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Jukka the Sling

#1365
March 28, 2019, 05:29:23 PM
Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in Hades in Greek mythology, so then she had to stay there for six months out of the year.  Sounds super risky to eat a bunch of pomegranates...


(Thankee!  Ling and Greedling are both awesome. XD  ...Wait, have you started watching FMAB?!)
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The Skarzs

#1366
March 28, 2019, 07:34:35 PM
Oh. Lol.

No. I just have knowledge.
Cave of Skarzs

Cave potato.

Cornflower MM

#1367
March 29, 2019, 01:07:59 AM
Quote from: Jukka the Sling on March 28, 2019, 05:02:41 PM
But then she'll be stuck in Hades forever!
Quote from: Jukka the Sling on March 28, 2019, 05:29:23 PM
Persephone ate six pomegranate seeds while in Hades in Greek mythology, so then she had to stay there for six months out of the year.  Sounds super risky to eat a bunch of pomegranates...


(Thankee!  Ling and Greedling are both awesome. XD  ...Wait, have you started watching FMAB?!)

Pardon me, bit of a Greek mythology junkie here. Hades is the actual God of the Underworld, technically speaking Persephone had to stay in the Underworld. Also, Hades kidnapped her and she was down there for a while before eating and technically she should have stayed the whole year around but her mother, Demeter, was angry and bitter and made it winter so Hades came to an agreement for the 6 months thing. This was your crash course in How The Ancient Greeks Believed The Seasons Worked, asked for by.... No one. XD

The Skarzs

#1368
March 29, 2019, 02:18:31 AM
Thank you.
Cave of Skarzs

Cave potato.

Maudie

#1369
March 31, 2019, 05:59:48 AM
But, like, why was she not supposed to eat? I am confusion.
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." John 17:3

Cornflower MM

#1370
March 31, 2019, 06:18:53 AM
If she ate or drank anything, she'd be stuck in the Underworld forever. It's been a while but it's something about eating food of the Underworld traps you there.

Also I was wrong - She only ate one seed, and she stays in the Underworld for 1/3rd of the year. Not 6 months.

Sebias of Redwall

#1371
March 31, 2019, 02:23:18 PM
Quote from: Cornflower MM on March 31, 2019, 06:18:53 AM
If she ate or drank anything, she'd be stuck in the Underworld forever. It's been a while but it's something about eating food of the Underworld traps you there.

Also I was wrong - She only ate one seed, and she stays in the Underworld for 1/3rd of the year. Not 6 months.
Hmm...Learn something new every day. ;D
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Cornflower MM

#1372
March 31, 2019, 04:46:49 PM
Indeed, or re-learn.

Tungro

#1373
March 31, 2019, 04:54:31 PM
I was commissioned to find a dead rat under someones house, didn't take me long...

Ouroboros

#1374
March 31, 2019, 04:56:04 PM
How much $?

Tungro

#1375
March 31, 2019, 04:57:16 PM Last Edit: March 31, 2019, 05:00:02 PM by Tungro
Commissioned in the sense, "You have to earn your food" :P

Ouroboros

#1376
March 31, 2019, 05:09:51 PM
That's... probably illegal, and certainly not a commission.

Cornflower MM

#1377
March 31, 2019, 05:10:56 PM
Parents do that sort of thing, yo. :P

Tungro

#1378
March 31, 2019, 05:12:13 PM
And it makes perfect sense to me ;)
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