#leto

[moodyseal]

TOApril Day 7 - Home, Hearth and Grief

Can you imagine never having to worry about your son's wellbeing because he's immortal until he's suddenly not and you can only watch as he gets hurt time and time again and nearly falls into a pit from which no god has come back from because his father forbids you to do anything else. And then he comes back and he's out for two weeks and again you have to wait and wait and wait. OEUGH

[letsduneit]

dune really explores every possible way someone can die without actually dying. paul's childhood self dies the night his father does. his atreides heritage dies when he seeks revenge. paul himself dies when he drinks the water of life. jessica the wife dies the night leto does. jessica the mother dies when she drinks the water of life. the girl alia could have become dies in the womb. stilgar dies when he becomes a follower. the fremen die when they leave their home to fight paul's war for him. the narrative treats every one of these deaths as a tragedy, as a palpable loss; the ghosts of who these characters were or could have been remain to haunt the narrative long afterwards.

(expanding on my original tags from this post)

[gotstabbedbyapen]

Apollo: Mama, I want uppies.

Leto: I can't do it.

Apollo: Don't you love me anymore? 🥺

Leto: Sweetie, you are two heads taller than me and I don't think my arms can withstand your grown man weight.

Leto: No, you crouching down like a kid won't change anything.

[turquoisemagpie]

Post-modern Olympus.

(Finally! The last pages of the Post Modern Olympus AU!

Now obviously this is just my own interpretation of the gods, even though I took time to research the origins, cultural spread and evolutions of each deity. There will be areas missed or disagreed with, and that’s ok. Everyone can have their own ideas of the way we see the world: this is just mine that I made into an art project. Thank you to those who have been interested!) :)

[deathlessathanasia]

who supports leto over hera?

Specifically in the context of the birth of Leto's children, a lot of people:

Rhea, Themis, Dione, Amphitrite (and an unspecified number of other goddesses), Iris, even Eileithyia according to Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo. All the goddesses accompany Leto during her labour and send Iris to bribe Eileithyia (who is staying away out of ignorance rather than malice) into helping her give birth against Hera's wishes.

Eileithyia is present at the birth in some other sources, including this fragment of Pindar where she is there together with Lachesis.

In Kallimachos' Hymn to Delos, Peneios is willing to allow Leto to give birth in his waters despite the threats of Hera and Ares. He hesitates out of fear in the beginning, but then makes up his mind to help her and doesn't back down even when Ares is about to throw a whole mountain range into his water. The only reason why this doesn't end up happening is because Leto basically tells Peneios not to sacrifice himself for her sake and goes to look for another place to give birth.

Poseidon, too, gets involved in some accounts (Hyginus Fabulae 140, Lucian's Dialogues of the Sea Gods) of Leto's wanderings and helps her by either taking her to the island and covering it with waves so that she'll give birth in safety or raising Delos from the depths of the sea, fixing it in place and having Leto taken there by Tritons.

Athena plays a role in this story as well according to others (Hyperides , Aristides, etc.), being the one who guides the pregnant Leto to Delos after she had loosened her girdle in Attica (Fragment 67 here).

[nothing-impt]

could you draw Leto in your style?

Best mom :D

(Have baby Artemis and baby Apollo too)

[im-an-apollogist]

Has anyone done this yet?

[castellanisms]

Headcanon that Leto got Apollo a little rooster stuffy when he was super young. later, when Apollo was older and apprenticing under Helios, Helios gave him a stuffie one of his sacred red cattle. Apollo still sleeps with them.

[elianzis]

BEST MOM

[i-am-traveling-the-multifandom]

Hermes, Apollo and Hephaestus, barging into Poseidon's room: POSEIDON!!!! Poseidon, dropping his drink: WHAT THE FUCK- Hephaestus: SAY I CAN MAKE A TACTICAL ROOMBA Poseidon: A what- Why are you asking me?! Hermes: Zeus and Hera will say no and Maia and Leto aren’t here! Poseidon: … I guess? Go for it. Apollo: FUCK YEA- *leaves* Poseidon: … am I the fun uncle?

[athenepromachos]

The divine twins Artemis and Apollo 🏛🏹🏹☀️🌛🐕

[skiimble]

kind to men and to the deathless gods (campo and his family, in the beginning)

[bodhidevotee]

Apollo - Son of Zeus and Leto, leader of the Muses

[turquoisemagpie]

Leto.

[arrowheadedbitch]

I feel like Apollo would really feel for percy when he goes "I am SALLY JACKSON'S son!" He'd have such respect for him, be real.

Oh, you like your mom WAYYY more than your dad? FELT

[my-name-is-apollo]

Imagine being pregnant, in labor, and having to travel to all these places in hopes that you can give birth on one of them, only to get rejected by most of them because they were all afraid of your son who is not even born yet.