As everyone is probably aware, we are in the middle of Mars's transit through Cancer, the sign of his fall. I've been thinking about what that means energetically and archetypically, and felt drawn to looking into this seemingly detrimental transit on an esoteric level.
I was surprised to learn through my research that there is a strong connection between Mars and the watery sign of Cancer in the ancient Babylonian mythology of Nergal, the god that corresponds to the planet Mars, and also ruler of the underworld. In ancient Babylonian myth, and in several other cultures including ancient Greek and Roman, the gate to the underworld is in the sign of Cancer.
I wrote a more in depth analysis that you can read here, but I'd love to start a discussion and see if anyone else has been experiencing these themes during this transit.
Edit: substack, the newsletter platform I use is experiencing some issues, so please check back later if that link isn't working for you. #justMarsinCancerThings
TL;DR - Game has a lot of obscure references to Roman Mythology.
I'm playing for a couple of month now and always felt like something is off about the original setting the game uses. I couldn't quite point my finger to it but it all felt similar. It really struck me when I realized that the elictricity that Zeus uses can actually be interpreted as lightning and thunder. Then it was pretty easy to connect him to a Roman god Jupiter, who was actually a god of thunder AND the king to other gods.
I started digging and found some interesting similarities between gods in game and in mythology. Jupiter actually had two brothers: Neptune and Pluto. And here's the big one: Pluto was the god of dead in Roman Mythology too! He also had a dog, but it has nothing to do with him being named Pluto, it's just a coincidence.
There's no information about his son, so at first I thought that I'm reaching, but I checked the rest of the family and it almost checks out. There's no Juno and Vesta in game, but Athena is very similar to Minerva, who is also the goddess of wisdom, Aphrodite is practically a goddess of love Venus, and Ares could easily be Mars. I can't quite point out who Dyonisus is: he's similar to Bachus in a lot of ways, but he's also hostile to satyrs which is a huge no-no for original Bachus. Maybe you could help me out with that one.
And here's the really funny little fact you probably didn't know. Warning, spoilers ahead. When you first break out of hell you reach the stage called >!Greece!<. It's actually a real place! >!Greece!< is one of the names for the Ancient Rome province called Achaea. Devs really knew their stuff!
If there's any other funny references you caught during the game please share them here. It will be fun to find them all. Thanks!
Yeah. He was the Centaur for Disease Control
Dr. Zeus
I'd maintain that Pluto is both negative and positive depending on aspects it's making. It might be negative from one area but positive from another.
"Plouton was one of several euphemistic names for Hades, described in the Iliad as the god most hateful to mortals.[10] Plato says that people prefer the name Plouton, "giver of wealth," because the name of Hades is fear-provoking.[11] The name was understood as referring to "the boundless riches of the earth, both the crops on its surfaceβhe was originally a god of the landβand the mines hidden within it."[12] What is sometimes taken as "confusion" of the two gods Plouton and Ploutos ("Wealth") held or acquired a theological significance in antiquity. As a lord of abundance or riches, Pluto expresses the aspect of the underworld god that was positive, symbolized in art by the "horn of plenty" (cornucopia),[13] by means of which Plouton is distinguished from the gloomier Hades.[14]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)
If you'd like to share, where is yours and what have transits to your natal houses/placements been like?
You could say it was my Achilles's Elbow.
This was all done by my friend and it all makes sense in a way.
Basically cypher in game has a voiceline stating "I am Prometheus and you are just a god" a little bit of background knowledge Prometheus was a titan who sided with the gods in titanomachia because he can see glimpses of the future. This looks to be a fun little detail because Cyphers ultimate helps predict the future movements of the enemy.We can also take prometheus bringing fire to the humans as a symbol of cypher bringing knowledge about the enemies to his team. But if we pry deeper we see him talk to the radiants as they are gods. We can take this as the radiants being gods and the agents who rely on radiant tech to be titans. We can use this to correlate each agent to a god or titan. Also Cypher being prometheus also makes sense to why he dies every cinematic. He has to live in suffering just like Prometheus with his liver being torn out. This may also go past greek mythology and spread to different mythologies as well.
Right now the agents I think that are correlated to gods and titans are:
Cypher-Prometheus, due to his voiceline, him dying all the time, and giving information to his team
Omen-Hades, Omen has been strongly associated to with death and darkness with his abilities. His ult also lets him teleport, but he is in a shadow-like form. His blind and smokes create darkness and his teleport unravels him like shadows and re assembles him from the shadows again. He also has this voiceline to sage, "Sage the life you give do you ever wonder where it is taken from?" This shows that omen may have seen the realm of death and the dead souls just like hades who rules the underworld.
Skye-Demeter, Due to skyes power being with nature just like demeter. Demeter can also be cruel during the winter and Kay/o tells us that he has seen the future where skye grows and just like demeter skye may become even more deadly.
Sova-Artemis- This is an interesting one because Artemis is a half titan born from Leto and Zeus, Sova has been related to the hunt such as him stating, "I am the hunter" Artemis also being the goddess of the hunt. Sova also has radianite in him with his eye which gives him the "half god" aspect and uses radiante tech giving the "half titan" aspect. Sova also uses a bow the preferred weapon of artemis.
