characters + mythological deities (pt 1/???). ft. oc’s from @morningstar1399 @artless-whimsy
Prince Phillip Anders as Glanis, a local Gaulish god associated with a healing spring at the town of Glanum (which is in the Alpilles mountains of Provence in southern France).
Princess Genevieve Anders as Persephone, the formidable, venerable, majestic queen of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. She is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.
Princess Dafni Kokinos as Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, the Moon, and chastity.
Prince Elias Kokinos as Athena, an ancient Greek goddess associated with wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. Her functions as a goddess of intelligence include military strategy and generalship.
Prince Anastasiy Romanova as Hades, the Greek god of death and the king of the underworld. Despite modern connotations of death as evil, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined in mythology. Hades was often portrayed as passive rather than evil; his role was often maintaining relative balance.
Princess Isabella Cotilla del Reyes as Santa Muerte, a female deity/folk saint in Mexican folk Catholicism. A personification of death, she is associated with healing, protection, and safe delivery to the afterlife by her devotees.
Princess Shannon Anders as Ceridwen, a Celtic shape-shifting goddess of poetic inspiration. She keeps a cauldron of wisdom.
Princess Lea Lynton as a Gan-da-yah,who protect and advise the fruits and grains in Iroquois mythology. Their special gift is the strawberry plant; in the spring they loosen the earth so that the plant can grow.
Chrissy Li as Iris, the Greek personification and goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. As a goddess, Iris is associated with communication, messages, the rainbow and new endeavors.
Prince Arseniy Romanova as Loki, the Norse trickster god. Loki is "pleasing and handsome" in appearance, malicious in character, "very capricious in behaviour", and as possessing "to a greater degree than others" learned cunning, and "tricks for every purpose".
Prince Alejandro Aguíla de Agustín as Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, agriculture, and fertility. He wandered the earth, showing people how to grow vines and process the grapes for wine.
Princess Mai Mei as Xi Wang Mu, the Chinese West Queen Mother/Queen Mother of the West. Xi Wang Mu is both creation and destruction, terrifying and benign all at the same time. She is a dark goddess, pure yin, associated with death and immortality as well as tigers and weaving.