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It’s a tie between George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Old Man Coyote from Crow mythology. He's portrayed as having a massive penis that he frequently causes trouble with. In one story, his anus becomes a home for ducks. It's so batshit insane, I can't help but love it.
Hector, the man brave enough to face the wrath of a demigod to protect his people
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Greek: Sirens, Odysseus, Athena and Artemis, Medusa's sisters.
Roman: Romulus and Remus
Norse: Hel and Odin
Roman: Romulus and Remus
Norse: Hel and Odin
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Some other Kiwis talked about some other favorites and why they like them, among them being the tale of Medusa. To avoid being redundant, I want to talk about the Book of Job. I wouldn't say Job is my favorite mythological figure, but I do like the overall lesson.
Basically, Job is a normal, but upstanding guy, caught in the middle of a bet between Satan and God. Satan, playing as the role of the accuser, states that Job distrust God if everything he had worked for was taken away from him. God basically responds with, "K." The book explores concepts with just people meeting injustice, rebuilding when you've reached the bottom, and grasping with realistic optimism. I don't take the Bible super seriously, but I do enjoy some of the themes explored in the book and think some of the stories are relevant today. For a lot of us, we have to wrestle with outside forces beyond our control and try to make the best of the situation. I've lived a life with a lot of things outside of my control, so I think that's why the Book of Job spoke to me so well.
Basically, Job is a normal, but upstanding guy, caught in the middle of a bet between Satan and God. Satan, playing as the role of the accuser, states that Job distrust God if everything he had worked for was taken away from him. God basically responds with, "K." The book explores concepts with just people meeting injustice, rebuilding when you've reached the bottom, and grasping with realistic optimism. I don't take the Bible super seriously, but I do enjoy some of the themes explored in the book and think some of the stories are relevant today. For a lot of us, we have to wrestle with outside forces beyond our control and try to make the best of the situation. I've lived a life with a lot of things outside of my control, so I think that's why the Book of Job spoke to me so well.
I honestly don't know if I can answer this question. It's not that I don't have strongly-held autistic opinions about mythological figures - I do - but the trouble is, when I was a kid, I stanned mythological figures like I went through waifus. Theseus, Vali, Cuchulainn, Thor, Achilles, Gawain, Galahad, briefly Percival, Beowulf, Pryderi, Arawn and Loki when I was an edgelord, Cynan ap Clydno, Enkidu, Goku, Guan Yu, Sigurd, Ragnar, Llyr, Susanoo, *cough* Orochi (all the Chaoskampf figures really, up to and including Godzilla/King Ghidorah), and of course all the various mythic waifus I wanted to bang, like Athena, Freyja, SSX and Aoife. Too many to chose from!
But if I really had to pick just one, it would have to be... probably Punchy Sonichu.
But if I really had to pick just one, it would have to be... probably Punchy Sonichu.
Is that canon?!
Kay got shafted by the mythical cycle, but he's pretty great.
Job got cucked hard by God. Satan was being logical and reasonable but God was like in asshole mode and fucked that guy life just because he could and for the petty reason of trying to score a point with Satan.
Satan is the good guy here who question himself and God's wisdom. God shows time and time again he is like an autistic kid who can't pass on being called autistic and will fuck everyone and everything to score easy wins.
And to stay on topic my favorite mythological figure is Orpheus because he dared go against Olympus to give humanity fire (fire/apple = enlightenment = punishment)
I think you mean Prometheus, yes? Orpheus was the emo musician whose wife died, and he had to go all Bill & Ted Face the Music to get her back.
Prometheus was pretty badass, yeah. He might have actually been my favorite, now that I think about it, but the older I get the more I question his judgment in bringing fire to humanity.
Not exactly, but it's speculated in this episode that Foamy may either be Ratatosker himself or a descendant of his. I think Foamy's origins are meant to be shrouded in mystery as part of his character, but the Ratatosker speculation is pretty likely because the dog had another crazy outlandish theory about Foamy earlier that turned out to be correct, so he could very well be right again.
I'm more inclined to think Foamy is a descendant because he has his own brand of ideas and mythological powers, plus I can totally see him being descended from the sort of Ratatosker featured in God of War. Foul-mouthed squirrel montage begins at 0:23.
Do you know where I can read more about him?
Dunno if Fairy Tales count as mythology but I really like the Steadfast Tin Soldier.
Dude got hated by everyone because he only had one leg, a goblin tried to cuck him, was thrown into a fireplace alongside the girl he liked and the guy never gave a fuck about any of it.
Dude got hated by everyone because he only had one leg, a goblin tried to cuck him, was thrown into a fireplace alongside the girl he liked and the guy never gave a fuck about any of it.
Midir: Lord of the Síd, Slayer of Poontang, Maker of Cuckqueans. He simped over a fly because her armpits had an alluring smell and he beat a dude so hard at chess that he married his own daughter, and won back the most beautiful girl/fly in all of Ireland.
