boat?? They literally had nothing to do with it, why would he care?

Perseus’ family is alive and well in the myths, I’m just saying, this was unnecessary

In some myths, like the Iliad, Zeus is the atributor of fate, sometimes it’s The Fates, but ultimately Zeus has a lot of power to fuck humans up, so this really shouldn’t be an issue

Is that pre-fame LUKE EVANS AS APOLLO??? Hell yeah

I really really hate the character designs for the gods, they’re boring

Hades why do you CARE?? Why are you HERE?? Where is PERSEPHONE??

Literally when has Zeus ever once cared about humanity’s opinion this much

Do… do each of the gods have little statues of their favorite humans?? That’s so cute

Sending Hades to fuck shit up would never happen, that dude is busy okay? Can’t they just send the Furies? Or literally any of the hundreds of spirits and deities of Bad Things that they have power over??

This is the equivalent of the ocean suddenly getting nervous that humans don’t like it anymore, it’s kind of silly

Pretty sure they based the design of Argos on Ancient Athens judging by the port and the trireme, that’s pretty cool

Oh god, they’re literally breaking every known hospitality rule with Perseus here, Homer would be horrified

Mythological Greek Rules of Hospitality:

If a stranger appears, offer them food, drink, new clothes, and a place to sleep for the night

No questions are to be asked until the stranger has been properly fed at least

The host is expected to offer them a gift as well as transportation to their next destination

“Man cannot rule man” where the fuck did they pick that up?? Not only can man rule man, but they are Expected by the gods to lead and protect their people

This just reeks of American Exceptionalism

Andromeda is the only one even trying to follow proper hospitality rules, I love her

Yes you should be afraid Cassiopeia you’re literally spitting into the eye of a fucking thunderstorm here

The gods are nature?? They determine the tides and the crops?? Yes obviously you need them, wtf kind of argument is this

Cassiopeia calling her daughter more beautiful than the gods is Exactly what happens in the myth, although she said that Andromeda was more beautiful than Poseidon’s daughters, the Nereids, not Aphrodite, but that’s fair

Wait wait wait LOOK painted statues!! They have actual painted statues in that room!! HOLY SHIT, good for you set designers!

Again, why is Hades here?? He’s way too busy to be here doing Zeus’ job

That was a terrible phalanx, y’all should be ashamed of yourselves

Cassiopeia asks who Hades is as if every Greek mythological character ever isn’t able to recognize divinity purely from vibes

Athena basically does this to Achilles in the Iliad. Achilles is a couple stanzas from murdering Agamemnon and Athena appears out of nowhere, grabs him by the hair, and tells him to chill the fuck out

Obviously, Io can’t do that here because Perseus has no hair

What is more beautiful than death?? Uh, your wife, Hades. That’s a dumb question

I see we’re confusing Hades, god of the dead, with Thanatos, god of death, again today

Destroy the city or sacrifice the princess is myth accurate, although Andromeda is actually the princess of Ethiopia, not Argos—that’s right, she’s not Greek, and by rights she should have black skin

In fact, the name Ethiopia is Greek for “burnt face.” In Homer, Ethiopians were thought to have darker skin because they lived closer to the home of the sun. Ethiopia is also where the gods regularly go to throw week-long ragers

Perseus was actually born on Argos and his mother, Danae is the princess there

Hades is really here outing Perseus’ divine status like this as if Myth!Perseus wasn’t fully aware of his parentage from day one

Hermes is really here informing Zeus about his offspring as if he isn’t fully aware of every child he’s ever sired at all times (well, the male ones anyway)

Also how the fuck does HADES recognize Perseus as a demigod before Zeus??

If YOU didn’t even know you were his father, Zeus, how the fuck do you expect HIM to know??

They’re all awfully mean to Perseus about his demigod status, that doesn’t seem right

Well if you’re gonna put it like that Perseus, everyone is killed by a god. Because there’s a GOD OF DEATH

Okay, Io has nothing to do with the Perseus myth, but I love her character so I’ll allow it

Io tells Perseus she was raped by a god but fails to mention that it was HIS FATHER and also then she got turned into a cow by Hera and was forced to wander the world—none of this functional immortality stuff

btw Io eventually marries an Egyptian king and gets the love she deserves, so that’s pretty cool for her

Okay, let’s clear a few things up here: King Acrisius is Perseus’ grandfather and the father of Danae (not her husband, wtf). He is given a prophecy that his grandson will kill him so he locks Danae in an underground cellar as a form of birth control. Zeus takes that as a challenge, I guess, and impregnates her by turning into a shower of gold or sometimes seeds. Acrisius locks Danae and her child into a wooden box and throws them into the ocean

They seem to be confusing Perseus’ birth story with Heracles

Also they frame this as some kind of punishment for Acrisius trying to storm Olympus—as if the mythological characters who actually tried that weren’t blasted out of the sky—and not just, Zeus being permanently horny

The body you soiled??? Fucking hell. Do you have any idea how many husbands have been cuckolded by Zeus and they took it as a compliment?? And also didn’t kill their wives for something they had no control over??

