Norse mythology from A to Z:
[A] - Angrboða is a Jǫtunn mentioned in the Vǫluspá. She is the mother of Fenrir, Hel and the Miðgarðsormr by Loki.
I keep thinking about the suggestion that Apollo hated Achilles so much because Achilles was literally just like him but mortal (blond, musical, good with a sword, talented at medicine) and he just didn't care for that.
Greek mythology from A to Z:
[M] - Metis (Μῆτις) was one of the Titans and the first wife of Zeus. She became the goddess of wisdom, prudence and deep thought.
Persephone: what are you drinking? I said no alcohol so close to bedtime
Dionysus: ma, it’s just tea!
Persephone: tea???
Dionysus:
Dionysus: -quila
The reason Zeus, Zephyrus, Agamemnon and Theseus are so important to Greek mythology is that they give us an excuse to make memes.
I mean, I REALLY HATE THEM ALL but the memes about their myths are the best
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Thetis and her son, he takes after his mum.
Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl - The Souls of Acheron, 1898 (detail), oil on canvas
Youthful Dionysus, god of wine and theatre, among other things. 🎭 🌿 twitter | print available 🌿
Odysseus: If you bite it and you die, it’s poisonous. If it bites you and you die, it’s venomous.
Diomedes: What if it bites me and it dies?
Odysseus: That means you're poisonous. For the love of Athena, learn how to read.
Menelaus: What if it bites itself and I die?
Odysseus: That's voodoo.
Helen: What if it bites me and someone else dies?
Odysseus: That's correlation, not causation.
Penelope: What if we bite eachother and neither of us dies?
Agamemnon: That's kinky.
Odysseus: I'm out.