#anemoi

zephyrus, eurus, notus and boreas

Leukothea, the Anemoi and Odysseus 5th Rhapsode by John Flaxman After having a good night out there with the gals and devouring a full on ramen menu, I returned home and went to Instagram to unravel a little, but to my surprise, Fate had other plans. It first sent this reel that was about some comparisons between the Odyssey Spanish translations but, at the end. There was this image:

And that style was absolutely from an english fella: JOHN FLAXMAN. So of course, I knew the image was incomplete as this man adores doing wide panels, so I went to my lovely Ino lover, @laiapolypharmakos

After a small rage session, she gave me the full template she already has:

Now that I had the material and with a spur of creativity I started choosing colours and doing some stuff. First of all I closed the ribbon into a veil and erased Zephyros' beard as it was so strange (like small cones instead of a proper like Odysseus'). After that I started getting sources and inspirations for her...to end up finding that there is a severe lack of Ino/Leukothea content out there. So...I went down the mythographic route, checking the stories themselves. I am quite grateful for this drawing as it has few people in it, just Ino, Odysseus and the four Anemoi that go in tandem. Talking about Characters, let's meet our figures:

Anemoi (Boreas, Zephyros, Notos and Euros)

Sons of Eos and Astraeos, I did not give them too much thought, basing them on Laia's take of them

Leukothea/Ino, daughter of Kadmos.

The star of the show, lighting the dark in which our hero stays. Leukothea. She was a mortal, Ino, before turning into a divine being alongside her son through the Boetian king Athamas, Melikertes; now Palaimon, guardian of ships. She is the reason as to why we have the Argonauticas and the Golden Fleece (Khrysomalos) in the first place! For context, Athamas, a king of Boetia wed Nephele, goddess of clouds, and had Phrixos and Helle. After some shenanigans, Athamas marries Ino, daughter of Kadmos (we are not sure of the reasons as to why they are marrying) and have two sons: Learkhos and Melikertes. After this point, they are quite alright but Ino, starts to worry that neither of her sons will get the throne. Afterall she is the second wife and their sons the seconds after Phrixos (already a teenager) and Helle (which can continue the line).in the succesion line. Anyways, Ino plots and we end up with half the city of Orchomenus starving and a "seer's notice" that we have to sacrifice the eldest prince and princess. Stuff happens and Phrixos and Helle disappear from the map. All cute no? WRONG. After caring and nursing a baby Dionysus, Athamas is turned mad by Hera for caring about the infant god. Athamas kills Learkhos in a quite a gruesome way in Nonnus of Panopolis' account. (Dionysiaca, 10) With the death of her oldest son she takes Melikertes with her and both jump at Delphi to the watery depths and some olympian turns them into deities (Aphrodite, Poseidon and Dionysus depending on the source) Anyways this all what she entails. Now, for the drawing. - Her hair is dark, specifically "Kyaneos" By Nonnu's account. Now we are entering into artistic liberties. For me, Kyaneos does not mean "cyan or blue" but rather deep and dark colours whose tonality veers towards cold, instead of warm and is not yet "Melas" (Black). Reason why she has this hair with small blue highlights. - She is daughter of Kadmos and this mean, Phoenician roots which I really played with and this shows in the veil itself!. The hard part of the ribbon is dyed with hyacinth blue (Hyakinthos) which is also related with Tyrian purple as both were Phoenician top tier manufactures. But, I wanted to add some divine whimsy here with the main colour: Turqouise. Turquoise is one of the earliest gems to be used by humanity and the closest ones to the Aegean where at the Sinai Peninsula. These turqouise have the property of being greener than Iranian turqouises which are the standard and veer to sky blue rocks. (Nora Abdel-Hamid Shalaby, 2016)

This headcanon is from @laiapolypharmakos and is so cute, so much so I had to do it. Meanwhile the pattern of the veil is based on this picture while the white spots, are in this case: PEARLS.

Pearls in the Ancient Mediterranean could only be obtain by three ways: Freshwater mussels, Pinna nobilis and other mussels or imported from the Indian Ocean (Margathifera spp.) Either way the only colour, pearls could have ranged from pink to yellow.

Odysseus, son of Laertes.

