Peregrine Vision

kampiotis: In the Iliad, Homer describes Poseidon, god of horses, earthquakes, and the sea, driving a chariot drawn by brazen-hoofed horses over the sea’s surface. I now know why.

I’m thinking about The Last Unicorn

‘The Birth of the Fifth Sun’. Chicome Itzquintli.

“A Chicano artist of the Mexicayotl, dedicated to the art and craft of pre-Hispanic spirituality.”

Greek myths are fucking great because their gods are so human. They argue, they fuck up at things, they make fun of each other, they piss each other off, it’s great, there’s so much human interaction and then Christianity comes in like that guy and is all like “oh my god is infallible and knows everything and immortal and everywhere at once and you can’t see it but its totally there and stronger than everything” shut the fuck up Christianity go take a writing class

did you just call the Christian god a Mary Sue

i think it’s more of a case of an unreliable narrator>_>

Jesus, on the other hand, is totally a Mary Sue. XDDD 

On the other other hand, I would totally hang out with that guy; there is no way I would go near the Greek pantheon for fear of being kidnapped, raped, torn apart by their fangirls, or turned into some other random thing.

hades isn’t a badass. hades named his three-headed-guard-of-the-underworld-dog spot. hades whispers to his flowers to make them grow. hades grows fruit. there’s no sun in the underworld.

hades isn’t a badass. stop saying this false thing

#hades probably double knots his laces

In myth, Hades’ most remarked upon traits are 1) how responsible/reliable he is, 2) how sober-minded he is, 3) how dedicated, implacable, and long-remembering he is, and 4) how boring and grim most of the other Olympians think he is to be around. Oh and notably, that if you play him a song he likes, he’ll basically give you anything you ask for (though not without conditions.)

Hades is, canonically, a gigantic nerd. If they’d had train sets, he’d have been the Olympian who collected train sets, meticulously corrected with exacto knife and hobby-paints the errors toy-makers introduced to those train sets, and then endlessly talked about those train sets to anyone sat next to him at thanksgiving dinner (when he wasn’t trying to rope them into an interminable discussion about gardening or divine law, that is.)

He’s the sort of god who frequently handed out punishment like giving someone a million-piece puzzle where every piece is shaped the same, that resets itself at the start of every day if you don’t complete it, and then he keeps the last piece on his person at all times as a secret private joke for eternity because he finds you personally distasteful (not even because he’s mad at you or hates you particularly; he just doesn’t like you as a person)

He is. A. Gigantic. Nerd.

He’s also like one of the only gods who is faithful to his wife. And he listens to her like when she asks for a soul to be released and he’s like “But honey, the rules.” And she just gives him that look and he goes “Yes dear,” and lets the soul go with the easiest freaking instructions ever in a myth. And the human still fucks it up. Not his fault Persephone, not Hades’ fault this time.

Essentially, Hades is sorta like the accountant suburban dad who collects really specific figurines and gets really grumpy when people mess up his lawn. Do you know how hard his wife worked on those roses? He is calling his attorney. Oh wait, he is also an attorney.   

When I was little I only knew the Hades & Persephone myth and then when I read the myth of Orpheus, I thought ‘hang on a minute, this guy seems way nicer than that guy’. Then I read as many myths as I could and I laughed and laughed. I still think all the Greek gods are assholes, but Hades was way more the dad/big brother than Zeus ever was.

ICARUS (NO NOT THAT ICARUS) IS FRIENDS WITH A BUNCH OF SHEPHERDS, AND THEY ALL SPEND THEIR TIME DICKING AROUND IN THE SUN POINTLESSLY. ONE DAY, DIONYSUS COMES TO VISIT ICARUS AND GIVES HIM A BOTTLE OF WINE. UP TO THIS POINT, NOBODY HAS A FUCKING CLUE WHAT WINE IS. THEY’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE.

I hit 'ICARUS HAS FALLEN DOWN THE WELL' and laughed so hard I hurt myself.

Jusepe de Ribera, Saint Sebastian, 17th century

St Sebastian: Renaissance teen idol.

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