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Normally, I’d have titled this post, Hades, the Greek God of the Underworld, but then it wouldn’t be a good lead in for tomorrow’s post.
Unfortunately, Mythology & Fiction Explained goes with the norm, so here’s a video on “Hades.”
Tomorrow will be equally as dark, but in a different way.
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Here’s something simple.
His fixes were never quite up to snuff, and everyone would suffer come Ragnarök.
We all know people like this.
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I’m feeling lazy, so on Mythology Monday, I’m sharing a short wiki post and a YouTube short (below) on the Greek goddess, Aergia, who presided over laziness. If you don’t consider yourself lazy, fear not. The video also mentions her opposite, the goddess Horme.
In fact, most of the articles I found on Aergia mention Horme. This makes sense because she’s the goddess of effort, so she’s clearly willing to put in the work to hog Aergia’s spotlight, and Aergia isn’t willing to lift a finger to stop her.
None of the articles I found said much to say about Aergia, which also makes sense.
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The past couple days have discussed memory, so for Mythology Monday, here’s a video on Mnemosyne, a titan whose define sphere of influence was memory (and time).
I had forgotten about her. Ba-dum-tsss.
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YouTube suggested this video on Tiamat by Mythology & Fiction Explained.
This video got me thinking (always dangerous). Decades of Dungeons & Dragons lore (whether playing or not) led me to thinking Tiamat was a purely evil creature.
I had forgotten that things aren’t so simple with her. So, I decided to re-read the Enūma Eliš. You can find one translation of it here. Considering how relatively little we have to work with, it remains the best look into the minds of Sumerian culture, and it paints a more complex picture of Tiamat. You have to remember that ancient cultures held very different ideas about right and wrong, so someone we’d consider evil can be responsible for very important things, some of which were quite generous or otherwise “good.”
This is my nerdly obsession.
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Today is Mythology Monday, and tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so . . . duh.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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Today, I’m riding home from Winter Fantasy in a van running 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons. The adventure is S2: White Plume Mountain, and one of the iconic monsters from that mod is the manticore. Here’s a short video on the manticore care of Mythology & Fiction Explained.
Another iconic monster from White Plume Mountain is the kelpie, which was created for the adventure. Here’s a significantly longer video on the kelpie.
It’s a brilliant adventure mod.
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While the hubbub over the OGL is finally settling, it inspires yet another video for Mythology Monday. Today, it’s the Greek, Narcissus, the god of vanity and arrogance.
Yet another candidate for the patron god of Wizards of the Coast.
They really suck.
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Once again, the hubbub over the OGL inspires a particular video for Mythology Monday. Today, it’s the Greek, Koalemos, the god of stupidity.
You must admit; he seems like another candidate for the patron god of Wizards of the Coast.
I see nothing wrong with this plan.
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Once again, the hubbub over the OGL inspires a particular video for Mythology Monday, care of our pals at Mythology & Fiction Explained. Today, it’s the Greek, Hermes, who was the patron of everything that the rest of the pantheon doesn’t already cover. So, he covers both commerce and thievery. Perhaps he should be the patron god of Wizards of the Coast. He also delivers messages regardless of the quality of its content.
Even Hermes occasionally needs to take a breather.
Put on some clothes, hippie.
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