Favorite Mythological Characters?

[Aeritai]

Well a person or creature that is not real? This thread is pretty simple.

So, would you say that Pac-Man and Tony the Tiger are mythological characters?

Well I would like it if you guys focused on mythological characters from either Greek, Norse, Celtic, and other myths.

[Suriyanakhon]

How do you define mythological?

Well a person or creature that is not real? This thread is pretty simple.

Myths are sacred stories from different cultures which reflect the values and beliefs of those places. It's why some scholars assert that mythopoeia is not a mythology because it is not the sacred narrative of a real culture which existed (or exists). If mythology simply meant something that was untrue the debate would not exist at all.

[Aeritai]

Well a person or creature that is not real? This thread is pretty simple.

Myths are sacred stories from different cultures which reflect the values and beliefs of those places. It's why some scholars assert that mythopoeia is not a mythology because it is not the sacred narrative of a real culture which existed (or exists). If mythology simply meant something that was untrue the debate would not exist at all.

Ah sorry my mistake I know myths reflect the values and beliefs of a culture, but I guess I worded it wrong sorry.

[Port Myreal]

Well a person or creature that is not real? This thread is pretty simple.

Myths are sacred stories from different cultures which reflect the values and beliefs of those places. (...)

Would you consider the Iliad to be a sacred story?

[Centrialand]

it should be from some form of mythology(norse, greek, etc) not just any fictional character

[Twicetagram and JYPe]

Big daddy Cronos for giving birth to like all the Greek gods.

And also unicorns. I love unicorns.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

The 666 truck, a story my cousin once told me which a guy he knew told him. Since it's the day after Halloween, I'll tell you this tale of terror.

Once upon a time there was a man named Steven. Steven was an idiot. He never considered the consequences of his actions and one day Steven was out on the highway heading West toward Ypsilanti. It was about 11 PM at night and no one else was on the road when he spotted a truck behind him. Deciding to be a badass, Steven break checked the truck and began laughing like a little bitch. He then sped away down the road. A few minutes later Steven faintly heard the song Keep Away by Godsmack. Turning to look behind him, he spotted that same truck speeding toward him, it's exhaust pipe cranking out black smoke. Steven could see the plate on the front which read "666," and the Confederate flag painted on the hood, with a shamrock beneath it. The truck revved its engines and sped up toward Steven on his 9:00. Turning to look, he saw the man in the cab and his blood ran cold. The driver had a shaved clean head with a blue swastika tattooed on his forehead and he wore a wife beater and jeans. He had a nose piercing and earrings and he turned to look at Steven, staring into his soul. "Oh you think you're tough" the man yelled. He reached down below his seat and Steven gulped in fear. Pulling out a shotgun, the skinhead aimed directly into Steven's car. "This is the last time you ever pull that shit punk" the skinhead yelled before he pulled the trigger. The shotgun slug ripped into Steven's car, and tore through his body. There was the sound of metal crashing against concrete and steel and then quiet as the 666 truck rolled off into the night, leaving destruction in its wake. Legend has it the 666 truck still drives the highways of Michigan, picking off those who dare to try and show off. And legend also has it that If you visit the location of Steven's encounter with the truck, you can still see the blackened burned siding of the freeway where his car made impact and burst into flames. Beware the 666 truck.

[The Blaatschapen]

Achilles was pretty badass.

Not really, he was wounded at some point and did not exactly heel well.

[Kubra]

All the Greek ones, cuz c'mon their sitcom antics are just the greatest.

[The Blaatschapen]

All the Greek ones, cuz c'mon their sitcom antics are just the greatest.

They invented the word comedy after all.

Also, they invented drama.

[The Archregimancy]

Me.

[Valentine Z]

I do love the Leviathan! The name sounds cool, and has one hell of a backstory. ^^ A Basilisk comes second.

Too bad I can't put Valkyries here, given the term "creatures". I am all about the Valkyries, as you can probably tell.

[Kashimura]

Not a specific character, but I always enjoyed the Japanese idea of tsukumogami — inanimate objects that come to life after they’ve existed long enough.
And all the hypothetical Finlands.

[Pasong Tirad]

I feel attached to Orestes and the whole cast of the Oresteia because it was the subject of my thesis.

And I'm fond of the Hadestown version of Orpheus because he's basically a labor organizer.

[-Astoria-]

Depends which places we're limiting it to.

[Free Las Pinas]

It’s got to be Mesperyian!

But in all seriousness, I love Loki and Icarus.

[Ethel mermania]

Me.

Because you like leading nazi's to treasure?

[An Alan Smithee Nation]

You can lead a Nazi to treasure, but you can't make them Klink.

[Ethel mermania]

You can lead a Nazi to treasure, but you can't make them Klink.

Oh the pain, the pain.....

[The Archregimancy]

You can lead a Nazi to treasure, but you can't make them Klink.

See, that was one of my main mistakes over that minor Ark of the Covenant misunderstanding.