Acrisius is eventually killed accidentally by Perseus who is competing in the basically Olympics and throws a discus into the crowd, instantly killing the grandfather he never met

DANAE LIVED, DAMMIT

See, this storyline would make more sense if this was Achilles—the demigod who should have been King of the Gods—Myth!Perseus has no reason to be angry with the gods

I don’t know where the Stygian Witches came from, but she means the Grey Sisters, so that’s on track with the myths—Stygian implies they have something to do with the river Styx, which they DON’T

They’re talking about killing a Norse monster and yet, Draco’s hair is totally accurate, how the hell did that happen

btw, the constellation Draco is actually Ladon, the dragon that guards the Garden of the Hesperides and the Golden Apples of Immortality

Is that pre-fame NICHOLAS HOULT??

These random fuckers show up claiming to have killed the Nemean Lion, a centaur, and the Hydra which are all things Heracles did, but Heracles is Perseus’ great-grandson

They totally made up “Calibos” for the movie, okay, I don’t know why, there are plenty of monsters to choose from

As I said in the Hercules (1997) post, Hades is not the one who tries to overthrow Zeus, that’s HERA

I shouldn’t have to tell you that breathing black smoke into people to give them superpowers is not a thing Hades does (although, now that I think about it, it IS a thing Apollo does in the Iliad to get Hector to win battles)

Okay, the part with the flute cracks me up every time, this movie has no right to be this funny

Perseus gets his sword and other gear from Athena, but okay, a random meadow works too I guess

And for the last time, Pegasus is BELLEROPHON'S horse. He isn’t even born until Perseus’ cuts off Medusa’s head

Usually when the gods want people to know they’re paying attention they send birds

Monsters sprouting from blood is actually a thing in Greek myth, although it’s usually titan blood, but a scorpion created by Gaia did kill Orion

I love this fight because everyone’s getting thrown around in short skirts with their thighs flashing everywhere like Homer intended

Okay now they’re just screwing with me, Djinn?? As in the Arabic folklore creatures???

Excuse me, the LEGION?? What are you, Roman??

This hippie cult dude is throwing Christian values into this Greek Mythology story and I’m not about that

Coins over the eyes for the dead is actually a much later and largely Catholic practice, in Greece a single coin was placed under the tongue

They’re just making shit up about the Djinn now, they’re not even trying

Why does Io speak Djinn?? Why are the ARABIC Djinn under the control of the GREEK gods???

I’m sorry. Did he say the Norn Mountains?? As in the Norns?? The Norse triplicate goddesses of the past, present, and future?? What is happening

“The garden of the stygia” what bullshit.

Oooooh shit, is that a giant HAND made of rock?? Are they implying that all the shattered rock is actually shattered TITANS?? Not myth accurate but COOL AS FUCK

In the Perseus myth, the goal is to get Medusa’s head, not kill any sea monsters. And Perseus originally goes on the quest to protect his mother, which is sweet. But this is pretty much exactly how the interaction with the Grey Sisters goes in the myth—except he asks them where Medusa lives

Medusa does not live across the river Styx what the fuck are you talking about

Did the grey sisters just say that MEDUSA and the KRAKEN are TITANS??? Excuse me, no.

You will die? That’s the vaguest fucking prophecy I’ve ever heard. He’s mortal, no shit

To be fair, the Grey Sisters said Perseus would die, not the rest of y’all

Oddly enough, old beggar Zeus is an accurate Zeus, well done

The rules for demigods becoming gods are so vague, like in the Iliad, Zeus can’t even save his son from dying, but then in Dionysus’ myth, he becomes a god after inventing wine—so I don’t fucking know—he probably wouldn’t do it to offer “sactuary” though

Perseus’ little speech here is actually the whole point of the Iliad. Gods have no idea what it means to be human, it’s not pursuit of glory, it’s living, fighting, and dying for the people you care about

Are those PEOPLE pulling the boat of the dead?? And why. The fuck. Is Charon. Always. A skeleton???

Okay we have to talk about Medusa for a second. The story Io tells here comes from Ovid, who is Roman and writing much later. All of his stories paint the gods in a cruel, oppressive light that didn’t necessarily represent who they were to the Greeks. Medusa according to earlier Greek writings was never mortal and was born a gorgon, the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, along with her two sisters. In fact the gorgon’s head has been a symbol for millenia, as the Aegis shield carried by Zeus and Athena in order to terrify their enemies, which is probably where the “turning to stone” idea came from

Oh and this temple and men-only thing is totally made up for the movie, Medusa lives in a cave

It’s actually unclear what Medusa’s body looks like, there are snake women in Greek myth however, like Echidna, the Mother of Monsters

I love when characters spar and flirt at the same time

Okay, but why the fuck would you bring bows to fight Medusa?? You can’t aim at what you can’t look at

Since when is Medusa an archer?

