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[adventurology]

Posted: 29th of May
Sender: Athena

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Hello to whomever might be reading this. My given name is Lara, and I am the current incarnation of Athena.


I've gathered I am not the first to bear her name, and I'd be interested in learning more about my predecessor. What sort of god was he/she? As I've begun settling into her temple here, I've found quite a lot of things that they probably left behind, and I also thought that perhaps it would be right to return them if any were on loan.

And I would also like to ask about the community's feelings on something. Truth be told, I've only recently begun to accept that the supernatural is real and there might be a higher power(s) at work. At least, until I woke up here and was hit in the face with it. It's a lot to absorb.

I'm feeling a touch overwhelmed and I'd like to know what role you believe a god should play. I've my own ideas, naturally, but I'm curious what others think. Do you want to live up to the legends of who came before? Do you want to change those legends into something else? Or is there something else you believe about divinity? I'm curious, so please, let me know your thoughts. It may help me better sort out my own.

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[hontobakabaka]

I admit, most of my mythological information comes from the late 20th century historian Ray Harryhausen's translations of mythology but there wasn't much call for it other than naming ships in the belt. I'm not certain how accurate it is though as I got most of it from the Jovians.

As for tea, I make some every morning with sunrise. It is one of the few rituals from home I keep along with hanging the laundry for the morning sun. I guess that is the one good thing about being planetside.

Answering prayers I think depends on what your role is. Most of my prayers are things like "Help me pass a test" or "Help me figure out next quarter's sales figures." One is easy, the other is more irritating than anything else. However I fall under the knowledge deity preview, I can't even begin to think what kind of prayers a death, war, or even weather deity would get.

I believe there was an old temple to Athena, or at least the ruins of one near Peaceland Palace, but I never got the opportunity to visit it while I was there so I can't offer much helpful data there.

[adventurology]

[Lara's response comes after a few minutes, as she's honestly having to process some of this. Little context clues point to this person being. Well. Beyond what she's dealt with thus far.]

Harryhausen? You mean the director of Clash of the Titans?

And by planetside, do you mean to say you're usually not? Some sort of space-faring culture?

[hontobakabaka]

I believe that was one of the mythological texts he translated to video. He handled Greek and Arabian mythology... That and some early American mythology about supposed alien abductions. A lot of his texts are the only surviving ones.

Oh, yes, I'm from 2201 C.E. I work in space, mostly on the Mars to Jove paths. I'm sorry, I keep forgetting most people are from earlier.

[adventurology]

Those weren't theological texts, Ruri. I've seen all of them. They're actually films for entertainment. Nothing like the texts we've been passed down from classical mythology.

Though, admittedly after two centuries and spaceflight I can see those details lost in the cracks.

[hontobakabaka]

I will be honest, my schooling included almost no history or anthropology, but none of my crew seem to know much beyond things like this either. Most of my training has been in the math and sciences so I can't really even speculate on how something transcended movie to mythological databases.

My Omoikane from home said a lot was lost in the wars of the early 21st century so that may have something to do with it, but since he isn't here I can't inquire further.

[adventurology]

Coincidentally, I'm an archaeologist and anthropologist by training. If you're interested, I can provide you with the actual texts he based his works on. Homer and Hesiod, mostly. And the Japanese creation tales as well.

[hontobakabaka]

Actually that offer would be fascinating. I probably have the actual books here, just I was engineered to socialize AIs, so most of all that is outside of my training.

[adventurology]

You were engineered?

[hontobakabaka]

It sounds better than what I was told. "Allowed to live" is too cold for my tastes.

There were many mistakes in my upbringing.

[adventurology]

I can tell.

Sorry.

[hontobakabaka]

Thank you, but it is in the past now, and without proper time travel technology all we can change about that is our perceptions.

Still, I'm in the temple of Omoikane, it is the library looking one with the river to the side of it, though the river doesn't seem to go anywhere, it just appears and ends. I've given up trying to make sense of this place though.

[adventurology]

I'll come by sometime then. Thank you.