“A Leever is an interesting beast found throughout Hyrule. They bury themselves in the sand waiting for prey to come by before bursting out from the ground and ramming them with top speed to feed on them. Their striking colors are thanks to a variety of toxins found within the flesh to protect them from larger animals in their environment that would try to eat them.
The local Gerudo people use the skin of these creatures to sheath their swords and spear tips, allowing for highly toxic metal weaponry.”
- Entry of Princess Zelda Bosphoramus Hyrule; compiler of the Hyrule Historia Naturalis
“I once got bit by one of these things. Malon says the scar looks like a star which makes sense considering the things have 5 teeth. If bitten, milk helps to soothe the wound and venom injected into the body by the beast”
- Entry from Link, trusted knight and friend of the Princess.
“Blessed be the Leever, protector of the sands and he who makes the weapons bite. We thank him for his sacrifice so that we may keep our homes safe.”
- Gerudo chant of the Anointment of Weapons, translated into standard Hyrulian from Gerudo.
“These strange creatures reside within the vast grasslands of Hyrule, at first they seem to resemble a large plant of some sort, sitting and waiting until startled into action. Shooting themselves into the air where the large leaves flap to keep it aloft. From there it decides whether it is to flee or attack, if it decides to attack, it’ll ram its spiny body into an attacker before biting them with the mouth at the bottom of the creature.
My trusted knight and loyal friend Link remarks that tossing Deku nuts at the creatures while they’re still on the ground is usually enough to scare them away, though he still keeps a hook shot handy in case a particularly large one decides that he looks like a meal. “
- Description by Zelda Bosphoramus Hyrule, Princess of Hyrule and chronicler of the Hyrule Historia Naturalis
“Aggressive and a nuisance. They sometimes show up on my wife and I’s ranch, usually to try and eat either the newly hatched cuccos or really any of the harvest. You can eat the organs of these things but the spines and teeth can be used to make weapon heads. Malon in particular thinks the insides are tasty so I try and cook them for her.”
- Description by Link, trusted friend and colleague in cataloging the work of the Golden Goddesses.
The difference Ariadne faced from her biological father vs parental figure (Daedalus)
The father she once knew so loving turning into a selfish and arrogant man, while her friend's father stood up for her, cared for her more times than her actual father. I am certain whenever she needed one to listen she would go to Daedalus, he wouldn't cast her out or insist on his own opinions being the only correct ones, and most certainly would be more supportive.
It's Moon Day, so let's look at a dinosaur from the moon!
…Well, not literally. But Eoraptor lunensis' name means "dawn thief from the moon", in reference to it being discovered in the Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) of Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Argentina.
Living during the Late Triassic, around 231-229 million years ago, Eoraptor was one of the earliest known of all dinosaurs. Originally classified as an early theropod, it's now thought to actually be a very early offshoot of the sauropodomorph lineage, closely related to other South American forms like Buriolestes and Pampadromeus.
It measured around 1.2m long (~4'), with leg proportions that indicate it was a fast runner. Its jaws contained both leaf-shaped and serrated pointed teeth, suggesting it may have been an opportunistic omnivore, feeding mainly on plant matter but occasionally supplementing its diet with smaller prey.
Unlike later dinosaurs it also still had vestigial palatal teeth on the roof of its mouth.
Eoraptor would have lived in a warm humid climate alongside several other early dinosaur species such as Herrerasaurus and Eodromaeus — but this was at a time before the dinosaurs had become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, so other animals like rhynchosaurs, aetosaurs, rauisuchians, cynodonts and dicynodonts were also very abundant in the Ischigualasto ecosystem.
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Mancuso, Adriana C., et al. "Paleoenvironmental and biotic changes in the Late Triassic of Argentina: testing hypotheses of abiotic forcing at the basin scale." Frontiers in Earth Science 10 (2022): 883788. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.883788
Sereno, Paul C., et al. "Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria." Nature 361.6407 (1993): 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1038/361064a0
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Wikipedia contributors. “Eoraptor” Wikipedia, 23 May. 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoraptor
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She's the Goddess of Victory and the Truth, amongst other things. She's one of the most-revered gods out there, due to how powerful a domain she holds. Athletes, soldiers, and leaders alike all pray to her very often.
