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Greeks vs Romans
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 28, 2022, 09:02:58 PM --- True, but in the case of the Greek verses Roman, the names get changed but the myths remain almost the same.
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Except -- as-noted in the OP -- Mars is much more a "war god" in the model of Athena, than of Ares.
I'm voting for Jim to make this being transgender, or other non-binary! ;D
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 28, 2022, 09:02:58 PM ---True, but in the case of the Greek verses Roman, the names get changed but the myths remain almost the same.
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Even within Greece local gods were identified with the dominant one but local traditions were kept. Artemis of Ephesus was a totally different person than Artemis of Sparta.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on June 29, 2022, 10:10:23 AM ---Even within Greece local gods were identified with the dominant one but local traditions were kept. Artemis of Ephesus was a totally different person than Artemis of Sparta.
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Google
--- Quote ---Artemis Orthia is most likely a merge of Artemis and Orthia, a Spartan winged animal goddess of women and fertility (National Museums Liverpool, ...
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Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: g33k on June 29, 2022, 07:05:12 AM ---Except -- as-noted in the OP -- Mars is much more a "war god" in the model of Athena, than of Ares.
I'm voting for Jim to make this being transgender, or other non-binary! ;D
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Tough, Jim already did this, the Etruscan God of War is Laran. The White Court uses Etruscan and therefore most likely has its roots in that culture. Eros child of Aphrodite and Ares is the Etruscan deity Erus, whom the Romans called Amor (where has that popped up). Likely therefore the Whites are a corruption of the line of Erus, and Lara is named for her grandfather or Great-grandfather Laran. Lord Raith didn’t allow his sons to live that long, so he wasn’t going to give them a name of significance. Raith was so powerful perhaps because he was the offspring of Erus, if his siblings died then their descendants would be a tier less powerful and likely the heads of the other Houses.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on June 29, 2022, 10:24:09 AM ---Google
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That happened all the time with most gods in Greece. That is why these gods have different second names depending on the local tradition.
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