I’m just gonna say it, the snake bra is weird

There’s the mirror shield, finally.

Cetus, btw, isn’t a squid like the Kraken, it’s described as looking like a whale

Perseus is right actually, immortals can’t be killed but they can be banished or overwise stripped of power

You know, I’m glad they didn’t push a romantic relationship between Perseus and Andromeda, even though in the myth they get married. I like that they’re friends

She will make a fine queen, her name literally means Ruler of Men

This movie is so dumb, but it ticks so many of my boxes, I love it

Hercules (1997)

O Brother Where Art Thou (2000)

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DEITIE IDEAS

⚜Athena: war, wisdom, crafting⚠️

💋Aphrodite: love, sex, beauty, fertilty 💞

🖤Achyls: Sadness, misery, depression, suicide😔

💧Amphitrite: of the sea, sealife, waves, calm waters💧

🏞Artemis: hunting, wildlife, wilderness, nature, survival🏹

☀️Alectrona:personification of the sun, light, warmth,🌤

🌕Achelois: moon godess name means washes pain away🌓

🌵Antheia: garden, greenery, plants, flowers, swamps,🌸🌺

🤪Até: godess of chaos, war, mischief, delusion, ruin, folly⚠️

🔮Bia: goddess of pure, force, and raw energy♾

🥽Brizo: protector of marines, sailors, and fishermen💧

💧Calypso: sea nymph, mother of fish and, sealife💧

🧜‍♀️Celeano: wife of poseidon, mother of sea gods, 🤱

👽Ceto: primordial sea monster, daughter of Gaia scaryyy🌊

⚜Circe: Magic, sorcery, transformed enemies into swine🧹

⛰Cybele: mountains, caverns, nature, wildlife⛰

💫Clymene: Renown infamy, fame, very well known💫

⚖Demeter: sacred law, agriculture,fertility. The harvest🎑

💧Doris: Sea nymph, bounty of the sea, mother of nereids💧

👶Eilethyia: childbirth, by Homer goddess of pain of birth🤱

🤗Elpis: Hope, and spirit, personification 😀

⚠️Enyo: Destruction, war, companion and lover of ares ⚠️

🧚‍♀️EOS: goddess of dawn, primordial personification🌅

🎵Erato: muse of lyric, poetry, music, tune, noise🎵

🔞Eris: chaos, strife, and discord connected to war goddess enyo .

🐍Eurayle: Sister of Medusa, one of the main gorgon👽

🌺Gaia: primordial goddess of Earth, nature, mountains🌵

👋Harmonia: greek goddess of harmony, concord🤗

👶Hebe: Eternal youth,in charge of making the gods look good🤗

🔮Hecate: Witchcraft, Crossroads, necromancy, mother of witches🔮

🌅Hemera: Goddess of Day time, and daughter of Nyx🌓

⚜Hera: Goddess of goddesses, women, and marriage 💑

🏡Hestia:Hearth, home comfort, domesticity, family,🏡

🧼Hygea: Hygiene, health, cleanliness, sanitation 🧼

🌈Iris: rainbows, color, messenger of the gods, sea🌈

🌓Keres: Daughter of Nyx, female essence,🌓

🥳Kotys: dyonisian goddess whose celebrations were BIG🥳

🍒Lilith:Wife of Lucifer, First wife of adam, Sex, Women🌹

⚠️Lamia:Chd eater, figure of bad behavior, cannablism⚠️

☠Lachesis:second of three fates, measurerof thread of lif☠

🛤Maia: Greek goddess of Fields, crossways🛤

🤡Mania: isanity, madness, crazed frenzy, and the dead☠

😩Melepomene: Muse of grieve, loss, tragedy🖤

🧠Metis: Goddess of knowledge, wisdom, oceanic🧠

😈Nemesis: Goddess of revenge, vengeance, retribution😈

✔Nike: Goddess of Victory, winged goddess of victory ✌

🌓Nyx: Preimordal goddess of night, lunar goddess, dark🌕

🗡Persephone:Queen of underworld, vegetation,springs🗡

🤳Pheme: Gossip, Fame, notability, renownciation🗣

📝Polyhmnia: Scared poetry, writing, hymn dancing 💃

🏜Rhea: Titaness of nature, Daughter of Gaia and Uranus🌎

🌕Selene/Luna:Mother of the Moon, mother of vampires,🌓

🏞Styx: Goddess of the river styx, portal to underworld🏞

🗻Taygete: Mountain Nymph/ Goddess 🗻

🎵Terpsichore: Dance and chorus, one of the nine muses👯‍♀️

😆Thalia: One of 9 muses, She is of comedy idyllic poetry😆

⛩ The Erinnyes: Retribution, vengeance, punish men, heinous crimes.

⚖Themis: divine order, and law, custom⚖

🤑Tyche: Prosperity, money, luck, fortune💸

🔭Urania: Goddess of astronomy and astrology♎

🤢Eurayle: Third Gorgon sister👽

IMPORTANT NOTES!!!

