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When Winter took over at the Outer Gates [Spoilers all, including the DFARPG]
Foxed:
Thought it was Zeus and Thor, and Hermes and Odin.
I specifically remember my Caesar, and he claimed that the Celts worshipped the same gods, but Mercury was the leader (psychopomp, god of magic, nice hat).
Mith:
--- Quote from: Quantus on January 18, 2017, 03:56:15 PM ---You may be right in a historic sense, though that whole region is enough of a melting pot that it's hard to say anything for certain about sources, for example there are theories about common mythological roots for Zeus and Odin. That being said, there is a trend toward amalgamation of mythological characters especially in the higher power levels, so I would not at all be surprised to find the DV versions have a more compact circle of character, once we eventually get the reveal one what went down surrounding Arthur.
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I was talking in the historic sense, which has limited application for the DV. It's better to say that I have never found any evidence to such a connection from what I have read, since I had the same question, but Jim may choose differently.
Avernite:
I'm interested in the connection possibly adding in the Morgen of Breton fame (Murigen in Welsh, apparently), who lure people to drowning deaths like the sirens of Greek myth.
Mab has a clear connection to people falling into water (i.e. Harry's ghost trip), and for seducing humans into her domain, though not directly the sirenic attraction of the Morgen.
It seems like the kind of accidental similarity that in the Dresden Files isn't actually accidental, especially as the Morrigan is also sometimes a triple goddess (though I wonder how the Dutch/German/... morgen 'tomorrow/morning' could possibly fit in too).
Quantus:
Interesting. I dont really see the siren connection though, she doesnt have much other water-theme, and she recovered him from a Cold & Dark Place (ie her purview) but didnt lure or drown him as a siren or river hag would have. Plus, per ol' Billy Shakes, she got her start as the Fae's Midwife (which fits with my personally theory that Mab and Titania were the daughters of a Summer Queen, possibly even the current Mother Summer.
To me the most direct Siren analog is Jenny Greenteeth
Con:
Well we know Nymphs, Satyrs, and Centaurs are a part of the Sidhe so it's not a stretch to imagine Sirens are as well. It's possible Jenny Greenteeth was a siren who was bumped in power through her actions and association with Maeve.
Kind of like Leansidhe with Mab. I think at first she was just a Muse who used her powers to drive men mad and drink their blood. Which impressed Mab so she became her right hand woman.
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