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Chaos Witch
June 21st, 2004, 04:57 PM
God Checker - http://www.godchecker.com/

A witty take on mythology.

Edited to add an example -

APOLLO: Greek all-rounder. The son of ZEUS and LETO, he has his Godly fingers in every pie.

Sun God. Music God. Archery God. Poetry God. Painting God. Prophecy God. Plagues and Healing God. Animal Welfare God. God of Radiance. God of Ploughing. And much much more!

Send for free brochure with no obligation. See him conduct the Holy Choir of MUSES, tickets available at the box office. Book now for Apollo Space Mission.

Also, he has undiminished Beauty and Virility. You name it, he has it. Thoroughly sickening to us mere mortals.

But he is not entirely the Mr Nice Guy he would have us believe. There are women he pursued who won’t talk due to transformation or worse. Daphne is now a laurel tree and Clytia is a sunflower.

Sudden deaths are not uncommon when he is around – and don’t try to compete with him musically. It’s all very well to be played alive but not flayed alive like poor old Marsyas. Or to be given the ears of an ass like poor old King Midas. CASSANDRA never got another chance either, nor was he very pleasant to the SIBYL-OF-CUMAE, granting her immortality but leaving out the age clause.

His son ASCLEPIUS was the result of another unfortunate lapse. Having had an affair with the mortal daughter of a king, APOLLO was consumed with jealousy when he discovered she had another suitor, and, out of control, he killed her. In a fit of remorse he was just in time to rescue her unborn child and have him brought up with the best education to be ASCLEPIUS, the Deity Doctor.

He met his match in ZEUS, and a tussle for power earned him a period in exile; but as ZEUS had zapped his son ASCLEPIUS, zapping the Cyclope thunderbolt makers seems justifiable. It can be very tough at the top and all in all APOLLO handles it very well what with ZEUS being his dad, having ARTEMIS for a twin sister, etc.

Mnemosyne
June 22nd, 2004, 12:35 AM
Thanks for the site, Chaos! It made me laugh.

Mòrag Elasaid Ní Dhòmhnaill
June 22nd, 2004, 08:06 PM
I've read their stuff before. Both amusing and informative in a basic sense.

mol
July 19th, 2004, 10:14 AM
Awesome!

Tullip Troll
July 19th, 2004, 10:29 AM
that was good

MheraPai

aluokaloo
July 19th, 2004, 03:12 PM
:nonono: that was a good one.

aluokaloo
July 19th, 2004, 03:53 PM
I've never seen that sight, it is a great site. Thanks.

Faeawyn
July 19th, 2004, 04:41 PM
I've been to that site many times before as well...I just love it. They manage to put a humorous spin on it while still giving you the important information. Great site!!!

Blondie
July 19th, 2004, 06:12 PM
Hilarious site!

I wish they had a little more than just basic information however.

The High Queen of Faerie
July 19th, 2004, 06:15 PM
how very cute. :) i'll need to go browse that site.

RubyRose
July 20th, 2004, 08:04 AM
Yep, I've come across this site also. Not a bad site in my opinion.

Green Gnome
July 20th, 2004, 09:12 AM
Ahh.. Godchecker.. Classic. Love it! :D

Finnish Mythology : KUU
Also known as KUN

KUU: Moon Deity and/or personification of the moon.

The Finns are at it again. They can't just have a simple Moon God like everyone else. No, KUU was formed from the whites of duck eggs laid in the crook of the knee of ILMATAR (Goddess of Air), who had been floating in a ocean for 700 years. Then a lot of glittering and shining went on and KUU became silver.

An impeccable source tells us that KUU is not actually a God, but simply the Finnish word for 'moon'. It certainly seems to be the word for 'month', although our Finnish leaves a lot to be desired.

Look, Finland is a weird place - all reindeer and Lapland Dancing. They also know more about Father Christmas than they let on too (see MARJATTA).