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Olympian Drama

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If you had family drama; yours don't compare with Olympians. They were the first soap opera drama. As gods, the Olympians, and in particular the twelve council members have extremely diverse personality traits that match with the realms and /or concepts that they represent. For instance, Zeus is typically stern, to the point, often abrupt, and authoritative, which coincides with his being the Ruler of the Sky and the Gods. His sister, Demeter, on the other hand is shown to have a motherly, picky, overbearing demeanor with an excessive obsession with her daughter, agriculture and related products. Hades can be bitter and resentful or calm and serene, which many humans typically view as an attitude appropriate to the dead. The twelve main Olympians do share several traits however. The first and most important is that they are all easily offended. Almost all of the gods that so much as sense a slight against them tend to react threateningly. Each Olympian is also to some...

Seven Deadly Sin: Greed

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Logo, a channel dedicate more or less to GLBT community, is having a Seven deadly sin theme. This got me think of the great sins. So I'm starting with Greed. Greed Greed (Latin, avaritia) also known as avarice is a sin of excess. Greed is the inordinate desire to possess wealth, goods, or objects of abstract value with the intention to keep it for one's self, far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. It is applied to a markedly high desire for and pursuit of wealth, status, and power.  However, greed (as seen by the church) is applied to a very excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of material possessions. Thomas Aquinas wrote "Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." In Dante's Purgatory, the penitents were bound and laid face down on the ground for having concentrated too much on earthly thoughts. Avarice is more of a blanket term that can d...

Gods of the gay and bisexual community

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I have been researching gods ( specifically  male gods) that are Patron of Homosexual and/or are bisexual  Egypt Seth: God of the Desert, Chaos, Confusion, Storms, Wind, and Foreign Lands. He had been with Horus, God of Pharaoh and the Sky. He also fuck the local oasis gods and his harem of goddesses and minor gods. Seth is shown as red haired and white skin. Greeks (Easiest to find) Dionysus: God of  Viticulture  and Drama. He is also Patron of effeminacy, hermaphrodites, transvestites and cross-dressing. Eros: Messenger of Love. God of Erotic Love Ganymede: God of Homosexual Love and Zeus’s cupbearer and lover. Heracles: God of Strength and Gatekeeper of the Olympus. He gives strength to youths Bisexual feeling Zeus: King of the Gods. He has a young prince (Ganymede) a god and his lover. Poseidon: Lord of the Sea. He is the first god to have a male lover, Pelops. Apollo:  God of Sunlight, Archery an...