#mythology dreamcast

[muiltifandomnerd]

These people are super attractive and the best part is that they are Greek

greek mythology fancast

i’ve been wanting to do this for so long, so here it is 

constantine markoulakis as zeus 

michael antonakos as dionysus

yorgos karamihos as hades

mario lekkas as ares

theo theodoridis as hephaestus 

prometheus aleifer as poseidon

tracy spiridakos as athena

marie avgeropoulos as artemis

eleanna stravodimou as aphrodite

antri karatoni as hera (or even aphrodite)

anastasia tsilimpiou as persephone

alex dragulele as hermes

marietta chrousala as demeter

dominika grnova as hestia

nadia serlidou as iris

tonia sotiroupoulous as hekate

ariane labed as hebe

ivi adamou as eris

zoe aggeliki as tyche

doukissa nomikou as amphitrite 

theo james as apollo (give me theo james as apollo!!!)

adele exarchopoulos as psyche

[s10127470]

Sonic’s Latin American Adventure (Part 1)

Most of you are probably familiar with Sonic Adventure.

While not being Sonic’s first, it was his first big successful jump into the world of 3D.

And although it has aged in terms of graphic and especially voice-acting, it’s gameplay and story is still fondly remembered by many.

But one element that I want to take about are the levels.

Sonic Adventure has some of the most iconic levels in the Sonic franchise.

But what some of you may not know were the real-world inspirations behind them.

Ever since the Genesis days, Sonic has drawn influence from our world for reference.

Carnival Night Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 3 was inspired by the local carnivals that Sonic Team saw in San Francisco.

Casino Night Zone from Sonic the Hedgehog 2 was inspired by Las Vegas, which Sonic Team took a trip to during its production.

And undoubtedly the most recognizable (and widely hated) level in the entire franchise Green Hill Zone from the game that start it all, was inspired by the rolling green hills and blue skies of California.

But when it was time to develop Sonic Adventure, Sonic Team wanted to go bigger than ever before and create more realistic worlds than before, thanks to the greater capabilities of the Sega Dreamcast.

One of the kind of new environments they wanted to do for Sonic Adventure were jungles with ancient ruins.

When creating levels for the games during the Genesis days, while Sonic Team did draw some influence from the real world, they mostly drew inspiration from movies and tv shows.

None of the team had ever seen any genuine ruins or jungles before, and tools like the Internet were way too primitive at the time for help.

So in order to make the environments of the game feel authentic as possible, Sonic Team took a nearly 3-month long trip through Central and South America.

They traveled to Mexico (specifically around the Yucatán Peninsula), Guatemala, and Peru.

And they not only took inspiration from the environments of those locations, but also the culture, history, and possibly even religion.

So today, I want to go into depth on the real-world inspirations for some of the levels and elements of Sonic Adventure.

So grab your adventure gear and some snacks, cause we’re going on a Latin American adventure!

Coming up first we have the very first level of the game, Emerald Coast.

When taking in the tropical beach environment, the seagrass thatched umbrellas scattered all over the place, forested cove and the resort at the beginning of the level, it’s safe to say that Emerald Coast was inspired by popular vacation spots such as Cancún and Tulum.

Next we come to the Mystic Ruins and Lost World.

These two locations are definitely the strongest examples of the Latin American influence.

They’re both clearly inspired by the ancient ruins of Mayan cities such as Chichen Itza, Tikal, Uaxactun, and San Gervasio, along with the jungles surrounding them.

Within the Lost World level, there’s a bit of a snake theme going on. From the torches, to the entrances, and there even being a giant stone snake moving around in the water section.

In Mayan culture, the snake was one of the most important animals, alongside the jaguar and the quetzal.

Snakes were seen as the vehicles by which celestial bodies, such as the sun and stars, crossed the heavens on. The shedding of their skin made them a symbol of rebirth and renewal.

And although there were many sculptures of snakes, most of them found on pyramids, they were often used to represent an important deity in Mayan mythology.

But I’m gonna touch on that a bit later.

The history of the Mystic Ruins is also pretty accurate to the history of most of the Mayan cities.

As most of you probably know, the Mystic Ruins was originally the home of the Knuckles Clan.

But after it was abandoned for thousands of years, it eventually became overgrown with jungle.

That was basically the same thing that happened to the real-life Mayan cities.

After they were abandoned, the surrounding wilderness essentially claimed them.

For example, this illustration shows what Tikal might’ve looked like during the time of the Mayans.

And this photograph shows what it was like back in 1881.