Her blindness is not at all seen as an issue by mortals-- actually, due to her blindness, mortals tend to be much kinder to disabled folk.
It's seen as sacrilegious to forbid someone from participating in sports, contest, or even war on the basis of their perceived abilities. It's seen almost as if you're saying that Toph wouldn't be able to do that.
She's also the patron of innovation. She's the first form of Metalbending, and inventors/tinkerers will often pray to both her and Sokka (god of wisdom) when they go to create something new.
The Blind Bandit is an enigma.
No one really knows what she is-- she might be the goddess of trickery? And lies? but she's the only goddess to have no temples, to never ask for offerings or prayers, and she doesn't really... act like a goddess.
Really, she's more of a cryptid than a goddess- she definitely isn't human, considering she's been hanging around for like 300 years... but yeah no one really knows what she's up to.
Yes the wolf she's riding on is Sokka- he isn't too happy about it but he has a soft spot for Toph.
Aang and The Blind Bandit meet each other pretty often on the road-- he's normally the epitome of "good deeds" but she's a really bad influence on him (some think that he just can't say no to someone that shares his sense of style)
How it feels having ideas for a Poseidon x Medusa story but having to deal with Ovid interpretation fans who only see Medusa and Poseidon as a case of usual Greek god shenanigans despite it seeming to be consensual between the two
I know I've literally got another au in the works already but i don't care man I love mythology and now they're gods >:)))))
Some info!
Katara and Sokka's face markings are based on the Painted Lady and Warrior makeup (respectively)-- on top of giving Sokka some winged eyeliner to resemble a wolf's markings (as the master of wolves), and a semi-circle on Katara's forehead as a symbol of equality (as the goddess of justice).
Gods don't technically "die" in this AU-- it doesn't happen often, but when it does, they usually become one with their domain. When Gyatso died, as the god of the wind, he turned into the wind and could only communicate through wind chimes (small signs/yes/no-- he can't communicate complex thoughts).
When Kya died, she turned into the starry sky. Hakoda, grieving his wife, would often study her form in the sky and learned to use the patterns of her stars to navigate, which made him become god of navigators.
When Kya died, people started praying to Sokka and Katara for matters of family and home-- it's not actually their domain, but they gratefully accept the duties that come with taking over for their mother.
Katara's necklace has sharp points in this to relate to her mother's star domain.
Katara's cloak is a sealskin (as the matron of sealife)
Yes, Sokka's leg is still hurt in this (still trying to figure out the story behind that, but I love when characters get permanent injuries in media and I'm KEEPING IT) he has a cane-- doesn't always need to use it but he has it!
Sokka's cloak is a polar bear dog's hide (as the god of hunting)
Info!
Had a LOT of fun combining Air Nomad outfit elements with a more typical "travel" outfit. Super warm colour palettes of course!
Aang is the god of balance, travelers, and hospitality. He's a bit of a free spirit and a lot of the more serious gods find him a bit annoying (Sokka.)
People often pray to Aang when they have to go on long journeys, or invoke his name when they need to stop to rest.
It's a well-known fact that the god of travelers has a habit of wandering around incognito-- he just does it because he likes interacting with people without being recognized. In doing so, however, he accidentally started to enforce his hospitality domain, as mortals became terrified of accidentally offending him if he were to show up at their door.
He loves to follow Sokka around on hunts (he gets to explore dangerous areas)-- Sokka hates when Aang follows him because he almost always ends up losing his catch.
Katara and Aang's Justice and Balance domains mean that they often are called upon together by mortals. Katara, to enact a fitting punishment upon perpetrators. And Aang, to provide reparations to victims. It's found to be very fitting that they ended up becoming a couple.
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