Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman Liber), the Greek god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficial influences.
There's my god of choice right there
His followers had wild orgies.
Never fuck with him. He'll make you go insane and cut off your son's head.
BusterKNegativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered Userregular
edited June 2007
Let's see here
I really liked Clash of the Titans when I was a kid
Especially his fight with Medusa
In stories I liked the idea of the Fates because all the other Gods were afraid of them
I remember reading this kids Greek mythology book and the last part was the Fates telling the Gods
They had to leave the earth because the last person who believed in them had died
I always thought some author might do well with that idea of Gods being banished and leaving forever
StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
edited June 2007
Read American Gods.
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BusterKNegativity is Boring Cynicism is Cowardice Registered Userregular
edited June 2007
Nah
Also Tolkien was hands down the greatest inventor of myth in the modern age
No question
None your "But what about...
No No
You're wrong
Tolkien did it better
UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
edited June 2007
Best myth moment?
The Iliad, Odysseus v. Thersites
See, Thersites thinks he's got things figured out, right? He's seriously regretting promising his buddy Menelaus that he had his back if anyone ever made off with his woman, and he wants to go home. But he has to convince his buddies to bail too, or he'll look like a coward. But like I said, he's got it covered. He'd got an argument that even the great Odysseus, the thinker, the plotter, the guy who gets the next book all to himself can't find an answer to.
So Odysseus hits him until he cries, and they get on with the war.
Was he, by nature of his limited intelligence, and aforementioned flying tendencies, named patron saint of both air travelers, aviators, people with a mental handicap, and bad students?
Did he make the other priests so jealous that the church moved him to increasingly more remote locations?
Oh man, I want to bust out my huge ass book on world myth again.
I've always had a thing for the adventures of hercules. Everyone tells it differently.
more like the erotic adventures of hercules
Homercles cares not for beans.
I used to love reading books on all the different myths when I was younger, and I too was mesmerized any time Clash of the Titans came on. Mostly then it was the Greek/Roman stuff, but ive had my eye on a world mythology book here for a while.
Speaking of cool gods.
Bob loves you and wishes you all get your slack back.
X-day is nearly upon us friends. Will this year finally be 1998? It is better to be safe than risk being left behind when the sex-goddesses come to carry away the faithful.
I had this huge myth book when I was a kid that had a Väinämöinen story in it that was my absolute favorite. I remember him on a ship with a bunch of dudes sailing to find a magical mill that overflowed with salt, flour and gold and getting into trouble with some old hag who beat the crap out of his ship and then fashioned wings and talons from the wreckage to become a crazy flying shipbird lady. In the end the is broken and the part that churned out salt sank to the ocean floor, turning the oceans to saltwater.
I need to find that book and get reacquainted with the particulars; that was such a cool story.
Edit: found it! It was a version of the creation of the Sampo and oh man it is so nice to read through it again.
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Nah
Also Tolkien was hands down the greatest inventor of myth in the modern age
No question
None your "But what about...
No No
You're wrong
Tolkien did it better
Wait what
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Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
Hephaestus: Dude just wanted a little respect and the freedom to make some cool shit. Only Greek god who wasn't a total dick.
Just don't sleep with his wife, or you get hella fucked. Ares did that once, Hephaestus made a trap and caught them both in the act for all the gods to see.
yeah, but then it was like
CHECK IT OUT, I'M FUCKING HEP'S WIFE
WHAT THE HELL ARE ANY OF YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT
THIS IS HOW THE GOD OF WAR GETS HIS SLANT ON
Also, it was kind of Hep's fault that Ares was interested in Aphrodite.
Aphrodite only became totally irresistable when Hep gave her an enchanted girdle.
As for why Aphrodite liked Hades, lets just say that the Greeks liked their women fucking retarded.
Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διόνυσος or Διώνυσος; associated with Roman Liber), the Greek god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its social and beneficial influences.
There's my god of choice right there
His followers had wild orgies.
If I remember correctly they were specifically lesbian orgies.
Some ruler denied his followers the right to party, so he made all the chicks drunk and told them all that the guy was a goat.
Guy got hacked to pieces by his own mom.
at first i was surprised that a lutheran church would be like "hey, check this shit out, it's way fucking cooler then christianity." Because that's what I took away from that experience. Christianity seems to be all about sadness and penance and all that bullshit, and the Jewish service was all happy and they were laughing and making jokes.
edit: we were supposed to go to the muslim place of worship in town too, but they said no.
