(Originally written March 3, 2010 in the Journal)
Theogony
Hesiod
Mnemosyne - memory
Aphrodite - came from froth and she presides over the whispers, smiles and tricks which girls employ
Ceto - monster
Eros - desire
Epimetheus - brings bad luck on men
"This was the origin of the damnable race of women - a plague men must live with"
"So Zeus the thunder god made women mischievous in their ways and a curse for men"
Metis - wisdom
Themis - law
The purpose of the fates (Clotho, Lachesis and Atropus) is to dispense good and evil to mankind.
Clotho - spinner
Lachesis - allotter
Atropus - inflexible
Euphrosyne - happiness
Thalia - festivity
Ares - the sacker of cities, father of panic and fear
Memnon - the king of the Ethiopians, known by his bronze crest
I read the Theogony in about an hour. It was good and I'll use some of it for The House of Urtsiul.
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