🍒Lady Lilith wasn't evil she was damned to hell because she wanted equality between men and women but to no prevail she ran away ain't hidden mountains and we. God sent angels to being her back to Eden she said no unless she would gain equality making her the first feminist in the universe🍎

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Helios – Greek God of the Sun

Picture https://www.deviantart.com/giye/art/HELIOS-149628354

In Greek mythology, Helios was the personification of the Sun and one of the strongest Titan gods. He is often portrayed as a handsome young man driving a chariot with four horses across the sky from the east to the west. Known as ‘the sun god’, Helios was also the god of sight and the guardian of oaths.

Helios didn’t play a major role in Greek mythology since he was gradually replaced by Apollo after the Olympian gods took over from the Titans. However, he does appear as a side character in the myths of mortals and other gods.

Who was Helios?

Helios was born to Theia, the goddess of sight and Hyperion, the Titan god of light. He was the brother of Eos, the goddess of the dawn, and Selene, goddess of the moon. Helios is described as a handsome god with bright, curly hair and piercing eyes.

Symbols of Helios

Helios’ most popular symbol is his chariot. Drawn by several horses, Helios rides the golden Sun Chariot each day, crossing the sky from East to West which is symbolic of the sun’s journey.

Another popular symbol of Helios is the horse, the animal that pulls the chariot across the sky. Helios has four horses – Aethon (Blazing), Aeos (He who turns the sky), Phlegon (Burning) and Pyrois (Fiery One).

Helios is also represented by aureoles, which refers to the rays of light often drawn around the heads of certain deities.

Helios’ Lovers and Children

Helios was married to the Oceanid Perse, but had several mistresses. Other sources say that he didn’t necessarily have a wife but had many lovers instead. Some of the most well-known women associated with Helios include:

Perse – Helios and Perse were married and had around four children.

Clymene – One of Helios’ mistresses, Clymen bore him several children, including Phaethon and the Heliades.

Clytie – A consort of Helios’ who eventually lost his love and died from sorrow. She eventually turned into the heliotrope, a flower which follows the journey of the sun during the day.

Rhode – The nymph of the island of Rhodes, Rhode bore Helios seven sons and a daughter.

Helios had several children, including:

Lampetia – The goddess of light.

Phaethusa – The personification of the blinding rays of the sun.

Aeetes – A Colchis king through whom Helios became the grandfather to Medea, the sorceress.

Perses – Who was slain by his paternal niece, Medea.

Circe – A sorceress who could use incantations and drugs to change humans into lions, swine and wolves.

Pasiphae – The wife of King Minos and mother of the Minotaur.

Phaethon – Known for trying to ride Helios’ chariot and dying in the process. Arguably the most famous child of Helios.

Myths Featuring Helios

Helios doesn’t play a central role in many myths, but makes frequent appearances as a side character in the story of others. Here are some popular myths featuring Helios.

The Cattle of Helios

Odysseus and his men were cast ashore on the island, Thrinacia. Helios had a large herd of cattle and he had forbidden anyone to touch them. However, Odysseus’ men didn’t take the warning seriously and while Odysseus was asleep, they captured a few of the cows and roasted the meat. Helios was greatly angered by this and went to Zeus to ask for vengeance.

When Odysseus and his men were leaving the island, a thunderbolt struck their ship, destroying it beyond repair. All Odysseus’ men perished, with only Odysseus surviving the event. He was spared as he had been the only one who hadn’t disobeyed Helios, since he had been fast asleep when his men hunted the cattle.

Helios and Heracles

As the Greek hero Heracles was crossing the desert to steal the cattle of the monster Geryon, as one of his Twelve Labors, he found Helios’ heat difficult to bear. Annoyed, he began to shoot arrows at Helios, who promised to help him if he would stop it. Heracles complied and the sun god gave him a golden cup which would help him to cross water on the way to the cattle. Heracless used the golden cup to sail across the seas.

Helios and Poseidon

Helios was a competitive god as were most of the gods of the Greeek pantheon. In one instance, he is said to have sought the sacrifices of Corinth. However, he had to compete for this against Poseidon, god of the sea.

The competition between Helios and Poseidon for the sacrifices of Corinth was so fierce and violent that Briareus, the mediator, decided that the acropolis of the city of Corinth would be given to Helios and the Isthmus would be for Poseidon.

Phaethon and the Unbreakable Oath

The story of Helios’ son Phaethon is probably one of the best known myths involving the sun god. Phaethon grew up always unsure that he was actually Helios’ son. He would search for assurances that Helios was his father and nothing his mother could say would reassure him. So Phaethon confronted Helios, seeking the assurance he needed.

Helios swore an unbreakable oath, promising to give Phaethon whatever it was that he wanted and Phaethon requested to be given the opportunity to guide his father’s chariot for a day. Helios realized that it would be folly to allow such a thing but since he had taken an oath, he couldn’t go back on his word. So, he put Phaethon in charge of his chariot.

