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Post by Amoebas on Mar 7, 2019 22:22:58 GMT
If you want trippy and fun myth, try Chinese or Indian stuff, the Mahabharata, or Journey to the West. They're fun, (very, very, very, very long though, a copy of Journey to the West can be around 2,500 pages depending on how abridged it is). A lot of JM DeMatteis's work is filled with Indian themes (especially his Dr Fate run).  |
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Post by achilles on Mar 7, 2019 22:26:42 GMT
If you want trippy and fun myth, try Chinese or Indian stuff, the Mahabharata, or Journey to the West. They're fun, (very, very, very, very long though, a copy of Journey to the West can be around 2,500 pages depending on how abridged it is). A lot of JM DeMatteis's work is filled with Indian themes (especially his Dr Fate run). Lot of writers use myth and epic poems in their work. For good reasons, mostly. Gaiman of course was a champ at that. |
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Post by glaeken on Mar 8, 2019 0:51:04 GMT
Since Nyx is serving as the main adversary in Avengers: No Road Home I grew curious about the Nyx from in original Greek mytholgy she obviously comes from. I was surprised to find out that Nyx is the creator being in Greek mythology. The darkness before everything existed was Nyx herself and, according to some stories, she was the one that brought all into existence. Now having learned that she doesn't seem so overpowered as I had thought before. I always like when stories such as this cause me to seek put new information on something. Anyone else had the same sort of experience I never really was inspired by comic stories to go read up on myths, though Simonson's run on Thor did make me look up some encyclopedia type info on some characters. I've been into myth and folktales for a long time, though my memory is kind of bad haha. I did enjoy the Marvel "Marvel Universe"-style book about the mythological figures though. Fun read.
Thor & Hercules: Encyclopædia Mythologica (2008)
I liked Liam Sharp's recent Brave and the Bold mini, but I wonder how lost people were with so much Celtic mythology. Most probably thiink Tir Na Nog is just a Celtic Woman song. |
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Post by achilles on Mar 8, 2019 1:01:41 GMT
Try the Mabinogion, the Welsh national epic. And what you can of The Ulster Cycle, the Irish epic.
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