Much enduring, much suffering, etc... We all know the drill but in this case he has left Ogygia, and is seeing how a waterbird just turned into a goddess while hearing her speech. For his design we have a lot of stuff going on: - For starters, Odysseus himself. He is dark blonde haired and dark bearded (Xanthos of hair and Kuaneos of beard) as based on my headcanons. (for me, xanthos means bright or sparkly so that's another creative liberty). But, something I surely don't see as often, are the tan lines. Yes, tan lines.

Clothing.

He is wearing a purple pileus (status) and himation, but a special one. Weaved by Kalypso, which @laiapolypharmakos and I, plot down in North African islands, it is inspired by the Amazighs! The Amazighs are a group of people hailing from the area before 10 000 BC! They are insanely ancient and have been there since ever. And they are quite fond of the woad and indigo dyes! Which I used on the himation while the orange hem is based on the traditional patterns some seem to wear.

Meanwhile the himation's pattern are inherently Mykenean, from a fresco of the Palace of Tyrinis, but it was too pretty to dismiss hehehe

DISCLAIMER: These headcanons were written before the airing of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians TV show, and are primarily based on the books. To new fans or strictly TV watchers of the PJO series, future spoilers for the entire PJO series books will be referenced. Read at your own risk. The term, Miscellaneous Gods* is used not because the gods listed are not Major or Minor in terms of power, but in order to differentiate which works I have written according to the terms referred in the PJO series.

[06/ 23/ 2025]: Making a new Miscellaneous Gods and Demigods headcanons masterlist because the other masterpost seems to have reached the maximum number of tags for a while now of all relevant tags after {Wave 3.6}, so all waves after that will be now here.

✨VOLUME 1 OF MISC. DEMIGODS H/CS MASTERLIST [LINK]✨

{WAVE 4.0}

👶 EILEITHYIA 🐣 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🧀ARISTAEUS🐝 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

⚕ ASCLEPIUS 🩺 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 5.0}

🧠MNEMOSYNE 📚 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

‍⚖️THEMIS ♎ {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

⌛ KRONOS ⏳ {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🤰 RHEA ☮ {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 6.0: CELESTIAL}

🌞HELIOS🌞 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🌅EOS🌄 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🌙SELENE🎑 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🌠ASTERIA🌟 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 7.0: ANEMOI}

💨NOTUS🔥 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

💨EURUS🍂 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

💨 BOREAS ⛄ {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

⭐ASTRAEUS 🌟 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 7.5}

♎ASTRAEA♍ {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 8.0: OVID}

*OVID: yes, while Zagreus is known to be from Orphic myths, OVID did mention Zagreus so this is it. Either wise, its basically OVID/ORPHEUS since at least more than two of the gods were featured in either OVID or ORPHIC.

🦋PSYCHE🦋 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🐺LETO👰 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

💃SEMELE-THYONE🍇 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

🩸ZAGREUS🐂 {TUMBLR} \\ {AO3}

{WAVE 8.5}

📜🎨Patron of Researchers and Obsessed Artists🎨📜

Boon:

“The winds that ring wind chimes and move fallen leaves.”

Not open for text roleplay, but art interactions welcome!

[Multi-fandom character]

👥Affiliations👥

Anemoi (brothers, family)

Aeolus (former boss)

Apollo (current boss)

Other Olympians (coworkers/bosses)

🏛️Domains🏛️

Wind

Remedies (health remedies [poisons and drugs], but also solutions and answers)

Mania and Delusions

Tact and Whimsy

Creative Thought and Expression

Cleanliness and Organization

Singing and Musical Harmony

🧺Epithets🧺

Bringer of autumn

Personal messenger, delegate, secretary, and singing partner of Apollo

False Muse

Bestower of fake scenarios one cries over while laying in bed

Constructor of vivid scenes in one’s mind while listening to music or reading a story

Causer of earworms

Provider of questionable creative solutions to obstacles or challenges.

Gifter of endless energy and focus when pursuing one’s interests and aspirations and hyperfixations

Bestower of frenzied desire and motivation to clean and organize one’s living or working space

Reliever of mental block

Suppressor of physical ailments while engaged in the creative or academic zone

Bestower of questionable unorthodox ideas and new perspectives

Infuser of fun into tedious tasks

Whisperer of impulsive thoughts

The Call of the Void

Propagator of shared psychosis

💮Symbols💮

Lily of the Valley (poisonous plant, but can also treat heart palpitations)

Wind Chimes (good luck, prosperity, ward off evil spirits and negative energy)

Autumn Leaves

🐙Sacred Animals🐦

Dumbo Octopus

Hummingbird