Superhuman/Supernatural/Paranormal Rants (or Props)

[Zaleramancer]

It is interesting to see how diverse sources click together.

Remember that thing about angels being made of light?

So being an Aurora wouldn't be to farfetched...

I should incorporate that into something at somepoint.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Or like the movie Dracula 2000 made Dracula out to be Judas Iscariot? Supposedly, after he TRIED to hang himself, he fell from the tree, God delaying his judgment, so he'd be forced to live until the end of time. The reason he supposedly couldn't stand the cross or silver was because it reminded him of his betrayal of Jesus.

[Zaleramancer]

It is nice when people slip little refrences into things for people smart enough to find them.

Gives you that warm and fuzzy "I be smart" feeling.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Indeed.

Oh, yeah, and on that note, the Big Bang bears a strong resemblance to the scientific version of a story from Greek myth.

Gotta love Orphic myths.

[Zaleramancer]

Really?

Which one?

[Zaleramancer]

And while it's not exactly what this thread is about, Smart Environments sounds like something interesiting in Science Fiction...

[Celadon's Penultimate]

The birth of Phanes (a Greek myth from the Orphic cults; you can read it here to verify).

The origin of the universe today is explained as this (the Big Bang).

In outer space, there was basically nothing, except for this extremely small ball of energy/matter potential called a singularity (some say it was dime-sized, and some say it was smaller than the ; it wasn't actually matter, but instead, the potential constituents of matter. And then some kind of rift in the nothingness (called a "vacuum rift") caused the singularity to explode, bursting open to reveal all those constituents of matter which would later on collide or coalesce in forms that would eventually develop into what we see today.

Which sounds, to me, like the science version of this (the birth of Phanes).

Eons ago, before anything else existed, even CHAOS, there was only Khronos (Time), Ananke (Inevitability) and the world-egg (the ancient equivalent of a singularity, containing all of the potential for matter, energy, etc.); and Khronos and Ananke did not produce the world egg together, they simply existed alongside it. One say, Ananke (Inevitability) and Khronos (Time) entwined themselves, with serpentine tails, around the world egg, and cracked it open to reveal all those constituents of matter which would later on collide or coalesce in forms that would eventually develop into what we see today.

Is it just me, or are those stories basically the same, but eons apart.

[Zaleramancer]

You know, there are many types of vampiric beings in folklore...

Like tons.

See?

Estries, chicks with long hair and a hankering for blood.. They let their hair loose to fly.

Or the Strigoi, which have two hearts and lots of powers..

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Or the Strzyga, or the Moroi, or the Vorvolakas/Vrykolakas/Vorvolak/etc, or the Asanbosam, etc.

Oh, and there's some from Greek mythology. Like Mormo/Mormolykeia, Lamia, Empusa, etc. etc.

You keep forgetting I've studied this stuff for years. Since I was ten, in fifth grade. After I was taught Greek mythology, the rest just followed.

[Zaleramancer]

So, could you find some info on the trojan war, Shad?

I'm kind of weak in that area of greek myths.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Course I can...

It was started by Eris, the goddess of Discord. Her most famous feat in Greek myth. When the gods refused to invite her to the wedding of Thetis (a Nereid) to Peleus (some guy), she got so angry that she threw a Golden Apple of Discord into the midst of the party and stormed off.

The Apple was inscribed "For the Fairest" and landed between Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. Naturally, the three goddess thought of themselves as the fairest, and so decided to ask a man to judge between the matter.

They asked Zeus himself, but he had seen them all in their worst days, and didn't want to get on any of their bad sides. And so, instead, they asked the Trojan Prince Paris.

Hera tempted him by offering to make him King, even in the stead of his elder brother, Hector. Athena offered to make him a renowned warrior, the likes of whom the world never saw. Aphrodite...promised a purty lady friend. Helen of Sparta, the loveliest, sexiest thing ever to lay your eyes upon.

Obviously, Paris chose the latter, because she was the daughter of Zeus, and thus, by definition, irrefutably sexy. However, the discord part comes in where Helen of Sparta was the wife of King Menelaus. When he went to visit her, the two were cuckolding the old king behind his back. And in all the fuss of some party being held, they ran off together.

So. Menelaus gets royally pissed (pun intended) and decides that this is not only disrespect to his cheating, unfaithful, non-monogamous self, but to the entire of his kingdom. He takes it as an act of war. And so he rounds up his men, including his brother Agamemnon, a legendary war general, and sets sail a thousand ships to the shores of Troy (Troias or Ilion) to take back what is rightfully theirs, and burn them all to the ground in the process.

Or, maybe you should LMGTFY 

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Einstein PROVED GOD'S EXISTENCE!!!!

[Zaleramancer]

Hmmm..

