Myths/Legends/Stories

If it exists, it’d be the coldest planet in the Solar System, and in Greek Mythology, it was Persephone’s time spent in the underworld that caused winter

she is the gentle and nurturing aspect of the Hindu goddess Shakti and one of the central deities of the Goddess-oriented Shakta sect

“ And you, Percy, are my favorite son.”

Anyway, I made myself finish this one! Sæglópur, named for Sigur Ros of course. PSCC & Cintiq 22HD

izanami is a creation goddess who created the islands of japan with her brother-husband, izanagi no mikoto. she died giving birth to the fire god kagu-tsuchi, and izanagi traveled to yomi, the underworld, to get her back. at first, izanagi could not see her as she was hidden in shadows. izanami told her husband that she had already eaten the food of the underworld and could no longer return to the land of the living. izanagi refused to leave her in yomi. while she slept, he took the comb from his hair and set it alight. upon seeing the rotting corpse of his wife, izanagi fled the underworld and sealed the entrance with a boulder. engraged, izanami told him that she would kill 1,000 of the living evey day. in retaliation, izanagi retorted that he would give life to 1,500 people each day.

“percy didn’t feel powerful. the more heroic stuff he did, the more he realized how limited he was. he felt like a fraud. i’m not as great as you think, he wanted to warn his friends.”

percy jackson and the olympians // the lightning thief // part i

MYTHOLOGY: Creatures of Myth

an iconic figure in georgian mythology, tamar was a sky goddess associated with the weather. riding on a snake and adorned in gold, each year she would lose her rein on dilis varskvlavi, the morning star, causing snow to fall. only when she recaptured him would spring come.

real locations as part of the percy jackson/heroes of olympus universe {insp}

I wasn’t sure where the Latin came from. I think it meant ‘Eat my pants!’”

(to the stars) the moon pleaded:stay.

Don’t feel bad, I’m usually about to die.

goddess of love

“Percy threw his arms around her. They kissed and for a moment nothing else mattered. An asteroid could have hit the planet and wiped out all life, and Annabeth wouldn’t have cared.”