puts a statue of Cupido and Afrodite in the kissing corner
Ack! Inconsistancy! Cupid is a Roman god, while Aphrodite is a Greek one. :P Roman=Cupid, Greek=Eros, Roman=Venus, and Greek=Aphrodite. :P
They're the same gods, they were just called differently by the greeks and romans, they even look the same. *puts a statue of Aphrodite and Adonis kissing, in a corner*
Eewww...mythology. :P
doesn't mather they're not from the same era. The jusst look so cute.
And I will not place any Roman/Greek statues of humens that should be placed in the perv tread
Aphrodite's not a hman, though...:P Fine, Adonis is human...*takes away statue and in it's place puts a picture of Demeter and Hades*
Why Demeter? Demeter never really met Hades. Wouldn't Persephone be more appropriate? XD Persephone=My alter-ego. :P
Sorry, I meant Demeter and Hades fighting over Persephone. :P
Whee! People fighting over me! XD
Er, I mean...uh... XD
There's not really much point if the person they're fighting over doesn't want either of them :P (not that that's the case with Persephone).
... I have no idea who your even talking about! I never studied mythology! XD XB
never heard those old stories?
my name is a myth too:
http://home.flash.net/~dmcb/Icarus/myth.htm
... I'll never understand this world... ::) I'll check the link later... I have too much to do...
I just like fairytail and myths.
and lots of stories have happy endings.
I love myths. Personally, my favorite was probably the Athena/Arachne one.
What's not to understand? :P
I advise playing QFGV or Conquests of Camelot for more myths. :P That's probably how most of us learned them, or we simply went to greek mythology websites. :P
I like myths too, the ones I know at least, but still...
which myths are that?
Maybe I know some of them.
All I really know are the people from myths! XD
Then who's Iris? :P
Pssst. Isis :P (I think :P)
I think there was an Iris and an Isis. :P
Osiris?
or irus:
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/i/ir/irus.htm
or iris:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_(mythology)
Athena's still my fav. after her, probably Aphrodite, then Persephone. And I think you're right about there being both an Isis and Iris.
Icarus is my favo.. could you have guessed that?? :P
Yes, but he's not a god. :P Which one is your favorite god?
Hades has a cool name (god of the underworld). But he's the loser of the gods.
Ares is cool too (god of war, believe there is another name for him too).
There is, but I can't remember it. XD
But Hades lost his realm to Zeus in a dice game
Those dice were fixed I'll tell, fixed!! ::)
Ares has a Roman name (Mars,) but that's just about it.
Iris is a messenger of Hera in Greek mythology
Isis is in Egyptian mythology. XD
I don't like Aphrodite too much. She is often thought of as the goddess of love, but it's more, erm, physical love. Eros is the god of romance though. :P Persephone is awesome and I don't know why I relate to her (I don't think I was taken away from my land of pretty flowers to live in any deep dark place,) but I do. :P
Quote from: Gilgamesh on May 26, 2006, 12:51:01 PM
Those dice were fixed I'll tell, fixed!! ::)
XD
I know Isis is egyptian mythology :P. Aphrodite is both the goddess of Beauty and Love. I didn't know who Iris was, but I'd heard of her before. You should really read "Venus and Adonis" (William Shakespeare), I think there's a modern English version as well, but I prefer the elde one. :P
She is the goddess of both beauty and love, but not love in the way we hopeless romantics think of it. :P That's why I don't like her. XD
Quote from: Rosella on May 26, 2006, 01:49:23 PM
She is the goddess of both beauty and love, but not love in the way we hopeless romantics think of it. :P That's why I don't like her. XD
XD
But she shares her true love with her cousin, Persephone, isn't that nice of her? :P
She does? XD
*realized how they're cousins*
Quote from: Deloria on May 26, 2006, 12:03:01 PM
There is, but I can't remember it. XD
But Hades lost his realm to Zeus in a dice game
well; hades loste the game of dice but it was differend
there were tree realms to divide
supreme god
god of war
and god of the underworld (less favorit)
zeus won, ares second and hades was the loser
No, the three realms were the Earth, the sea, and the Underworld. Zeus got the Earth, Posidon, the sea, and Hades, the underworld.
Quote from: Rosella on May 26, 2006, 02:08:40 PM
She does? XD
*realized how they're cousins*
Yes she prophecies his death (by boar) if he doesn't stay with her, he leaves, he dies, and she gives him to Persephone. But Persephone was also in love with him, so she and Aphrodite fight until Zeus declares that Adonis should stay in the underworld (with Persephone) for half the year, and the other half of the year, he would be with Aphrodite.
Mythological guys are brilliant sometimes. ;P
Quote from: Rosella on May 27, 2006, 09:26:37 AM
Mythological guys are brilliant sometimes. ;P
They're always brilliant! :P
Anyway, as I've already stated I really like the Athena/Arachne theory :P
oke here a new short story to revive that thread:
once (I believe it was just before the medieval age) there was a gang criminals.
They where called de bokkenrijders (translated the goat riders)
this was one of the most evil gangs there was.
one day the group leaded by Hugo van de Loonse Duinen went home after a huge robbery. They had a great loot. Just when night fell they passed a little church. The robbers went in to see if the could get a bigger loot. In the church they saw golden goblets and more wealth.
Suddenly there was a lady in front of Hugo telling him not to steal anything. He didn't listen and pushed her aside.
Later when he arrived at home he saw the same lady standing on the top of his house. She told him that he would never find rest anymore in his house. inside the house all started to rotate and soon all was upsidedown.
Only the one whit a pure heart can lift the curse called upon Hugo.
Friday I go to an amusementspark where the house is still standing. I will try if I can lift that curse :o ::)
what does that have to do with greek mythology?
i learned almoast everything i know of mythology by playing AoM and god of war
sorry I forgot one line that tells it's a Dutch/Belgium story
its still cool though. :D
It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast. XP
Quote from: Rosella on August 16, 2006, 02:31:28 PM
It reminds me of Beauty and the Beast. XP
??? did that house went upside down due to a curse ???
No, but the dude was bad and warned to change, but didn't, so he had a curse placed upon him. :P
I was going through the older pages last night and I saw this and wished it would revived. *wishes for a million dollars* I guess it only works on the forum.
Though I prefer Norse mythology, my favorite character from Greek mythology is Erebus because in addition to being the father of the Greek personification of day and Aether, the upper air, he personifies the region of the underworld of the same name where the Elysian Fields are.
*I love timelessmyths.com (http://www.timelessmyths.com/)*
Rivives whit important question.l
What are the Australian myths? I have a roommate from Australia and I'm searching for something weird as a present. I dont want to ask him to keep it a secret.
I don't think Australia has many. :-\
Um...I think of several (well, one mainly. :P) forumers as Demi-Gods. ;D
*stabs his lack of HTML skills* :wall:
myths (http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/oceania/aboriginal/articles.html)
Like the post above, but with fixed quote tags.
EDIT (By Yonkey): You had a bit too many t's in your http. XD
Aboriginal myth
link1 (http://www.paganlibrary.com/stories/traditional_aboriginal_myth.php)
link2 (http://www.amazon.com/Wise-Women-Dreamtime-Aboriginal-Ancestral/dp/0892814772)
link3 (http://www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_13.html)
I don't know if any of these help.
Quote from: Deloria on November 26, 2006, 01:04:46 PM
myths (http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/oceania/aboriginal/articles.html)
Like the post above, but with fixed quote tags.
EDIT (By Yonkey): You had a bit too many t's in your http. XD
XD Thanks. :)