morphingbutterfly
just out of my curiosity..why are pomys ebil?
I posted this elsewhere...but here ya go
As to why they are ebil, pomegranates are often believed to be the fruit of knowledge of which adam and eve ate and lost paradise (not the apple as commonly depicted)
The biggest reason I am afraid (seriously...more afraid of them than clowns) of them is the Greek myth of Persephone. She was abducted by Hades and taken to the underworld. After much pleading from Demeter, during which time she caused the earth to be barren while she searched for her daughter, Zeus finally convinced Hades to let Persephone go, but only if she hadn't eaten any food in the underworld. However, Hades tricked Persephone and she ate 6 pom seeds. Finally an agreement was made where Persephone would be allowed to leasve the underworld to rejoin her mother, but must return one month for each seed she ate, which is when we have autumn and winter, and when she is rejoined with her mom, spring and summer.
I read this at a very young age. I've never eaten a pom seed or had pom juice. I made Kevin promise he would never trick me into eating them. Once we went to an xmas party with his family and they had a fruit salad with these little red things (i had never even seen them before) and Kevin's brother asked what they were....Kevin looked at me before saying "pomegranate seeds" I jumped 3 seats away like i had been shocked. I couldn't even look at the salad. I can't even smell polmegranate scented candles...i'm too afraid to even pick them up. Once time someone jokingly gave me a pom on Neo and it sat in my inventory for weeks cuz i was too afraid to "touch" it. And heaven forbid i see one at the grocery store...i walk around the other way so I'm nowhere near them. I've even had a hard time typing the word this whole time.
My sister-in-law says they are wonderful and sweet and they of course are supposed to be good for you...none of this matters to me. I'm deathly afraid of them. The only thing I'm more afraid of is flying.
So that, my dear purkle friends, is why pomegranates are ebil.