Phaethon, however, couldn’t control the chariot like his father could. When it flew too close to the ground, it scorched the earth and when it flew too high, it caused some regions of the earth to freeze.

Zeus saw what was happening and decided he had to intervene or the world would be destroyed. He sent a thunderbolt, which killed Phaethon. Helios was devastated and blamed himself for what had happened. It took a great deal of cajoling from the gods to make him remount his chariot and continue his daily journey across the skies.

Helios vs. Apollo

Many people think that Apollo and Helios are the same god, however, this is a common misconception. The two gods are two different beings, with distinct origins who eventually becme conflated.

Helios was a Titan god and the personification of the sun, while Apollo was one of the Twelve Olympian deities and god of several domains including light, music, arts, archery, healing and poetry.

Helios was directly connected with the sun and controlled it with his golden chariot. He rode the chariot daily from east to west, bringing the sun and daylight with it. Apollo, on the other hand, was simply the god of light (and not specifically of the sun).

Helios was the original sun god but Apollo gradually replaced him. Due to this conflation, Apollo is sometimes described as riding the Sun Chariot across the sky, a role distinctly belonging to Helios.

Helios in Aesop’s Fables

Helios appears in the famous Aesop’s Fables, where he competes with the god of the north wind, Boreas. Both the gods wanted to make a passing traveler remove his clothing. Boreas blew and blew at the traveler but this only made him wrap his clothing around himself more tightly. Helios, however, made the traveler get warmer and warmer so that he willingly removed his clothing, making Helios the winner.

Helios Facts

1- What is Helios the god of?

Helios is the god of the sun.

2- Who are Helios’ parents?

Helios parents are Hyperion and Theia.

3- Does Helios have siblings?

Yes, Helios’ siblings are Selene and Eos.

4- Who is Helios’ consort?

Helios has many consorts, including Perse, Rhode and Clymene.

5- What are Helios’ symbols?

Helios’ most notable symbols include the chariot, horse and aureole.

6- Who are Helios’ children?

Helios has many children, most notably Phaethon, the Horae, Aeetes, Circe, Lampetia and the Charites.

7- Where does Helios live?

Helios lives in the sky.

8- Who is Helios’ Roman equivalent?

Sol is Helios’ Roman equivalent.

9- What’s the difference between Apollo and Helios?

Apollo came after Helios and was identified with him. While Helios is the personification of the sun, Apollo is the god of light.

In Brief

As the god of the sun, Helios played an important role in ancient Greek mythology, known for riding the Sun Chariot across the sky each day. He was credited with keeping the world alive in this way. Although he was later overshadowed (no pun intended) by Apollo, he remains the most well-known sun god of the Greek pantheon.

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The Greek Pantheon

Aceso- Healing, Curing Achelois- a Moon goddess Achelous- Shark spirit Acheron- Woe Achilles- a Deified mortal Achlys- Posion, Misery Achos- Trouble Acratopotes- Unmixed wine Adathodaemon- Luck Adephagia- Gluttony Adikia- Wrongdoing Adonis- the Circle of life Adrastea- a goddess Aegaeon- Violent sea storms Aegle- Radiant health Aeolus- Ruler of the winds Aergia- Sloth Aether- Light, Atmosphere Aetna- Mt. Etna Agon- Contest Aiakos- a Judge in the underworld(europe) Aidos- Modesty

