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Odin was a bloodthirsty one-eyed nutjob

lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Social Entropy++
which made him so freaking awesome.

So dudes, everyone probably went through a mythology phase growing up, reading up on those wacky incestous greek gods or those crazy fighting norse dudes.


Whats your favorite story in all of mythology?

I liked Jason and the Agronauts, because something about going on crazy adventures, sailing the seas, and kicking ass just strikes a cord in my young mind.
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Also, does anyone have any big boy books about mythology thats worth a read, other than the usual Joseph Campbell stuff?

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yesss I love this thread already

    When I was a kid I got a book on Norse mythology; it told all these stories. My favourite was Ragnarok.

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  • GABBO GABBO GABBOGABBO GABBO GABBO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've always been a fan of Perseus. All loppin off medusa heads and shit.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I once made a 20 minute animated version of The Odyssey for a school project in an animation program for the Mac called Studio something. Studio 8, maybe? Studio 2? It was B&W.

    Anyway, it was cool.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2007
    God I love mythology so much. I kinda went in to that mythology phase after my pirates phase (which was preceded by dinosaurs of course), and I have yet to come out of it. Greek mythology is probably the stuff I know best, although I really like some Norse and Celtic too. Egyptian bores me and can suck a dick.

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I almost made a Norse mythology thread earlier.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    my favorite story is the one about Persephone and Demeter and Hades and pomegranates

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    man I never got into any sort of mythology growing up

    I feel like I missed out

    I did watch Clash of the Titans, though.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2007
    My favorite story is Orpheus.

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Manifest wrote: »
    I've always been a fan of Perseus. All loppin off medusa heads and shit.

    I used to be just entranced every time Clash of the Titans would come on TBS.

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited June 2007
    Fuck Aesculapius. Give me Bacchus or Pan.

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  • GABBO GABBO GABBOGABBO GABBO GABBO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    my favorite story is the one about Persephone and Demeter and Hades and pomegranates
    Yeah, I always dug that too.
    "We have winter because this chick was hungry."

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Aesculapius is my favourite god

    yeah whatever Derek Styles

    all I WILL SAVE THIS PATIENT

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Manifest wrote: »
    I've always been a fan of Perseus. All loppin off medusa heads and shit.

    I used to be just entranced every time Clash of the Titans would come on TBS.

    Like every Saturday night.

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  • MeissnerdMeissnerd Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Loki all convincing Baldr to kill the god of beauty

    Damn man

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    My favorite is when Thor kills Jesus for weakening norsemen

    this is an actual story

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Meissnerd wrote: »
    Loki all convincing Baldr to kill the god of beauty

    Damn man

    to be fair, Baldur was kind of uppity and goody two shoes.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    also I like the one where Hermes is born and steals all of Apollo's cattle and then makes him a lyre

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    They regarded it very important who should gain the victory, and they feared the worst from Thor if Hrungner should be defeated, for he was the strongest among them. Thereupon the giants made at Grjottungard a man of clay, who was nine rasts tall and three rasts broad under the arms, but being unable to find a heart large enough to be suitable for him, they took the heart from a mare, but even this fluttered and trembled when Thor came. Hrungner had, as is well known, a heart of stone, sharp and three-sided; just as the rune has since been risted that is called Hrungner's heart. Even his head was of stone. His shield was of stone, and was broad and thick, and he was holding this shield before him as he stood at Grjottungard waiting for Thor. His weapon was a flint-stone, which he swung over his shoulders, and altogether he presented a most formidable aspect. On one side of him stood the giant of clay, who was named Mokkerkalfe. He was so exceedingly terrified, that it is said that he wet himself when he saw Thor.....But the hammer Mjolner hit Hrungner right in the head, and crushed his skull in small pieces. He himself fell forward over Thor, so that his foot lay upon Thor's neck. Meanwhile Thjalfe attacked Mokkerkalfe, who fell with but little honor

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  • JordynJordyn Really, Commander? Probing Uranus. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Six wrote: »
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Manifest wrote: »
    I've always been a fan of Perseus. All loppin off medusa heads and shit.

    I used to be just entranced every time Clash of the Titans would come on TBS.

    Like every Saturday night.

