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Ares' Wood Shed... now with a Poll
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 09, 2017, 08:56:25 PM ---As was pointed out in Hades' vault, the truth is there within the legend, if one reads between the lines.
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Well Ares, and Mars are at least in mythology one in the same. He's not only the god of war but also considered a guardian deity. Also an agricultural guardian, and considered second, only to Jupiter. So Ares may be a savage god with no redeeming qualities, or possibly if he is also Mars which he's supposed to be in mythology he may have redeeming qualities.
"Although Ares was viewed primarily as a destructive and destabilizing force, Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace,"
"the myths of Ares were reinterpreted by Roman writers under the name of Mars"
Griffyn612:
--- Quote from: groinkick on October 10, 2017, 04:03:44 AM ---Well Ares, and Mars are at least in mythology one in the same. He's not only the god of war but also considered a guardian deity. Also an agricultural guardian, and considered second, only to Jupiter. So Ares may be a savage god with no redeeming qualities, or possibly if he is also Mars which he's supposed to be in mythology he may have redeeming qualities.
"Although Ares was viewed primarily as a destructive and destabilizing force, Mars represented military power as a way to secure peace,"
"the myths of Ares were reinterpreted by Roman writers under the name of Mars"
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That's the problem with simplification of pantheons. Because they were both gods of war, they're considered equivalents, or even the same. But they're not. They have different origins, personalities, and roles within their pantheons.
Kindler:
I always interpreted Ares as Violent Conflict and Mars as War—both bloody, but not identical.
Some of the stuff in Hades's Vault (his actual vault, not the one Marcone operates) might've belonged to Ares. The woodshed might also have been the Red Court itself; they've always struck me as a bunch of tools (*rimshot*).
Good to hear a timeline about the book releases, if nothing else; just one more year...
groinkick:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 10, 2017, 05:02:36 AM ---That's the problem with simplification of pantheons. Because they were both gods of war, they're considered equivalents, or even the same. But they're not. They have different origins, personalities, and roles within their pantheons.
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Yeah. At the end of the day, Jim will decide how it's done. Because there are Mantles, and in most cases it appears that powerful being's have multiple Mantles, I'm thinking that Ares/Mars may be distinct Mantles worn by the same person.
isoycrazy:
Maybe Mars is Ares 2.0, a new guy with the mantle and more into agriculture.
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