Hey everyone!
It's good to see that the blog is being used once again! Oh glorious WIBOM! Praise! Praise!
But yes! On a semi-related note, I was looking for some old notes the other day and I found the Lord of the Rings-inspired story that I was attempting to write in High School! And I re-read it... Oh my... the number of obscure high school/The Group references in there... it was glorious! GLORIOUS!!!!
But yes, I have re-discovered my once passionate love for Mutalism and our "faith". AND, since I'm taking History of Drama and we just finished Ancient Greek Theatre, which is filled to the brim with oh-so cool Greek mythology AND because Twill explained and entertained me with her versions of tales from Greek mythology, I've created a few accessory mythical beings for Mutualism. Starting with:
Menrye, Zowen and Lorna, the Three Fairies of Art, Music and Literature: My version of the Greek Muses. They are servants to Starwing (godess of movement, awareness and creative expression and Scorpio (godess of art, utensils and prepardness).
Hideous, the Demonic Hound of Vengence: My version of the Eumendies/Furies from Greek mythology. My inspiration for Hideous was kinda out of no where: I was watching Family Guy, in the episode "Stewie Kills Lois", and it was right after the part where Stewie suceeds in killing Lois and I was like: "BEWARE THE EUMENIDIES, STEWIE! BEWARE THE EUMENDIES!!!" (I had just finished reading "The Libation Bearers" and "The Eumendies" by Aeschylus where Orestes kills Clytaemestra). But no Eumendies came... so I was like "I'm going to create my own verion of the Eumendies!" And that's how Hideous was born...
Hideous, according to Mutalese myth, appears when a dire breach of trust has occured (ie. matricide, fratricide, infanticide) and Hideous drags the body of the victim to the Altar of the gods and goddesses (us! Yay!) as evidence of the crime. Hideous then hunts down the perpetrator(s) so that they can be brought to divine justice.
The best part of this is the fact that Hideous is controlled by none other than Natrix (god of voodoo, charisma and righteousness), Obsidian (goddess of Mars, the undead and all destruction) and Melody (goddess of pain, anger and yelling/violence). I kinda imagined a Mutualese motif/mosiac with holy-Natrix holding on to a leash with a giant and vicious black dog on the other end, with holy-Obsidian stroking Hideous and holy-Melody feeding him with a bone.
Next up, the Ten Fairies of Goodness, or as Twill renamed them, with a more funky name, the Nine Fairies of Ity and Justice. The Ten Fairies are: Dexterity, Masculintiy, Femininity, Divinity, Beauty, Chivarly, Industry, Dignity, Fertility and Justice.
The Ten Fairies are essentially our errand fairies, and I created them because there were some areas that weren't covered by our god/goddess titles.
So ya! On that vein, I want to see if any of you out there want your own divine beings as your own servant deities. I've already asked Twill and she's thinking about it, and I'm in the process of thinking about mine. For me, I'm thinking about the Manizons (Thanks, Twill). The Manizons are the Guardians of Creation, and they're an army of tall, hot and sexy men... 'nuff said, lol. Ya.. I'll think about their actual role later....
So ya! I'm having a lot of fun revisting and enriching Mutalism! Next I maybe writing some actual myths invovling our holy personas and these mythical beings! Yay! So if any one you want your own sevant beings, feel free to get in touch with me!
~! Rubin
Oh btw, I've decided to do a funky name reversal thing. In my mind, our duke/duchess and god/goddess entities are two separate things. So for instance, there's Duke Windchester of Mount Concordia and Natrix, god of voodoo, charisma and righteousness. Funky, no? Imagine how funky/weird it will be:
"Oh great Twill! Goddess of Magic, Dreams and all Knowledge protect us!" said Duchess Clearwater of Riverside.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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LOL I love it, Rubin. The dog Hideous better be house-trained, hehe. Been having a lot of friends recently get dogs, and have subsequently been reduced to nervous wrecks over being kept up by barking, finding sprayed feces and other related wastes on carpet, as well as dog barf.
I think the idea of getting a dog is always better than actually getting one, until at least the first few months when it gets somewhat trained. Because if Hideous gets on my nerves, I'll be right tempted to subject it to voodoo! ;D
Hahaha!
Well remember Natrix: if Hideous ever becomes a problem, you can always give it over to Melody or Obsidian... I can imagine it now: "Go boy! Go annoy Obsidian!" On that note... maybe Hideous should subject perpetrators of dire breaches of trust with the unsavoury dog-like behaviour that you just described so that they will be marked with shame! MARKED WITH SHAME!
SO I GET NOTHING BUT THE FAIRIES WE ALL MUST SHARE? XO
Hey Hey Hey! Jeez Desu! I said you can create your own! And come on! You're the goddess of volume, beauty and lack of definition! And by extension, "lack of definition" = Space!!! (As in the Heavens! the Great Beyond! Outer Space, etc!). FWHA! There! You have something else that's uber-cool in your domain! If you're still not satisfied, you can create your own ;-).
Dibs on Minotaur & Frost Giant.
Actually, screw the Elves, can my empire be Norse-ish? Or, for a compromise, Norse Elves? (Who sometimes speak French) XD
And then I can be like Skadi!
Hey Nyx,
That totally works for me! Your new (hybrid?) race will add more diversity to the Land. That and there won't be a scary, overwhelming majority of Elves, who dominate the entire South and Southwest! Haha. Will your race still be called the Eloryns?
I don't mind whether your race is Norse-ish or Norse-Elf; Pick whichever one you want. However, I don't know what your people will look like... Maybe you can provide me with a description if you choose a pure Norse empire?
On the topic of your servant, I shall work on that ASAP. Since you're the goddess of procrastination, coffee (and by extenstion of that: industry, commerce and trade; you know, coffee, late-nighters, business, it all fits!) and cynicism, I'll try to tie in a Minotaur and Frost Giant.
Sorry, that other post came across as more in your face than I intended XD;
How about... star dragons? They move the stars and make the constellations =o And they send their little babies to watch over people like guardian angels. And when the end comes, they all pack up their stars and move on. You can do whatever you like with it, however it will fit in with stuff =3
I wish to rule over a small group of stolid Germanic people whose function is to punish bad craft, bad typography, and especially bad work.
Obviously, I've been inspired by something. Right now, I just can't get over something on public display at the College. SO BLOODY TRITE: "Why is Mary Crying?" asks the title of a paper accompanying the "art" consisting of some Virgin statuary, a scribbled on Bible, and bad paintings of the woman with a bright red heart on her chest with some nails pushed through it. Yikes.
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