Brimstone-Atlas- This is mainly because of the ways brimstone is depicted in the die for you video, he is shown holding a sphere of something on his back. Atlas being cur
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And in fairness I will give Bayek a pass since he creates the Hidden Ones.
I think that Assassin's Creed should focus on the Brotherhood much more, getting contracts and what it's like to actually be a part of the Brotherhood. With the current characters they are not assassins, they are just woven into the conflict.
Even with all the issues, I think Unity probably gives the best look at what the Brotherhood is like, and I'd love to see more of that.
Maybe in AC Infinity they will focus less on ISU Artifacts and more on the general conflict with the Order of the Ancients, maybe even go back to the founding of the Order.
- Achilles
- Apollo
- Argo
- Ares
- Atlas
- Cadmus
- Castor
- Damon
- Evander
- Faunus
- Griffin
- Hector
- Herme
- Icarus
- Leander
- Liber
- Mars
- Pan
- Paris
- Pluto
- Pollux
- Remus
- Silvanus
- Zephyr
To clarify: A lot of ancient European and Mediterranean religions are taught like they had a consistent pantheon, in terms of the gods involved, their relations with one another, and their history. Zeus is the god of thunder, slayer of Kronos, brother-husband of Hera, and father of Heracles. Frigg is the wife of Odin and mother of Baldur. Horus is the falcon-headed son of Osiris and Isis, and the slayer of Set.
However, I know that in the case of many Near Eastern religions, there was never really a unified mythology, and was instead a loose collection of city cults with varying degrees of syncretism with one another. Was this ever the case too with European religions? Were there swathes of ancient Greece who had no clue who the hell the Titans were, or that Zeus and Ares were related? Did the priests of Set have a narrative for their god sans duel with Horus?
If that is the case, then when did the modern codifications develop? Was it done by outside historians compiling all the myths? One state imposing its rule (and subsequently their own interpretation of religion) upon the rest of the people? Modern historians trying to codify a confusing subject?
I'm always so sad to hear that Irish folklore/mythology isn't really taught/talked about commonly in Ireland besides children's books and whatnot. I'm a huge mythology nerd and I've honestly found Irish folklore absolutely fascinating! It's dark, complex, and just captivating. There are so many cool gods and figures and the stories are epic! Honestly, after living here for a while and actually being able to see the amazing landscape/environment in person, it's no wonder that the ancient peoples were so inspired.
I know that most countries are usually kind of out of touch with their native mythology/folklore but I feel like Ireland has something really special that deserves so much more hype.
EDIT: @shanebtops has shared an AMAZING list of reliable and accurate resources in the comments, please check it out if you'd like to read more on the subject :)
Looking for fiction / fantasy. Ideally Irish folklore but it's fine if Scottish or other Gaelic lore is there.
Essentially, just like I learned a lot about Greek mythology through Circe / Song of Achilles / Ariadne, I'd love to learn about Irish or Celtic lore. (:
I don't mind the length or year of publishing, anything that's good would do.
Yup, just a Loki day.
There were hints of this type of DLC being released since earlier this year. Even a trailer from earlier in the year ended with a hint of what was to come and the setting looked like something from Ragnorok.
So why is this sub specifically acting surprised all of a sudden? There was no hints of anything else but a Ragnorok DLC and now that it is officially announced, this sub wants to act all bitter. Furthermore, this is just par for the course for Ubisoft since 2018 when Curse of the Pharaohs released for Origins and then in 2019 with the Fate of Atlantis DLC. This has always been unofficially seen as the "mythology trilogy" so it was basically given that Valhalla would also recieve some sort of mythology DLC which it now has. And yet people here still want to act like they [you] have been living under a rock since 2017 when Ubisoft did a soft reboot to the franchise which has since then been highly successful.
At this point I just need to accept the fact that this sub is nothing but a bunch of bitter people who is unwilling to just accept that the old AC is not coming back and that Ubisoft is going in another direction. I just find it funny how we all knew this was coming based on 2 factors (1) Both Origins and Odyssey had similar DLC and (2) Ragnorok DLC was hinted at earlier this year.
So go ahead and cast your downvotes cause I know how this sub operates.
I'm reading Gaiman's Norse mythology and I notice an interesting parallel between the Greek and the Norse. In both the Titans or Giants come first, and then later the Gods (Olympians and Aesir) are descended from them.
In the Norse Odin is the son of Bor, who is the son of Buri. I'm not sure if Buri is a giant but the wives of both Bor and Buri were giants
In the Greek, Zeus is the son of Cronos who is definitely a Titan
Are there any other mythologies with this parallel? What would be the significance of having Gods descend from these other divine beings who are clearly distinct from them?
If a Hindu Mythology based plane was to be released, what would the rating on the Rabiah Scale for such a thing be beforehand?
Hi! I was doing a research on mythology and folklore across the world. I would love to know your favourite one. I'm sorry if I miss out some because I can only put 6 but feel free to comment your favourite :)
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