Mar 4
She doesn't even go here!
When the subject is priestesses in greek mythology and someone mentions Medusa:
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She doesn't even go here!
When the subject is priestesses in greek mythology and someone mentions Medusa:
Medusa is a queen and was done dirty.
mythology aesthetics
IODAME
In Greek mythology, Iodame was a priestess at the temple of Athena. One night, Athena appeared in front of her; at the sight of Medusa's head which was worked in the goddess' garment, Iodame turned into stone. After this, a priestess lit the fire on the altar every day, repeating thrice: "Iodame lives and demands fire".
Short but efficient
I love the myths of Iodama and Triteia because both only have 1 paragraph but are perfect to disprove fake news around Athena and her priestesses
This one shows a woman wasn't required to be a virgin/chaste
This one shows that the goddess wasn't very affectionate towards the women who worked at her temples
And as a bonus proves that the petrifying gaze of Medusa can kill women
Something interesting about Athena that goes against what some might expect is that she has a bad relation with her Priestesses.
She used the head of Medusa to turn Iodama into stone for no reason, she punished Auge for giving birth in the temple and as far as I know never interacted with Triteia.
I guess that would make the Priestess Medusa fanfic actually quite realistic, even thought the gorgon wasn't described as a Priestess in any myth.
Reverberations
read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/11b8Nk0
by Iodame
Dean Winchester only moved back to KU to help pay for Sam's law degree. What he wasn't expecting, was to find that Sam had made a few new friends since he'd last visited. And one in particular caught his attention: a certain awkward law student turned bartender with insane eyes and a habit of staring.
A Destiel college AU
Words: 2542, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English
Fandoms: Supernatural
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Dean Winchester, Castiel Milton, Sam Winchester, Gabriel Miltion, and the usual host of characters from supernatural, Dean, Castiel
Relationships: Castiel/Dean Winchester, DeanCas - Relationship, Slight Gabriel/Sam Winchester, Destiel - Relationship
Additional Tags: College AU, mechanic!Dean, Bartender!Cas, lots of swearing, Supernatural AU - Freeform, Alternate Universe - Human, Alternate Universe
read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/11b8Nk0