Huh.... That's creepy. What you read is (based on wikipedia lol): In a late version of the Medusa myth, related by the Roman poet
OvidLate = not so accurate? I never remembered of such a myth really; I did remember of Medusa being killed by Perseus but nothing else to be honest...
Στις 9:59 μ.μ. Πέμπτη, 6 Μαρτίου 2014, ο/η Garrett Mullins <mullinsgarrett@... έγραψε:
Medusa, the famous Gorgon, was a virgin priestess of Athena who Posieden wanted to have sex with. She refused him and in anger he raped her in front of Athena's statue, this made Athena angry but obviously she couldn't do anything to Poseiden, so instead she turned Medusa into a hideous monster. i.e. the Gorgon.
That's how the myth goes anyway. Thanks for the advice, I'll check that sermon out.
On Wednesday, March 5, 2014 11:40 AM, Light Yagami <tapapakiastinseira@... wrote:
WHAT THE FUCK, wheeeere in the world did you read that a God RAPED a virgin? I mean in mythology... Seriously, what? What kind of mythology are you reading...?
Anyway, as HP Don and HP Pythia have said repeatedly, most if not all of the things mentioned in myths are allegories. They are not literal; they have spiritual meanings. You should search for their Sermons or their posts in this group for more information.But seriously, what kind of myth says that a God raped a virgin? What did you read?
Στις 11:42 π.μ. Τρίτη, 4 Μαρτίου 2014, ο/η Garrett Mullins <mullinsgarrett@... έγραψε:
Hey, I've been studying a lot of mythology lately, and I remember the site said that most Gods were actually demons. So does that mean most of these myths are true as well? This worries me because of some of the things the Gods did in mythology, (For example raping a virgin priestess and then having her turned into a gorgon because it happened to her.) I understand that these myths were written a long time ago, and that they might have been twisted around, I was just hoping someone could explain it to me better.
Also, what about myths having radically different stories about key things about humanity? Like the origin of the universe, and why there is evil in the world and such? Not trying to be disrespectful, just very curious about how I can find the truth in the myths.