Next we move on the second level of the game, Windy Valley.

When taking in the mountainous landscape and the stone structures (plus their appearance), it’s pretty clear that this level is a loose adaptation of famous Inca city Machu Picchu.

As for the next two levels, finding their inspiration was admittedly a bit tricky when considering the locations Sonic Team traveled to.

But after a lot of research, I think I found them.

Icecap from Sonic 3 returns as the fourth level in the game.

Although it’s inspiration is a tad tricky, I believe that it was inspired from the various snowy-peaked mountains of the Andes.

And for the final level, we come to Red Mountain.

This was probably the hardest level for me for find any possible inspirations for.

Admittedly, for the longest time I thought it was inspired by the tepuis of Venezuela.

And at first glance, you can definitely see the comparison.

Unfortunately, the only place that Sonic Team traveled to was Peru.

But then I remembered that Red Mountain had a bit of canyon look as well.

And after doing some research, I've come to two possible inspirations for the level.

These inspirations are Colca Canyon and Rio Marañón, two canyons located which not only have similar appearances to some of the geological features of Red Mountain, but also just so happen to be located in Peru.

Next we have is Sand Hill, and funnily enough, the history of the level actually involves its inspiration.

During the trip, one of Sonic Team's stop was the city of Ica. During their visit, they discovered the sport of sandboarding. It amazed them so much that they decided to include it as a mini-game for Tails.

As you could already tell, the location was inspired by Ica itself.

Well that's all I can share for now!

I've already reached the 30 image limit, so I can't show any more photos for this post.

So this is gonna be a two-parter. Along with that, it's gonna be much shorter than this one since I'll be covering that the last bit of info I wanted to share.

So stay-in tune for the second and final part of Sonic's Latin American Adventure!

[thetudorslovers]

In greek mythology, Cyane was a nymph who tried to prevent Hades from abducting Persephone. Upon failure, she dissolved away in tears and melted into her pool. In another version, Cyane was the naiad, a fresh-water nymph of a spring in the Sicilian town of Syracuse. After witnessing Hades's abduction of the goddess Persephone and trying to prevent it, she was turned to liquid by Hades. In Ovid's version, she dissolved away in tears upon failing to save her friend and melted into her pool.

Persephone was gathering flowers one day on a plain when Hades suddenly appeared, thundering across the plain in his four-horse chariot. The god swooped down upon Persephone, scooped her up with one arm, and literally and figuratively deflowered her, leaving the plain scattered with blossoms of every color.

The abduction and disappearance happened so swiftly. And though she called out to them and plaintively called for her mother no one heard her pleas. The earth opened up before Hades' chariot and the god drove the black horses down into the chasm. As Hades and Persephone disappeared into the depths, the hole closed up behind them.

Persephone had no children by Hades, but she remained faithful to him and saw that he remained faithful to her. When Hades attempted to seduce Minthe, Persephone transformed the nymph into a fragrant mint plant. Similarly, she thwarted her husband's attempt to seduce Leuce by changing that nymph into a white poplar tree.

Hades returned the favor when Peirithous journeyed to the Underworld in an attempt to abduct Persephone and bring her back to Earth as his bride. When Peirithous arrived with his friend Theseus and announced his intentions, Hades graciously offered the visitors a seat. The two sat down in the Chairs of Forgetfulness: stone seats that enveloped and intertwined with their naked flesh.

Although she spent only half of her life in the Underworld, little is known of Persephone's life above ground after her abduction. Below ground, however, she was dreaded forever afterward as the goddess of the Underworld. So feared was she that mortals often invoked her name in curses."

[ancience]

greek myth fancast series 2/?:

↪ Beyoncé as 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑, goddess of seed and agriculture

[persephone411]

Pls I need it

[it-happened-once-in-a-meme]

For some time now my dreamcast for Robert Baratheon has been Russell Crowe (both as young and old Robert) and Thor 4: Love and Thunder has only affirmed these thoughts, aside from the Zeus/Bobby B parallels. What do you think?

[crackshipsanddreamcasts]

Potential castings for them!!

- Lore Olympus

- The Tilted World

- Bronze Horseman

- everything I write

[greekbros]

(greek-Bros Dream voice cast)

Dionysus: Jack Black (obviously)

Apollo: Tom Hiddleston (as it should)

Hermes: David Kaufman (VA of Danny Phantom)

Artimes: Audrey Plaza (From Parks and Rec, come on you actually thought when I said "goth girl grin" at one point you though I was joking?)