Aike- Prowess Aion- Eternity, Time Aisa- Fate Alabandus- a Deified mortal Alala- the Warcry Alastor- Blood feuds Alecto- a Fury Alectrona- the Morning Aletheia- Truth Alexiares- Fortifies towns Amechania- Helplessness Amphiaraus- Chthonic oracle Amphictyonis- Wine Amphilogiai- Debates Amphitrite- the Sea Anaideia- Ruthelessness Ananke- Inevitability Androktasiai- Slaughter Anetheusa- Fountains Angelia- Messages Angelos- Chthonic Ania- Ache Anicetus- Fortified towns Anteros- Requited love Aparctias- the North Wind Aphaea- Agriculture Apheleia- Simplicity Aphrodite- Love, Beauty, Desire Aphroditus- a deity Apollon- Music, Art, Healing Aporia- Difficulty Arae- Curses Ares- War, Violence Arete- Virtue Argestes- the West/Northwest Wind Ariadne- Mazes Aristaeus- Bee-keeping Arke- a Messenger Artemis- Hunting, Archery Ascelpius- Medicine Askalaphos- Tends orchards in the underworld Asteria- Stars Astraea- Justice Astraeus- Celstial bodies, Astrology Athena- Wisdom, Strategy Atlas- Endurance, Astronomy Atropos- Fate Attis- Vegetation Atë- Delusion Aura- Breeze, Fresh air Auxesia- Fertility Auxo- Spring growth Benthesikyme- the Sea Bia- Violence Bolina- a Deified mortal Boreas- the North Wind, Winter Britomartis- Nets Brizo- Sailors Caerus- Oppurtunity Caicias- the Northeast Wind Carme- Harvestt Castor- Boxing, St. Elmo’s Fire Ceraon- the meal, specifically, the making of the wine Cerberus- Guard dog of the underworld Ceto- Dangers of the ocean Chaos- Nothingness Charites(p)- Charm, Creativity Charon- Ferryman of the underworld Charybdis- Whirlpools Chione- Snow Chiron- a Centaur Chloris- Flowers Chronos- Empirical time Chrysothemis- Harvest Circe- a goddess, a Witch Clotho- Fate Clymene- Renown, Fame Coeus- Intellect Comus- Revelry Corus- Surfeit Corymbus- Fruit of the ivy Cricios- the North/Northwest Wind Crius- Constellations Cronus- Destructive time (king of the Titans) Cyamites- Beans Cybele- Mountains Cymopoleia- the Sea Damia- Fertility Deimos- Fear Deino- Graeae Deipnus- the meal, specifically, the making of the bread Delphin- Dolphins Demeter- Grain, Harvest Despoina- Mysteries Dikaiosyne- Justice Dike- Justice Dione- Oracle of Dodona Dionysus- Wine, Madness Dolos- Trickery Dynamene- Ocean swells Dysnomia- Lawlessness Dyssebeia- Impiety Eidothea- sea nymph Eileithyia- Childbirth Eirene- Peace Eiresione- the Olive branch Ekecheiria- Truce Eleos- Mercy, Pity Elpi- Hope Endymion- a Deified mortal Enyalius- War Enyo- Destructive war Enyo- Graeae Eos- Dawn Eosphorus- the morning star, Venus Epidotes- a deity Epimetheus- afterthought Epione- Soothing pain Epiphron- Prudence Erebus- Darkness Eris- Strife Eros- Love, Attraction, Intercourse Ersa- Morning dew Eucleia- Good repute Eulabeia- Discretion Eunomia- Good order Eunostus- the Flour mill Eupheme- Good omens Euporie- Horae Eupraxia- Well being Euronotus- the Southeast Wind Eurus- the East/Southeast Wind Euryale- Goron Eurybia- Mastery of the sea Eurynome- Wateer, Meadows (ex-queen of the Titans) Eusebia- Piety Euthenia- Prosperity Gaia- Earth Galene- Calm seas Ganymede- a Deified mortal Geeras- Old age Gelos- Laughter Glaucus- Fishermen Glycon- a snake god Hades- Wealth (lord of the underworld) Harmonia- Harmony Harpocrates- Silencee Hebe- Youth Hecate- Magic Hecaterus- Hekateris Hedone- Pleasure Hedylogos- Sweet talk Heemphroditus- Andrgony Heimarmene- Sharing Helios- the Sun, Oaths Hemera- Day Hemithea- a Deified mortal Hepheastus- Fire, Crafts Hera- Marriage, Women (queen of the gods) Heracles- Strength Hermes- Travel, Messages Hesperus- the evening star, Venus Hestia- Hearth, Home Hilaera- a Deified mortal Himeros- Sexual Desire Homados- Battle Homonia- Concord Horkos- Oaths Horme- Impulse Hybris- Outrageous behavior Hygeia- Hygeine Hymenaios- Marriage Hyperion- Light Hypnos- Sleep Hysminai- Fighting Iapetus- Mortality Iaso- Cures Ichnaea- Tracking Ino- a Deified mortal Ioke- Pursuit Iris- Rainbows Iynx- the Love charm Kakia- Vice Kalokagathia- Nobility Karpo- Fruits Keres- Violent Deaths Keuthonymos- Chthonic Koalemos- Stupidity Kokytos- Wailing Kratos- Strength Lachesis- Fate Lampsao- a Deified mortal Lelantos- Air, the Unseen Lethe- Forgetfulness Leto- Motherhood Leucothea- the Sea Limos- Hunger Lips- the Southwest Wind Litae- Prayer Lupe- Pain Lyssa- Rage Ma- a goddess Macaria- Blessed deaths Machai- Fighting Mania- Madness Matton- the meal, specifically, the kneading of the dough Medusa- Gorgon Megaera- a Fury Melinoe- Offerings to the dead Men- Lunar god Mene- the Months Menoetes- Herded cattle in the underworld Menoetius- Anger Methe- the state of being Drunk Metis- Good council Minos- Judge (final votee) Mnemosyne- Memory Momus- Mockery Mormo- Chthonic Moros- Doom Neikea- Quarrels Nemesis- Retribution, Revenge Nereus- Old man of the sea Nesoi(p)- Islands, Seas Nike- Victory Nomos- Law Notus- the South Wind Nyx- Night Oceanus- the All-encircling river Oizys- Woe, Misery Oneiroi(p)- Dreams Ophion- Ruler of the Titans (overthrown by Cronus) Orithyia- Mountain winds Orthosie- one of the Horae Ourae(p)- Mountains Paean- Physician Palaemon- the Sea Palaestra- Wrestling Palioxis- Flight, Retreat Pallas- Warcraft Pan- Shepherds Panacea- Healing Pandia- sky deity Parthenos- a Deified mortal Peitharchia- Discipline Peitho- Persuasion Pemphredo- Graeae Penia- Poverty Penthus- Grief Pepromene- Share Phaenon- Saturn Phaethon- Jupiter Phanes- Procreation Pheme- Rumour Pherousa- one of the Horae Philomelus- the Wagon, the Plow Philophrosyne- Kindness Philotes- Friendship Phlegethon- Fire Phobos- Fear Phoebe(1)- Prophecy Phoebe(2)- a Deified mortal Phonoi- Murder Phorcys- Hidden dangers of the sea Phrike- Horror Phthonus- Envy Phylonoe- a Deified mortal Pistis- Trust Plutus- Wealth Poine- Retribution Polemos- War Pollux- Boxing, St. Elmo’s Fire Ponos- Hard labour Pontus- the Sea, Sea creatures Poros- Expediency Poseidon- Earthquakes, the Ocean (lord of the sea) Pothos- Yearning Praxidike- Exacting justice Priapus- Fertility Proioxis- Onrush Promtheus- Forethought Prophasis- Excuses Proteus- Herdsman of Poseidon Psamathe- Sand beaches Psyche- the Soul Ptocheia- Beggary Pyroeis- Mars Rhadamanthys- Judge (asia) Rhapso- Sewing Rhea- Fertility (queen of the Titans) Roma- Rome Saloazios- sky deity Sangarius- a River Scylla- the Sea Selene- the Moon Semele- a Deified mortal Silenus- Wine press Skeiron- the Northwest Wind Sophrosynee- Moderation Soteria- Safety Soter- Safety Stheno- a Gorgon Stilbon- Mercury Styx- Hatred, Oaths Taraxippus- a Ghost Tartarus- Tartarean Pit Techne- Art, Skill Telesphoruus- Convalescence Telete- Initiaion into the Bacchic cult Tenes- a Deified mortal Tethys- Fresh water Thalassa- the Sea Thallo- Buds Thanatos- Death Thaumus- the Wonders of the sea Theia- Sight Themis- Devine law Thetis- Marine life Thoosa- Sea currents Tisiphone- a Fury Triptolemus- Farming Triteia- the Sea Triton- the Sea Tthrasos- Boldness Tyche- Fortune Uranus- the Sky Zagreus- first incarnation of Dionysus Zelos- Rivalry Zephyrus- the West Wind Zeus- Weather, Lightning (lord of the sky, king of the gods)