I mean, the British forces in Egypt allowing a large-scale Nationalist Socialist excavation of a major archaeological site - and landing a top-secret experimental airplane - without any apparent supervision from either British security or the tens of thousands of troops stationed in the country is one thing. But it was (and this is slightly embarrassing) entirely down to me that Belloq found the Well of Souls. He was digging in the wrong place because he only had access to half of the headpiece. So don't believe those morons who claim that I had no impact on the events; it was only my unsubtle intervention, and inability to complete my hurried investigation before dawn, that led the Nazis to the treasure.

But at least all of those advanced breathing exercises allowed me to cling to the side of a U-Boat as it travelled across the Mediterranean, so I was able to make sure that the Ark found its way into the right hands after the Nazis were all dead.

[The Holy Therns]

You can lead a Nazi to treasure, but you can't make them Klink.

See, that was one of my main mistakes over that minor Ark of the Covenant misunderstanding.

I mean, the British forces in Egypt allowing a large-scale Nationalist Socialist excavation of a major archaeological site - and landing a top-secret experimental airplane - without any apparent supervision from either British security or the tens of thousands of troops stationed in the country is one thing. But it was (and this is slightly embarrassing) entirely down to me that Belloq found the Well of Souls. He was digging in the wrong place because he only had access to half of the headpiece. So don't believe those morons who claim that I had no impact on the events; it was only my unsubtle intervention, and inability to complete my hurried investigation before dawn, that led the Nazis to the treasure.

But at least all of those advanced breathing exercises allowed me to cling to the side of a U-Boat as it travelled across the Mediterranean, so I was able to make sure that the Ark found its way into the right hands after the Nazis were all dead.

Favorite mythological character: The top men.

[Ethel mermania]

You can lead a Nazi to treasure, but you can't make them Klink.

See, that was one of my main mistakes over that minor Ark of the Covenant misunderstanding.

I mean, the British forces in Egypt allowing a large-scale Nationalist Socialist excavation of a major archaeological site - and landing a top-secret experimental airplane - without any apparent supervision from either British security or the tens of thousands of troops stationed in the country is one thing. But it was (and this is slightly embarrassing) entirely down to me that Belloq found the Well of Souls. He was digging in the wrong place because he only had access to half of the headpiece. So don't believe those morons who claim that I had no impact on the events; it was only my unsubtle intervention, and inability to complete my hurried investigation before dawn, that led the Nazis to the treasure.

But at least all of those advanced breathing exercises allowed me to cling to the side of a U-Boat as it travelled across the Mediterranean, so I was able to make sure that the Ark found its way into the right hands after the Nazis were all dead.

You have ruined that movie for all my friends, though tbh I am quite smug about it.

[The Archregimancy]

See, that was one of my main mistakes over that minor Ark of the Covenant misunderstanding.

I mean, the British forces in Egypt allowing a large-scale Nationalist Socialist excavation of a major archaeological site - and landing a top-secret experimental airplane - without any apparent supervision from either British security or the tens of thousands of troops stationed in the country is one thing. But it was (and this is slightly embarrassing) entirely down to me that Belloq found the Well of Souls. He was digging in the wrong place because he only had access to half of the headpiece. So don't believe those morons who claim that I had no impact on the events; it was only my unsubtle intervention, and inability to complete my hurried investigation before dawn, that led the Nazis to the treasure.

But at least all of those advanced breathing exercises allowed me to cling to the side of a U-Boat as it travelled across the Mediterranean, so I was able to make sure that the Ark found its way into the right hands after the Nazis were all dead.

You have ruined that movie for all my friends, though tbh I am quite smug about it.

Also, can I raise two other points?

First of all, can I apologise to you and my other Jewish friends for the several acts of blasphemy involved in that little Ark escapade. I'm deeply sorry.

Secondly, Marion lied to me about her age. I thought she was 18. Her claim that 'It was wrong and you knew it!' was an exaggeration in the heat of the moment; though I do regret my subsequent remark about how she knew what she was doing. That was unacceptable. I can only note that we approached these things differently in the 1930s. But I have grown as a man in the subsequent decades, and now fully accept that statutory rape of my mentor's teenage daughter was wrong.

[Ethel mermania]

You have ruined that movie for all my friends, though tbh I am quite smug about it.

Also, can I raise two other points?

First of all, can I apologise to you and my other Jewish friends for the several acts of blasphemy involved in that little Ark escapade. I'm deeply sorry.

Secondly, Marion lied to me about her age. I thought she was 18. Her claim that 'It was wrong and you knew it!' was an exaggeration in the heat of the moment; though I do regret my subsequent remark about how she knew what she was doing. That was unacceptable. I can only note that we approached these things differently in the 1930s. But I have grown as a man in the subsequent decades, and now fully accept that statutory rape of my mentor's teenage daughter was wrong.

And her subsequent desent into debauchery and alcoholism caused by your rape.

[Valrifell]

It's a tie between Prometheus and Orpheus.