Ares: Deidrich Bader (VA of Hoss Delgado from Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)

Athena: Susan Eisenberg (VA of WonderWoman from Justice League)

Heracles: Nick Offerman (attempting a British accent, I know it's a lot to ask for but I can see it happening)

Zeus: Brian Blessed (if you disagree than you're a big dumb weenie)

Hera: Wendie Malick (VA of Beautiful Gorgeous from Jimmy neutron)

Poseidon: John Dimaggio (Basically he's aquaman but a himbo who still fucks up his marriage)

Amphitrite: Paget Brewster (VA of Paige From Bojack horseman, he's got that Hamptons rich house wife vibe)

Hades: Keith David (Hades deserves a voice like Keith David I want no questions none believers)

Persephone: Susan Egen (VA of Rose Quartz from Steven Universe)

Aphrodite: Tara Strong (in her normal voice but let's pretend she actually took the voice acting advise from Bronies but ironically)

Charon: Fred Tatascicore (VA of Kakuzu from Naruto. Don't @ me)

Hephaestus: David James Armsby (this glorious creature right https://youtu.be/UY8rCPsJC_Q )

Hypnos: Jim Cummings (Yes. THAT Jim Cummings in a soft winnie the pooh voice)

Thanatos: Jim Cummings (Him and Hypnos are twins let them have the same VA, besides he has the range)

Sisyphus: Jason Alexander (VA of Abis Mal from Aladdin the animated series....I am not going to lie that character's name is without a doubt the dumbest fucking pun I have ever seen)

Ariadne: Paige O’Hara (yes the voice of Belle)

Theseus: Tate Donovan (VA of Hercules)

[utakanalight]

❝ p.s. how does a goddess go from being called Kore to Persephone? ❞

[spookyoat]

Here's my dream cast as a few of the Greek gods. (It's my first time making one of these, so please bear with me)

[andieperrie18]

Froy Gutierrez as HEPHAESTUS

Emma Watson as ATHENA

Tom Holland as HERMES

Zendaya Coleman as ARTEMIS

Thomas Brodie Sangster as APOLLO

Dylan O'Brien as DIONYSUS

Will Poulter as ARES

Emma Roberts as APRODITE

Part 2 Greekmythology Faceclaims

[starlightofnight-blog]

Children of Cronus and Rhea

Jennifer Conelly as Hera, Daniel Gillies as Zeus, Doutzen Kroes as Demeter, Joseph Morgan as Poseidon, Alperen Duymaz as Hades, Phoebe Tonkin as Hestia

[thetudorslovers]

According to Greek mythology, Persephone became pregnant when Zeus deceived and seduced her by taking Hades’ form as his guise. Other accounts said Zeus took the form of an earthly dragon when he came to the queen of the underworld. Accordingly, Hades’ children were Macaria, Melinoe [Hecate] and Zagreus.

The first time Zeus seduced Persephone, (sometimes the goddess of spring), he did so in the form of a serpentine dragon. She bore him a son, the god Zagreos, who was the first instantiation of Dionysus.

Persephone was seduced by Zeus when he took the shape of her abductor/husband, Hades. Zeus took Hades’ form to conceive Melinoe on Persephone or at least this is one of the many versions of the story.

Zagreus was a minor god in Greek mythology, usually conflated with the god of wine, Dionysus. He was worshipped by the followers of Orpheus, and according to their beliefs, he was the son of Zeus and Persephone, after the former took the form of a serpent and lay with her. Zeus' intentions were for Zagreus to succeed him in the throne, but Hera, who was furious for her husband's infidelity, asked the Titans to kill the boy. While Zagreus was playing with his toys, the Titans tried to capture him; he evaded them by taking various animal forms; he eventually took the form of a bull before the Titans seized him, killed him and ate him. The myth continues with Zeus realising what happened and striking the Titans with a thunderbolt; the Titans were instantly turned to ashes. From these ashes, which were a mixture of the vile bodies of the Titans and the holy body of Zagreus, arose the humans, thus explaining why they are both good and evil; each individual containing a bit of both kindness and evilness. Persephone managed to find Zagreus' heart, which was still beating, and Zeus placed it into the body of the mortal woman Semele. Semele gave birth to Zagreus again but this time as Dionysus.

[ancience]

greek myth fancast series 1/?:

↪ Gemma Chan as 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐀, queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and of the life of women

[musicandbokkslovingweirdo]

I feel like Diana Agron would be the perfect person to play Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, in a movie. Or TV show. Or whatever. She's really pretty, kind and funny and I just imagine her as a perfect Aphrodite