favorite mythos

[manikus]

since i can't do a poll, i get to ask questions.

what's your favorite _real-world_ mythology?
what essential characters from said mythos would need a picture?

any and all ideas welcome.

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-manikus

[SilentThief]

I happen to have some opinions (thats right, more than one...), the top three in my opinion would be greco-roman, Norse, and sumerian. Why? Well, I'm glad you asked...
greco-roman is familiar (what with disney's "hercules"), and features an array of gods and goddesses who work together or not and many heros, too, examples include hercules himself, achilles, helen of troy, hades the lord of the underworld, athena (goddess of wisdom and war), and many others

Norse is another one most people have heard of, with gods like Odin (or wodin, if you prefer), Thor, and loki. They also had a great battle that was destined to occur in the near future with powerful giants that everyone knew would destroy the world, and yet the gods could not back down...

People might have heard of one or two from the sumerian (or is it babylonian, I forget...) These include the god Marduk, hero Gilgamesh, and evil monster Tiamat (thats right, Tiamat).

Just tossing ideas...
As for any I would like to see, I think the Norse would be my favorite mostly because of the armageddon battle that could be an awesome plot. I will be using a set of deities I've created, so I don't need icons or pics (at least not yet...)

SilentThief

[manikus]

ahh sumerian. [img]smile.gif[/img]
i've already done an icon for marduk, but i'll be doing another- the one that's available was for frua, but i decided to quit doing icons and such for that engine and only work with dc. i didn't convert marduk, i just changed file size and such-> which means he's half the size that i want him to be. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
alas, one of my secret projects (secret even from me at times) has been an icon of tiamat. in frua, well i just couldn't do her justice, but in dc, i think maybe i can. i'm about 60% done...

as for the norse, i'll actually be travelling to norway in a couple of months and am looking forward to seeing some of the art, especially sculpture, first hand.

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-manikus