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She's super dense and heavy, if that helps at all.
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So, she just takes on peoples' clothes, as some kind of master of disguise? And she's incredibly dense and heavy? And she has a rapport with a god, who refers to her as 'Wandering Eye'?

The only result I get from Wandering Eye is Hathor, the Egyptian goddess of fertility and love. She was referred to as 'The Wandering Eye of Amun' (or Ra/Re).
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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No, not really a master of disguise.

Over the period of time we've seen her, she always dresses in the formal style for women of that period.

People have guessed that.

Also Galatea, because of the causal way she deals with someone being "Smitten" with her.

But the interesting thing is that she doesn't change much. Not in expression. Not in form. An unchanging face through the ages we have seen.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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 Galatea? Like, Pygmalion's Galatea?

Oh, dear, I doubt it. Galatea was much more...um, full-figured and good-natured and all that.

And it doesn't really explain why she would 'take on others' identities'...Nor does it explain why she has to do so little changing to assume their identities.

I'm guessing 'she' is a shapeshifter god of some sort.

1. She knows Coyote, a trickster god (trickster gods are known to typically do the most shapeshifting)

2. She can 'take peoples' names'. And has to do little actual changing for her disguise to be successful. Which implies some inner capability to be believable in her disguises. Either that, or her taking names means she takes souls, which is actually even MORE implicit of divine capability.

3. She's known as 'Wandering Eye', which is an epithet of Amun. If she isn't Hathor, she's still probably some sort of divinity. The name is likely meant to be an allusion to Hathor, if not some other goddess. The again, a 'wandering eye' typically also implies a lustful demeanor, which could imply a creature of high sexual appetite. Not sure how to narrow that down; there's so many...
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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This is for me. Just working on the MythPowers.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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And this.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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Hey Wulf, you know that character Zale wanted your help figuring out:
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...Well that just makes her identity even MORE confusing!
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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Yeah, I think this makes her older than Coyote.
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At least, if the gods are only as old as the civilizations that worship them...
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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She is at least as old as the earliest stages of humanity.


“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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 Earliest stage of humanity? She looks like she was there at the exact MOMENT the Ice Age started!

(I wonder if she's a primal goddess like Physis or Tiamat...)
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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ALL BOW BEFORE MY DRACONIC MIGHT!

“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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Older now.

She does not appear to require breath.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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She existed before insects.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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Yeah, that makes her an older, and thus more powerful goddess. Someone probably existing in no mythology at all. Or maybe existing in numerous mythologies, in different incarnations.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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Well..

According to Coyote, this world's myths work on the basis of YOUR MIND MAKES IT REAL.

So, who thought of her if not humanity?

Or did she think of humans?

“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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Hm. She looks like she was imprisoned in that rock. And she's under the sea. Maybe she was Typhon, before he was trapped under mount Aetna, prior to the Great Deluge? Or an unnamed Titan. Or...well, plenty of gods and demons and monsters were imprisoned under the sea, and under rocks and such. She might even be Satan. He was, after all, cast down from Heaven; who knows where he landed. And demons are famous for being able to shapeshift.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…”   --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)
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She is apparently not anything from an established myth, but rather something original.

So, we must discover just exactly what she is.

The titan suggestion is cool though.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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