Questioning the ancestral gods [heroes] of any nation has never been an enterprise rewarded by anything save calumny.
Every vampire fiction reinvents vampires to its own needs. You take what you want.
that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul]
There are many kinds of gods. Therefore there are many kinds of men.
There are many gods which Christians reject. I just believe in one less god then they do. The reasons that you might give for your atheism toward the Roman gods are likely the same reasons I would give for not believing in Jesus.
The custom of burning a beneficent god is too foreign to later modes of thought to escape misinterpretation.
Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.
Sleep and Death, who are twin brothers.
Aretmis gripped her bow. “Let us pray I am wrong.” Can goddesses pray?
Answer my question, Bacchus. I’m not one of your dickless Greeks to be kept waiting for an answer. (Camulus) You better take a more civil tone with me, Cam. I’m not one of your flaccid Celts to shake in terror of your wrath. You want to fight, boy, bring it on. (Dionysus) Whoa, hang on a second. Let’s save the fighting for when you two take over the world, okay? (Styxx)
Basically, Apollo was more of a mediator between Zeus in Olympus and Perseus on Earth. He played much more of an active role.
...it seemed to me I was living in an insane asylum of my own making. I wnt about with all these fantastic figures: centaurs, nymphs, satyrs, gods and goddesses, as though they were patients and I was analyzing them. I read a Greek or Negro myth as if a lunatic were telling me his anamnesis.
Are you suggesting that the gods have trouble acting together, young lady?" Dionysus asked. Yes, Lord Dionysus." Mr. D nodded. "Just checking. You're right, of course. Carry on.
The last person to achieve unambiguous victory in an air war was Zeus.
Niobe would have been called most blessed of mothers, had she not seemed so herself.
"Aphrodite," she said. "Venus?" Hazel asked in amazement. "Mom," Piper said, with no enthusiasm.
Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?' A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!
Miserable Orpheus who, turning to lose his Eurydice, beholds her for the first time as well as the last.
Eanna love us, Adaon preserve us, Morian guard our souls.
I have never seen either angels or goddesses, so I am not interested in painting them.
I love Athena. I love all the goddesses and the archetypes and what they represent because I think they're always going to be relevant not just to women but to humanity. They're living energy. There's a lot we can still learn from them.
Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man.
I was born to play Hercules. I have loved and honored the mythology over the years - since I was a kid. When I first broke into Hollywood, 'Hercules' was one of the movies that I - not chased, because I didn't have the power to chase anything - but always had in the back of my mind.
As for our gods, we have a few too many to be true.
Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination. Sometimes, as in Amos Tutuola's famous short novels, they directly influence events. More often, as in the works of Chinua Achebe, both living and dead ancestors are sages offering valuable advice.