Nah
Also Tolkien was hands down the greatest inventor of myth in the modern age
No question
None your "But what about...
No No
You're wrong
Tolkien did it better
Wait what
You heard me
Also Johnny Cash's version of John Henry
Fucking Awesome
Now that I think about it
A Reverand Horton Heat version would be great as well
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Priapus.
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SHOW US YOUR TITS LADIES
OH MAN JOEY JUST DID A WICKED KEGSTAND OH MANNNNNNN
Greek God of GETTIN IT OWWWWWWN
Dear satan I wish for this or maybe some of this....oh and I'm a medium or a large.
AHHA HE FUCKIN' SAID PRIAPSE
THAT'S A FUCKIN BONER WHOOOOOOOOO
Never fuck with him. He'll make you go insane and cut off your son's head.
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I really liked Clash of the Titans when I was a kid
Especially his fight with Medusa
In stories I liked the idea of the Fates because all the other Gods were afraid of them
I remember reading this kids Greek mythology book and the last part was the Fates telling the Gods
They had to leave the earth because the last person who believed in them had died
I always thought some author might do well with that idea of Gods being banished and leaving forever
Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/BusterK/wishlist/3JPEKJGX9G54I/ref=cm_wl_search_bin_1
Also Tolkien was hands down the greatest inventor of myth in the modern age
No question
None your "But what about...
No No
You're wrong
Tolkien did it better
Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/BusterK/wishlist/3JPEKJGX9G54I/ref=cm_wl_search_bin_1
The Iliad, Odysseus v. Thersites
See, Thersites thinks he's got things figured out, right? He's seriously regretting promising his buddy Menelaus that he had his back if anyone ever made off with his woman, and he wants to go home. But he has to convince his buddies to bail too, or he'll look like a coward. But like I said, he's got it covered. He'd got an argument that even the great Odysseus, the thinker, the plotter, the guy who gets the next book all to himself can't find an answer to.
So Odysseus hits him until he cries, and they get on with the war.
Athena's Owl was the shit. It got its ass kicked by the Kraken but still lived.
pfft, could he fly?
Was he, by nature of his limited intelligence, and aforementioned flying tendencies, named patron saint of both air travelers, aviators, people with a mental handicap, and bad students?
Did he make the other priests so jealous that the church moved him to increasingly more remote locations?
St. Joseph of Cupertino all the way.
Homercles cares not for beans.
I used to love reading books on all the different myths when I was younger, and I too was mesmerized any time Clash of the Titans came on. Mostly then it was the Greek/Roman stuff, but ive had my eye on a world mythology book here for a while.
Speaking of cool gods.
Bob loves you and wishes you all get your slack back.
X-day is nearly upon us friends. Will this year finally be 1998? It is better to be safe than risk being left behind when the sex-goddesses come to carry away the faithful.
Fix't
I had this huge myth book when I was a kid that had a Väinämöinen story in it that was my absolute favorite. I remember him on a ship with a bunch of dudes sailing to find a magical mill that overflowed with salt, flour and gold and getting into trouble with some old hag who beat the crap out of his ship and then fashioned wings and talons from the wreckage to become a crazy flying shipbird lady. In the end the is broken and the part that churned out salt sank to the ocean floor, turning the oceans to saltwater.
I need to find that book and get reacquainted with the particulars; that was such a cool story.
Edit: found it! It was a version of the creation of the Sampo and oh man it is so nice to read through it again.
Wait what
Fukken hard to the core.
Aphrodite only became totally irresistable when Hep gave her an enchanted girdle.
As for why Aphrodite liked Hades, lets just say that the Greeks liked their women fucking retarded.
Athena is the shit.
Were they rude titties?
I agree with this
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I heard Oakland was trying to pick up god in Free Agency.
Who knows, they might get over 500 this season.
Some ruler denied his followers the right to party, so he made all the chicks drunk and told them all that the guy was a goat.
Guy got hacked to pieces by his own mom.
:^:
Hi5 Duder!
I, too, am a Lutheran. So Hi5 again.
You heard me
Also Johnny Cash's version of John Henry
Fucking Awesome
Now that I think about it
A Reverand Horton Heat version would be great as well
Amazon Wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/BusterK/wishlist/3JPEKJGX9G54I/ref=cm_wl_search_bin_1
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