#hellenic polytheism #hellenism #greek pantheon #greek deities

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VERSE HEADCANONS (THUNDERCATS) - ATALANTE

under the cut in the event they get too long! this list applies to both the original (1985 - 1987) and the short-lived reboot (2011).

atalante was born to king iason and queen clymene of arkadia.

although she had not been born a boy as iason had hoped she would have been, he still viewed her as the rightful heir to arkadia’s throne.

as a newborn, however, she was kidnapped by an unknown bandit and left in the forests on the outskirts of the kingdom to face the elements alone.

her cries were heard by a deity from arkadia’s pantheon -- the goddess of the hunt, artemis. caring for the infant princess, she returned atalante to her parents three days after she’d been found; a festival being held in the goddess’ honor as the result. years later, atalante would become a follower of the goddess out of gratitude for saving her life.

though she’d been next in line to become the sovereign of arkadia, she’d hunt with her peers and her patron goddess. sometimes she’d unintentionally skip lessons and return home with game slung over her shoulders with a proud smile on her face, always promising to stay in her lessons overtime the following day. and she’d keep those promises as well.

arkadia was a mix of old and new; magic and technology working together to keep the kingdom in peace.

as a teenager, atalante volunteered to slay the calydonian boar, a beast ravaging the neighboring kingdom of calydon.

she was presented the boar’s pelt as a reward for being the first of the volunteers to spill blood from the creature. with magic she’s capable of using it to enhance her strength in battle so long as she wears it.

when growing up, atalante heard stories about neighboring kingdoms -- the farthest away being thundera.

and when she heard of thundera’s destruction at the hands of mumm-ra, she was devastated to hear that millions of lives had been lost. and right away she confronted military leaders to prepare underground bunkers in the event arkadia had been next.

her plan for an eventual invasion? each underground room would be connected to one another through tunnels complicated to navigate by foreigners. when possible enemies approach the gates, bells ring in alert and those who can hear hide within the bunkers, surviving until it is safe to emerge from beneath the surface.

foreign survivors would also be welcome to hide in arkadia’s bunkers for shelter, so long as they mean no harm. it wouldn’t matter what race they were -- if they needed shelter, she would welcome them.

several months after thundera was destroyed, atalante was crowned the queen of arkadia following the death of her father. though a day after the coronation the bells would toll, and the bi-weekly drills were no longer just drills. arkadia was next in mumm-ra’s path of fury.

it was the blessings of their pantheon that everyone had managed to reach the underground bunkers safely, with mumm-ra’s armies destroying abandoned buildings thinking the denizens were foolish enough to hide inside them.

as of late, arkadia had been underground. however, gardens grow and everyone is fed. within the bunkers, atalante was an equal to the rest of her people, and she’d been fine with that. so long as her people were safe, she didn’t care about her own status.

atalante is surprisingly great with children. during her hiding underground, she’d spend time with the children who were afraid, telling them stories of old, and stories of what she grew up with -- even of the goddess that saved her life.

