▲ 272 ▼ A cool guide: Greek Mythology Family Tree (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by partybot@lemmy.ca [B] to c/coolguides@lemmy.ca 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments Author: /u/No_Neighborhood_7462 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
[–] philthi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Did Semele just... Show up one day? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Semele was just a priestess who got diddled by Zeus, as you do, and got pregnant with Dionysus. However, after shenanigans by Hera, she got tricked into asking Zeus to show himself to her in his full godly might, and because he was oathbound due to earlier power-of-boner stuff, he had to unwillingly comply. He tried his best to show the tiniest sliver of his true being that would count, but she was still mortal, and got burned in godly flame for just witnessing him. Zeus, saved the foetal Dionysus by strapping him to his thigh until the thigh-pregnancy was complete, and later, Dionysus found his mom in the underworld, and made her into the God of Drunk Frenzy. Following all that, Semele appears to be uppity about her incredible husband to her sister, because Semeles husband carried their fetus to term after Semele died, while her sister's husband was a mere wife-and-son-murder-attempter. I love out of context ancient greek mythology. Btw, all that, makes Dionysus the only god in this graph, apart from Gaia herself, to not be the product of direct incest. (Is brain-parthenogenesis incest? Who knows) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fucking thigh pregnacies am I right... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I once came across an explanation that the thigh is a metaphor for the balls (I probably heard that on the Overly Sarcastic Productions channel). I can only find this with a quick search : Enorches ("with balls"), with reference to his fertility, or "in the testicles" in reference to Zeus' sewing the baby Dionysus "into his thigh", understood to mean his testicles). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus under epithets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Baby Dionysus also known as "With Balls" ಥ‿ಥ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* Dionysus is stored in the balls permalink fedilink source parent [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Man, ouzo is wild. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Semele was just a priestess who got diddled by Zeus, as you do, and got pregnant with Dionysus. However, after shenanigans by Hera, she got tricked into asking Zeus to show himself to her in his full godly might, and because he was oathbound due to earlier power-of-boner stuff, he had to unwillingly comply. He tried his best to show the tiniest sliver of his true being that would count, but she was still mortal, and got burned in godly flame for just witnessing him. Zeus, saved the foetal Dionysus by strapping him to his thigh until the thigh-pregnancy was complete, and later, Dionysus found his mom in the underworld, and made her into the God of Drunk Frenzy. Following all that, Semele appears to be uppity about her incredible husband to her sister, because Semeles husband carried their fetus to term after Semele died, while her sister's husband was a mere wife-and-son-murder-attempter. I love out of context ancient greek mythology. Btw, all that, makes Dionysus the only god in this graph, apart from Gaia herself, to not be the product of direct incest. (Is brain-parthenogenesis incest? Who knows) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fucking thigh pregnacies am I right... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I once came across an explanation that the thigh is a metaphor for the balls (I probably heard that on the Overly Sarcastic Productions channel). I can only find this with a quick search : Enorches ("with balls"), with reference to his fertility, or "in the testicles" in reference to Zeus' sewing the baby Dionysus "into his thigh", understood to mean his testicles). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus under epithets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Baby Dionysus also known as "With Balls" ಥ‿ಥ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* Dionysus is stored in the balls permalink fedilink source parent [–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Man, ouzo is wild. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fucking thigh pregnacies am I right... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I once came across an explanation that the thigh is a metaphor for the balls (I probably heard that on the Overly Sarcastic Productions channel). I can only find this with a quick search : Enorches ("with balls"), with reference to his fertility, or "in the testicles" in reference to Zeus' sewing the baby Dionysus "into his thigh", understood to mean his testicles). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus under epithets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Baby Dionysus also known as "With Balls" ಥ‿ಥ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* Dionysus is stored in the balls permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I once came across an explanation that the thigh is a metaphor for the balls (I probably heard that on the Overly Sarcastic Productions channel). I can only find this with a quick search : Enorches ("with balls"), with reference to his fertility, or "in the testicles" in reference to Zeus' sewing the baby Dionysus "into his thigh", understood to mean his testicles). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus under epithets permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Baby Dionysus also known as "With Balls" ಥ‿ಥ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent [–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* Dionysus is stored in the balls permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Baby Dionysus also known as "With Balls" ಥ‿ಥ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago Well, he sure as fuck has balls. Literally, metaphorically, as well as probably 3 times a day permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CaptSatelliteJack@lemy.lol 2 points 2 years ago* Dionysus is stored in the balls permalink fedilink source parent
[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago Man, ouzo is wild. permalink fedilink source parent