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 Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 9:59 pm
Mine's the first topic in the new forum. XD Anyways...post your favorite myths (and of course discuss them) and favorite storytelling people. My favorite type, I think is Greek/Roman because I know something about them, and they act so human. Plus, while they're gruesome somtimes, they aren't quite as gruesome as some of the others. I also would probably like the celtic myths, though most of what I know about them comes form my fantasy books, whereas the Greek/Roman ones I read from a textbook for fun. I especially love the Promethean one- http://www.authorama.com/old-greek-stories-5.html The one about Atlantis has also always intrigued me (I wish it were real). What do you love?
Oh, and if anyone can give me a suggestion for how to better phrase the poll, it would be appreciated. My brain isn't giving me anything on it right now.
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 10:57 pm
Atlantis doesn't count, does it? I thought it was just Plato being a bit facetious. Plato was a philosopher, not really all that much of a myth-maker or poet.
My favourite Greek myth is taken from Homer's Odyssey, where Aphrodite and Ares get caught in Hephaetos's net.
My favourite piece of lore is the Havamal, but that doesn't really count as a myth. I quite liked the lay of Grimnir, because dude, finding out some guy you tied up and treated badly was Oðinn would really suck xd
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:00 pm
I don't know if Atlantis counts...I just like the idea. ^^ For this topic lore can be posted too, since I haven't actually studied enough to distinguish between the two. XD
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:35 pm
xxEternallyBluexx I don't know if Atlantis counts...I just like the idea. ^^ For this topic lore can be posted too, since I haven't actually studied enough to distinguish between the two. XD Well the Havamal is sort of like the High One speaking directly to you and giving advice. It's sort of like Jesus standing up and preaching. It's not really any sort of tale, except for the part where he tells about where he's shagged all these women. And the part where he describes how he won the Runes. But most of it is straight advice. All the myths are Lore, but not all Lore is "myth" wink
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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 11:44 pm
This pickled vegetable...That's not fair, you have an option for "Other" but none for "All of the Above". Boo. ... could kick your a** !!
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 11:47 am
I can't say i have any favourite origin, but i do have a favourite myth-tale:
I think it is called "The Volsung Cycle" in english.
Some may say it is the same as Wagner's "Niebelungslied" or "Ring Cycle", but it is not.
"The Volsung cycle" is at least twice the length, and if there ever were any "Original" story, then it is far closer to this, then Wagner's ..... misinterpretations (or whatever i should call them).
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 1:05 pm
Lately for writing I've been reading a ton of mythology lately, especially when it comes to Celts and, specifically because Christian scribes wrote them down Irish Celtic mythology. (Cu Chulainn.)
However my favorite myths are still often the Native American myths. They tend to be more entertaining overall and allow for a completely different cultural perspective than we're used to seeing in the West. They also can be hilarious, especially the ones concerning Coyote.
Warning though, some of them are pretty damn bizarre to westerners. With the Shoshone specifically they believed in ancient women having v****a dentata. According to Shoshone tradition, Coyote had a second detachable p***s that he used so he could have sex with more than one women at a time. It wasn't uncommon either for the protaganists to skin their enemies and then walk around in those skins, essentially getting away with pretending to be whatever person they just murdered and skinned. A lot of the big bad guys are cannibals also. Water babies are just plain freaky and I think those that still follow the traditional native american religions will STILL warn you about them.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:25 pm
The Egyptian Mythos tend to be my favorite as the tend to be very direct in their explanations of their beliefs. Their record keeping of their beliefs are also amazing.
Also I like the sky as a feminine deity (Nut currently known as Nuit) as opposed to Greek Mythos having the sky as a masculine Deity (uranus).
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:34 pm
lucid_mirror The Egyptian Mythos tend to be my favorite as the tend to be very direct in their explanations of their beliefs. Their record keeping of their beliefs are also amazing. Also I like the sky as a feminine deity (Nut currently known as Nuit) as opposed to Greek Mythos having the sky as a masculine Deity (uranus). I have this fictional universe I'm working on and there's a tribe of lycanthropes in there that have more primitive or aboriginal religious views. Essentially, you can break the world down to 'heaven and earth' or sky and earth. Looking at the reproductive process of plants, a lot of plants release their seeds into the air, the air thus carries them to earth where they then are nurtured and grow. Hence, sky becomes male since it's the one doing the impregnating and earth female since it's the one that's essentially pregnant and grows life within it.
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:45 pm
Lateralus es Helica lucid_mirror The Egyptian Mythos tend to be my favorite as the tend to be very direct in their explanations of their beliefs. Their record keeping of their beliefs are also amazing. Also I like the sky as a feminine deity (Nut currently known as Nuit) as opposed to Greek Mythos having the sky as a masculine Deity (uranus). I have this fictional universe I'm working on and there's a tribe of lycanthropes in there that have more primitive or aboriginal religious views. Essentially, you can break the world down to 'heaven and earth' or sky and earth. Looking at the reproductive process of plants, a lot of plants release their seeds into the air, the air thus carries them to earth where they then are nurtured and grow. Hence, sky becomes male since it's the one doing the impregnating and earth female since it's the one that's essentially pregnant and grows life within it. Sky as feminine is because the sky bore the earth as well everything else in the heavens stars and planets alike (although the mythos focuses on earth)
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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 11:09 pm
lucid_mirror Lateralus es Helica lucid_mirror The Egyptian Mythos tend to be my favorite as the tend to be very direct in their explanations of their beliefs. Their record keeping of their beliefs are also amazing. Also I like the sky as a feminine deity (Nut currently known as Nuit) as opposed to Greek Mythos having the sky as a masculine Deity (uranus). I have this fictional universe I'm working on and there's a tribe of lycanthropes in there that have more primitive or aboriginal religious views. Essentially, you can break the world down to 'heaven and earth' or sky and earth. Looking at the reproductive process of plants, a lot of plants release their seeds into the air, the air thus carries them to earth where they then are nurtured and grow. Hence, sky becomes male since it's the one doing the impregnating and earth female since it's the one that's essentially pregnant and grows life within it. Sky as feminine is because the sky bore the earth as well everything else in the heavens stars and planets alike (although the mythos focuses on earth) I never looked at it that way, that's definitely a more grand scale point of view. My only question to that would be what the masculine counter-part would be? Or is there one?
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Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 1:39 pm
Lateralus es Helica lucid_mirror Lateralus es Helica lucid_mirror The Egyptian Mythos tend to be my favorite as the tend to be very direct in their explanations of their beliefs. Their record keeping of their beliefs are also amazing. Also I like the sky as a feminine deity (Nut currently known as Nuit) as opposed to Greek Mythos having the sky as a masculine Deity (uranus). I have this fictional universe I'm working on and there's a tribe of lycanthropes in there that have more primitive or aboriginal religious views. Essentially, you can break the world down to 'heaven and earth' or sky and earth. Looking at the reproductive process of plants, a lot of plants release their seeds into the air, the air thus carries them to earth where they then are nurtured and grow. Hence, sky becomes male since it's the one doing the impregnating and earth female since it's the one that's essentially pregnant and grows life within it. Sky as feminine is because the sky bore the earth as well everything else in the heavens stars and planets alike (although the mythos focuses on earth) I never looked at it that way, that's definitely a more grand scale point of view. My only question to that would be what the masculine counter-part would be? Or is there one? The masculine counterpart is the earth. The sky itself was not generally seen as a dualistic concept. For some reason that is beyond me Greek mythology seems to have reversed the concepts (male sky, feminine earth).
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