Thor hears the good news.
Guys what am I doing, I don’t even know anymore. o_o
I firmly believe this is how Thor reacted.
Thor and Loki in drag. Yes, really. To be fair, it’s part of a wacky adventure to get Mjölnir back from the Þrymskviða. The whole thing involves Thor dressing up as Freyja and Loki as a bridesmaid and slaying all the other deities with their combined fierceness.
Another example, this time from mythology. In the Greek myth of Perseus (the one who killed Medusa), did you know that the princess Andromeda he saves is black? The same Andromeda who was chained to a rock and almost devoured by a sea monster as punishment for her mother’s boastfulness. THAT Andromeda. Yes, Andromeda in the myth is a BLACK WOMAN. She’s from ETHIOPIA (her father Cephus is brother to the kings of Libya and Egypt). She’s black. Heck, Perseus stops in Ethiopia on his way home and ends up saving her there. So, I did a simple Google image search of ‘Average Ethiopian Woman’. The image on the left came up; it’s a composite of multiple faces of various Ethiopian women morphed together to form an ‘average’. Andromeda would historically look like the image on the left. But check out the images on the right: THAT is how the Ethiopian princess has been portrayed throughout the ages - as a white woman. In sculpture, paintings, and film she’s almost always portrayed as white. In fact, I’ve only ever seen two pictures of Andromeda as black, and at the time I didn’t even recognize her because the total whitewashing of her and her culture is so pervasive. Not only has Andromeda from the myth been whitewashed, her people and culture in the myth have been as well.
TayTay:
Ancient Greek Lady-Monster Valentines, because I love the morbid sense of humor I develop around these gals. HERE is a full-resolution printable sheet of all four, the page is 8x10.5 inches.
Featuring a Siren, Sphinx, Medusa, and also Eris.
She isn’t exactly a monster but shhhh.I referenced their appearances from ancient art, though I have to admit I kind of took artistic license with Medusa’s face and hair. The original Gorgons had scary-ugly faces and normal hair with a couple snakes. A head full of snakes is just so much more fun to draw…!I have buckets more ideas for these, so I might do more! Because if a joke’s worth making it’s worth running into the ground, that’s what I say :D
8-Bit games based on Greek myths. How many times will you try to get Sisyphus’s rock to the top of the hill?
I definitely gave up after 2 tries.
omg these are amazing
I tried all of them, but my favorite was the Zeno’s paradox one. Though the Prometheus struggling wildly to discourage the eagle from eating his liver was hilarious.