Hey, Shadow, since you are our expert on myths, why not tell me how accurate you think those are?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

A site wrote

Aphrodite (CG): Goddess of beauty, lust, and love.
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Envy, Good, Lust, Passion. On the money

Apollo (NG): God of the sun, archery, athleticism, prophecy, the arts, and good health; twin brother to Artemis.
Domains: Celerity, Competition, Destiny, Fate, Good, Healing, Oracle, Sun. Fairly well covered, though argument could be made as to whether he is neutral good or chaotic neutral

Ares (CN): God of war, combat, and arms.
Domains: Chaos, Courage, Destruction, Glory, Madness, Pride, Strength, War, Wrath. Chaotic neutral, neutral evil or chaotic evil can all be argued

Artemis (CN): Goddess of the moon, archery, hunting, independence, and virginity; twin sister to Apollo.
Domains: Animal, Chaos, Glory, Liberation, Moon, Passion, Planning, Pride. Good

Athena (LN): Goddess of wisdom, reason, handiwork, and strategy in battle.
Domains: Artifice, Balance, City, Knowledge, Law, Meditation, Mentalism, Mind, Planning, War. Good

Dionysus (CG): God of wine, parties, and general good times.
Domains: Chaos, Charm, Community, Gluttony, Good, Sloth. Um...Chaotic Good or Chaotic Neutral. Arguable.

Demeter (NG): Goddess of agriculture and soil.
Domains: Cavern, Creation, Earth, Feast, Gluttony, Good, Plant. Good

Hades (LN): God of the underworld, death, the undead, and forbidden riches.
Domains: Darkness, Death, Decay, Greed, Law, Necromancy, Pestilence, Shadow, Undeath. Also good

Hecate (CE): Goddess of witchcraft and evil.
Domains: Chaos, Decay, Domination, Evil, Hatred, Madness, Magic, Pestilence, Spell, Suffering, Wrath. Her domain is scary, but it doesn't make her chaotic evil. She helped Demeter in her search when Persephone was kidnapped. Therefore, it's arguable that she is chaotic neutral. Furthermore she is not the goddess of evil. That domain was too broad, so the Greeks split it up into individual sins.

Hephaestus (N): God of masonry, blacksmithing, and fire.
Domains: Artifice, City, Craft, Creation, Fire, Metal. Yes. Even though he forged a cursed necklace for the princess Harmonia, that led to the downfall of her family, he is still, for the most part, neutral.

Hera (LN): Goddess of family, marriage, and children; queen of the gods.
Domains: Charm, Community, Envy, Family, Healing, Law, Nobility, Protection. Um, no. Chaotic Neutral.

Hermes (CN): God of travel, mischief, thieves, commerce, and language; messenger of the gods.
Domains: Air, Celerity, Chaos, Commerce, Greed, Luck, Rune, Trade, Travel, Trickery, Wealth. Yes.

Hestia (NG): Goddess of the hearth and home.
Domains: Community, Feast, Fire, Gluttony, Good, Pact, Protection. Yes, except her domain is not gluttony. That is Adephagia's domain.

Janus (N): God of doorways, beginnings and ends, and decisions.
Domains: Balance, Destiny, Fate, Portal, Travel. Janus is not Greek, but otherwise, yes.

Morpheus (N): God of sleep and dreams.
Domains: Darkness, Dream, Illusion, Meditation, Shadow. What the frack does shadow have to do with anything?

Pan (CG): God of nature and wild beasts.
Domains: Animal, Chaos, Good, Liberation, Plant, Scalykind, Spider. No. Chaotic Neutral. He was a total horndog, and was not above raping goats.

Poseidon (N): God of the sea, natural disasters, and horses.
Domains: Destruction, Earth, Ocean, Storm, Water, Windstorm. Not ALL natural disasters. Only earthquakes and MARINE disasters. Otherwise, yes.

Zeus (LN): God of the sky, weather, order, and lightning; king of the gods.
Domains: Air, Balance, Charm, Glory, Law, Nobility, Pride, Sky, Strength, Weather. Um...Lawful? Sure, if you don't count his numerous lovers (male AND female) and illegitimate children (which, BTW, were most of the time, conceived when he mated with women in ANIMAL forms)...otherwise, I'd go with Chaotic Neutral.

[Zaleramancer]

Prestidigitation is a spell with many uses.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Indeed. Reminds me of Paidia's effect in MythPower: Graces's Groove. (You won't be able to go to the normal page right now, but you can google "MythPower: Graces' Groove" (with the parentheses), and cache the first result, to see what I mean.

[Zaleramancer]

Hmmm..

I didn't know sylphs lived on Jupiter.

Though, I suppose that would make sense for air elementals to live on gas giants.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

[Zaleramancer]

I am somewhat serious.


I could imagine Air Elementals flying with the wind on the gas giants...

Odd how crazy people can make sense.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Hence the crazy people being convinced of their logic.

I mean, think about it.

What if all the 2012 conspiracies turned out to be true? Or if numerology turned out to actually be a viable way to govern your life?

Do you know what Revelation 20:12 says?