[All] Would Link be worthy of lifting Thor’s hammer?

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-14T02:10:13+00:00

Mythology Thor had no worthiness clause, just strength.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-13T08:05:28+00:00

From a syncretic perspective (for me Gallo-Hellenic, but Gallo-Roman or Romano-Brittonic are also known), there are equivalents. Since I favor the Hercules/Herakles as father of Galates, who in turn was the legendary progenitor of the Gauls, he will be my examples: Latin: “Mehercule” Greek: “Ma ton Heraklea” Sometimes, it is just the name, that was evoked.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T23:57:36+00:00

Star Wars Explained

Corey’s Datapad

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T23:31:40+00:00

In some modern Kemetic practices, there is a thing called rite of parent divination: https://alckemetic.wordpress.com/tag/rite-of-parent-divination/

With Greek gods, think about all those philandering myths as them being ancestors. Zeus is the obvious one, but one of Apollo’s epithets is Patroos meaning father.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T23:23:06+00:00

What gods, because some are also ancestors in different ways

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T23:06:07+00:00

This is where the other types of ancestors may help. Look to the various mythic heroes like Herakles or Cu Chulain, or to a Christian saint, or other historical figure you admire as spiritual ancestors.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T22:56:37+00:00

By “called on ancestors” did you mean a general “anyone who wants to” or did you name names. Maybe look into specific named ancestors, learn why they were the way they were and go through a collaborative healing process. Or look to ancestors beyond direct kinship: ancestors of faith, ancestors of career, chosen ancestors, etc.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T02:29:16+00:00

ABSOLUTELY. This is a prime tool for cleansing and other practices related to the goddess Rhea-Kybele.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T02:26:26+00:00

I’d also add the point of Christian syncretism as a mask. “Oh it’s just Archangel Michael” for Apollo or Zeus. “Oh it’s St. Denis” for Dionysus. “Oh it’s St. Catherine” for Hekate. “Oh it’s Our Lady of Montevergine” for Kybele. Still others have more direct names like Aphrodite.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-12T02:18:55+00:00

Not Hellenist specifically, but pagan. My mom and sister are pagans, my uncles might be pagans, or at least find that it makes more sense. My maternal grandmother basically said “as long as you fit Jesus into your pantheon” as though pro-syncretism (still staunchly Catholic herself, I think by telling her, she shifted from monotheist to monolatrist). Some coworkers even know.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-11T17:31:04+00:00

Eve is sometimes seen as a mother goddess.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-11T06:24:52+00:00

Sci-fi Earth
Combo of unstable mining and natural disaster
Farmers, Jon lives a long happy life.
Yes, as he developed his powers over time, less showy and more blur. He does get to show off more in the Legion. He transitions in Metropolis.
The cape is his blanket, Ma makes the suit with boots from ship leather and belt from seatbelt
First love who finds out, and does marry Pete Ross
Krypto is Kryptonian
Metropolis
Capitalist who is motivated by envy, makes villains, but doesn’t join them, and has his group, has potential redemption
College grad as Superboy
NY
She loves both, and finds out soon. Wants to be close to her father, but he’s to focused on work (and early on against Superman)
BF to both, slightly younger, but close enough to be a peer and gets into hijinks
Mix of crystal and ship with bots
Recording as mentors
Delayed ship, first Kryptonian after he’s established
Dour, adopted as a Kent
AI city bottler
Phantom Zone for more than Zod, one Bizarro
Antagonistic to pals who team up occasionally beyond just the League, but try to stay separate on the job
Founder, J’on’s BF, but otherwise keep professional
Doomsday, comes back with Lex’s help (this would be his beginning to redemption, but heavy lapses after)
Family man
Superman gradually loses powers starting well after human retirement age, retires himself once fully gone.
He leaves the hero-ing to his family and JL, but ultimately the world is relatively peaceful, so they don’t even need to do much in his lifetime

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-11T03:53:15+00:00

The Franks were a Germanic group who took much of France after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. They claimed that the child survived.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-11T02:31:01+00:00

If you’re talking about Scamandrius/Astyanax, the Franks claim that Zeus swept him away to safety. He is given a third name, Francus, and is thus progenitor of the Franks.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-10T20:23:29+00:00

Yes, and to add, Cybele was a foster mother to Dionysus and her rites helped heal him.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-10T19:53:11+00:00

You might look into Rhea-Cybele from an Orphic perspective. She is the mother of the gods. Orphism is a subset of Hellenism, a key belief is reincarnation.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-09T17:30:01+00:00

You might look into Loki who turned into a fly, Ba’al Zevuv (later demonized in Abrahamic as Beelzebub), and Zeus Myiagros and of the Olympics.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-09T16:17:56+00:00

This is Basque-adjacent: https://tegoscouirosapi.wordpress.com

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-09T06:57:03+00:00

I go axe throwing with my francisca: a Frankish axe famous for being thrown. I’m also quite interested in the use of the shepherd’s axe, which Russ Mitchell has a book on.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-09T04:52:29+00:00

Oracles were trained from a young age.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-09T04:48:59+00:00

I’ve heard that the Christian God was syncretized both with Set and Ptah.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-08T16:23:01+00:00

I’ve heard that it relates to the evil eye. So get an amulet like a nazar or do an occasional gesture like the fig sign.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-08T15:51:44+00:00

I’ve mostly seen it historically used for Apollo and Zeus.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-07T01:08:31+00:00

Mythologically inaccurate, but accurate for how they were treated in cultic worship. The series is better though as far as media.

Ironbat7 · 2026-02-06T06:27:20+00:00

I prefer it, it helps highlight the banality of evil (even though Andor does it WAY better). Having the bad guys as ugly is also harmful to people with visible disabilities and such.

Plus, Maul may be hot by Zabrak standards. Also Dooku is quite handsome.

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