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Greek Gods You’ve Never Heard Of, Part VIII

Aquatic Deities

Amphitrite (f) wife of Poseidon, queen of the sea. Oceanid or Nereid. Roman: Salacia, goddess of saltwater

Berthesikyme (f) “sea depth/wave”, daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, wife of Enalos (a man from Lesbos, who also has another fascinating myth about him)

Brizo (f) “to slumber”, protector of mariners, sailors, and fishermen, worshiped by the women of Delos, who set out food offerings in small boats. also a prophet who specializes in dream interpretation

Calypso (f) a nymph, trapped Odysseus. daughter of Iapetus and Clymene or Asia

Phorcys (m), son of Pontus (sea) and Gaia (earth). fish-tailed merman with crab-claw forelegs and red, spiky skin. husband of Ceto. Children include the Graeae (three crones, Deino/Dino, Enyo, and Pemphredo/Pephredo, who share one eye and one tooth among them); the gorgons (snakes for hair), Echidna (half-woman and half-snake, mother of monsters), and the youngest, “the awful snake” who guards the golden apples of the Hesperides.

Ceto (f) “sea monster”, daughter of Gaia (earth) and Pontus (sea). bore a host of monstrous children to her brother Phorcys.

Glaucus (m) “grey-blue, blue-green, glimmering” a mortal who ate a magical herb and became immortal. prophetic sea god, comes to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having been a sailor himself.

the ichthyocentaurs (m, plural). upper body human, lower front of horse, tail of fish, lobster-claw horns on the head. the ichyocentaur brothers Aphros and Bythos were set in the sky as the constellation Pisces

Kymopoleia, daughter of Poseidon and Amphitrite, goddess of sea and earthquakes, wife of Briares (one of the hundred-handed giants)

Leucothea (f) “white goddess”, one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized, usually a transformed nymph, sometimes Ino

Melicertes/Melacertes/Palaemon (m) son of prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus. He and his mother were turned into sea gods.

Nereus (m) eldest son of Pontus and Gaia: with Oceanid Doris, fathered children with whom he lived in the sea:

the Nereids (f plural), 50 ocean nymphs

Nerites (m) a beautiful boy

Nesoi (f plural) goddesses of islands. Among the Protogenoi

Proteus (m) the Old Man of the Sea, an early god of rivers and seas. can foretell future, but will change his shape to avoid doing so.

Rhodos (f) personification of the island of Rhodes, wife of Helios (the sun god, also the Colossus of Rhodes)

Thaumus (m) son of Pontus (sea) and Gaia (earth). wife Electra, parents of Iris and the Harpies

Thetis (f) sea nymph or a Nereid. in early ages may have been worshiped as creator of the universe. Mother of Achilles.

Triton (m) messenger of the sea. son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, herald for his father. Merman. carries a trident, conch shell trumph to calm or raise the waves. sometimes plural, Tritones, daimones of the sea.

the Oceanids: 3,000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys, each patroness of a particular spring, river, sea, lake, pond, pasture, flower, breeze, or cloud. there is a long list of them in Wikipedia, including:

Styx, who rushed to help Zeus against the Titans, goddess of the River Styx of the underworld, and whose name became a binding oath for the deities

Metis (f) “wisdom, skill, craft”, Titaness mother of wisdom and deep thought, trickster powers of Prometheus

the Potamoi: Oceanus and Tethys’ 3,000 sons, gods of rivers and streams. long list on Wikipedia. Includes the rivers of the underworld.

the Naiads (f plural): nymphs of fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks, bodies of fresh water. still freshwater for naiads, moving freshwater for Oceanids (remember that the “sea” was considered a freshwater river that ran around the edge of the world), saltwater Mediterranean for the Nereids, Potamoi for rivers. the edges of these categories tend to be very vague. naiads were very ancient spirits of still waters of marshes, ponds, lagoon-lakes. Greeks believed that all the world’s waters were connected, percolating from the “sea” in deep cavernous spaces within the earth. Long list of naiads on wikipedia.

Some kinds of Naiads:

Eleionomae: marshes

Crinaeae, fountains

Limnades, lakes

Potamides, rivers

Pegaeae, springs (especially the springs that were created by the pounding of the hooves of Pegasus)

(See the rest of the series)

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