Misc. Myths: Aphrodite's Affair
is it hot in here or is that just the fires of my volcano forge
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Ummm if one has a burning sensation in their volcano lair do they need to speak to Hermes? Asking for a friend worried about Hermes gossiping.
New personal head cannon: Hephaestus divorces Aphrodite and marries the sweet Charis, who appreciates how hard her husband works and gets thoroughly spoiled by his romantic ways while Aphrodite marries Ares and realizes he isn't all that awesome.
I actually like the idea of a story that explores what a functional Hephaestus Aphrodite relationship would look like. And they could have the story of Aphrodite cheating on him with Areas be a nasty rumor Areas or another god makes up to try and get back at the two of them for some reason.
Yeah, in terms of lesson learning, the Olympian Pantheon was probably about as likely as the Always Sunny Gang to learn a lesson from their actions. Side note, I really like the concept that Eros, Phoebus and Demos are all considered children of Aphrodite and Ares, because lust and conflict producing Love Fear and Terror feels really poetic!
"It'd be really poetic if these two abstract concepts created this third abstract concept" describes like... 99% of the Greek pantheon. The rest are heroes and nymphs.
Happy 420th video on the channel
Red, did you spend the whole video euphamising references to sex just so the bdsm joke at the end would land with more punch??? (b/c ngl, it worked XD )
I want a story where Aphrodite is all about marital love as much as lust. She married Hephaestus because she's all about bringing love to the loveless, but being who she is, immediately regrets her life choice and boinks Ares, who's surprisingly easy to motivate.
Since marriage in Ancient Greece, at least for the upper class, was not about love, the usual goddess for married women was Hera, not Aphrodite. Hera in particular was charged with protecting women during childbirth and punishing infidelity. I'm guessing that the Ancient Greeks would be puzzled by the concept of a goddess for love-within-the-bounds-of-marriage.