So there doesn’t appear to be a strict rule that the memes have to be about actual historical events. I’m hoping mythology can be acceptable.

Source: Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O’Brien

        • Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          3·
          15 hours ago

          I didnt finish it, the prose and sense of humour was very far from my taste.

          I do still use it as an example of dedicating to a style, or as in this case, an example of hard to read text

          • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            13 hours ago

            Yeah, not much of a literature connoisseur myself but some articles just need a simple-language summary. And on some days moreso.

            Btw, there was this interviewe that made it really hard to extract any useful information from her torrent of words. Almost fell asleep there.

    • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      I liked it. I could read more. Modern retellings of the old stories like this are funny as hell. I’m no judge of style though, more of a content guy.

  • BeMoreCareful@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    17 hours ago

    I’ve thought, more than once, over this Epstein thing’s revelation that stories about demigods that you need to be extremely careful with might be more culturally relevant than the dominant mythology of an individual savior type.

    Like years of one type of story might equip kids better to deal with unsavory predators. Even vampires and werewolves seem like they would be more helpful.

    Kind of an odd thought process, in the midst of coffee.

    • The D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netEnglish
      3·
      16 hours ago

      i think all religions carry some form of wisdom in them tbh. i think the problem lies with when you start acting like there is one true, valid, religion, and all others are a threat to yours.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    6·
    19 hours ago

    Interesting bit for you, Narcissus is also the name for the lily: for it looks down at its reflection in the water, and indeed the mythology states that Narcissus became the lilies by being entranced by his own reflection and taking root at the border of the pond, but this might not make sense to a lot of modern audiences because sometime in the last century humans cultivated lilies to face upwards, colloquially referred to as stargazers.

    Also, the scientific name for Water Lily which floats on the pond water is Nymphaeales.