    Yeah...it was great.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    Aesculapius is my favourite god

    yeah whatever Derek Styles

    all I WILL SAVE THIS PATIENT
    MAN I KNEW ABOUT AESCULAPIUS WAY BEFORE TRAUMA CENTRE OKAY

    DICK

    DON'T FORGET YOUR HIPPOPOTAMUS OATH

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've always like the story of Pan challenging Apollo to a music match.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    My favorite is when Thor calls the Asgardians down to Earth on the manliest rainbow in the universe to fight Loki and his army of Norse creatures while teaming up with Captain America, Quicksilver, Iron Man, Hawkeye and others.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ebuT draobdraC wrote: »
    My favorite is when Thor calls the Asgardians down to Earth on the manliest rainbow in the universe to fight Loki and his army of Norse creatures while teaming up with Captain America, Quicksilver, Iron Man, Hawkeye and others.

    win

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Six wrote: »
    Jordyn wrote: »
    Manifest wrote: »
    I've always been a fan of Perseus. All loppin off medusa heads and shit.

    I used to be just entranced every time Clash of the Titans would come on TBS.

    Like every Saturday night.

    Yeah...it was great.

    Agreed.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    My favourite norse myth is how Odin got his horse, Sleipnir.

    Go ahead, look it up.
    Thor, the Giant-Slayer, was away from Asgard slaying giants in the north, when a hrimthurs disguised as a human stonemason appeared, offering to rebuild the wall all around Asgard in exchange for the sun, the moon, and fair Freyja. The gods agreed, thinking that it would be good, since part of the wall was crumbling, and also believing the giant would never be able to complete it in the agreed upon six month time frame. The giant asked one thing: the use of his gray stallion, Svadilfari (literally, "slave", or possibly "ill-fated"). Loki quickly agreed before any of the other gods could reply. The work began. Using the stallion, the giant began building the wall, and was well on his way to receiving the sun, the moon, and Freyja. The gods, seeing this, became furious at Loki, and said if they lost the sun, the moon, and Freyja, they would torture Loki eternally (which happened later anyway). Then, as Svadilfari was dragging the final brick to complete the wall back to Asgard, Loki transformed into a beautiful white mare, and led the stallion away, angering the giant. When the giant began tearing down the wall, Thor appeared and smashed the giant on the head with his hammer, Mjollnir. Loki later gave birth to Sleipnir, the eight-legged steed of Odin, the offspring of the gray stallion Svadilfari and Loki when "he" was the beautiful white mare.

    tl;dr Loki turned into a girl-horse and got pregnant. D:

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    most of my favorite stories in mythology involve Anansi, the african spider trickster god

    he was such a dick

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    most of my favorite stories in mythology involve Anansi, the african spider trickster god

    he was such a dick
    He was fantastic in American Gods and Anansi Boys.


    God, I love those books.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    All I know about him is from reading that Neil Gaiman book.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    most of my favorite stories in mythology involve Anansi, the african spider trickster god

    he was such a dick

    All stories are stories about Anansi.

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  • BlankspaceBlankspace __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    HA! I AM FASTER THAN YOU SO

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Synthetic Orange wrote: »
    All I know about him is from reading that Neil Gaiman book.

    you should look up some actual myths about him, they're pretty rad

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ebuT draobdraC wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    most of my favorite stories in mythology involve Anansi, the african spider trickster god

    he was such a dick
    He was fantastic in American Gods and Anansi Boys.


    God, I love those books.

    I'm reading American Gods right now. I got Tiger's Balls.

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  • GABBO GABBO GABBOGABBO GABBO GABBO Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    American Gods was okay, but is hella overrated. (And was wickedly predictable.)

    I liked Stardust better.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Monkeybomb wrote: »
    Kuribo's Shoe wrote: »
    most of my favorite stories in mythology involve Anansi, the african spider trickster god

    he was such a dick

    All stories are stories about Anansi.

    it's so true

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    also Aesop kicks ass and yeah those are fables not myths but still

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  • WeaverWeaver Breakfast Witch Hashus BrowniusRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe08.htm

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  • NogsNogs Crap, crap, mega crap. Crap, crap, mega crap.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Aesculapius was the poor man's Apollo.

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2007
    The legend of that one crazy cool track I made in Excitebike that one time is pretty awesome.

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