As part of my reconstruction of Mythology Worlds, I have decided to re-envision deities and other mythological figures in novel and innovative ways.
Take, for example, this multi-panel drawing of the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus in Greek mythology:
I have written out their names in Greek letters alongside their more modern Latin alphabet names.
However, I wrote their Greek alphabet names in all capitals because INCLASSICALTIMESSENTENCESWEREWRITTENLIKETHISINALLCAPITALSWITHNOSPACESINBETWEENTHEWORDS.
The colors of the clothes they are wearing match their attributes.
In Greek myth stories, Zeus is constantly fooling around with different consorts (both divine and mortal), while Hera is always trying to eliminate his love children.
Zeus is actually saying "Hello" in Greek, which is "Geia sou" and pronounced "Yassou".
Hera has the tail feathers of a peacock (her sacred bird) in her hair, and is glaring angrily at Zeus.
In stories, Aphrodite is married to Hephaestus but also couples with other figures such as Ares, Hermes, and Adonis.
That is what her "seducer" line is referring to.
Poseidon is saying "Yarr" because, well...he's the god of the sea! (Why else?)
I traditionally draw temperate climate scenes based on the current season.
Since this cartoon was drawn in the spring (when Persephone would be with her mother Demeter), Hades is beginning to miss Persephone while Demeter looks forward to seeing her.
As the god of the Underworld, Hades is represented as emo in appearance.
Demeter's hair is supposed to be the color of the grain fields.
Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, makes a household-related pun.
Athena has an owl (her animal symbol) sitting on her shoulder.
Her "history test" line is supposed to be relatable to public school students.
Apollo's hair is the color of sunlight, whereas Artemis's is the color of moonlight.
The music Apollo is playing (based on the musical notes) is supposed to be traditional Greek folk music.
Artemis's antlers are not just an allusion to her role as the goddess of the hunt; they are also a reference to the story in which she is looked upon by a hunter named Actaeon while she is bathing, then turns him into a deer and then he gets ripped art by his own hunting dogs.
Ares and Hephaestus (the only two biological children of Zeus and Hera) were despised by Hera.
While Ares, the god of war, is supposed to be emanating a loud battle cry, this can also be interpreted as him screaming about how Hera hated him so much because he was violent (which a god of war is supposed to be).
Hephaestus tells him to get over it, because Hera threw him off Mount Olympus for being attractiveness-challenged.
Hermes, the messenger of the gods, is whining about his other duty:
Carrying the dead to Hades.
Dionysus, the god of wine and frivolity known for his wild followers, is of course represented as a party animal.
And that's my explanation for how I have re-imagined the Greek gods of Mount Olympus.
Have an amazing day!
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