#penthos

[thelandswemadeofpaper]

Things I should be changed for better in the Essos plot:

A slave revolution and resistence should already exist in most of the cities.

Estabilish better that Daenerys grew up in Essos even if she was born in Dragonstone, her antis are all like 'she is Westerosi, she is a foreign ruler and racist agaist Essosi' and at same time 'she didn’t grew up in Westeros, she has no right to want to rule it'???

Many of those slaves are not Essosi/Ghiscari either??? Some are from Naath, Westerosi, Asshai, Valyrian, Dothraki...

Political Conflicts in Essos Nobility that has nothing to do with slavery, like a sucession crisis, two rivals families feud, a usurpation, a fallen family (why I am thinking of Troy? I just read a deep analisis of the slavement of trojan royal family), crazy harem dynamics (Lynesse Hightower!!!), noble ladies and princess of Essos, even some greek-like heroes and 'demigods', a few wars and battles not involved with Dany or slavery, just like we have in Westeros.

More about the fact Westerosi was already Stolen Land before House Targaryen come, House Stark were colonizers before. Do the Children of the Forest have the right to massacre people with the White Walkers since the land is originally theirs? Can the House Targaryen begin considered Invasors in a already Stolen Land?

Why the Starklings can reclaim Winterfell after their House was usurped but not Daenerys? Because she wasn't raised here her claim is not valid? Her brother Viserys was older then Rickon and was raised as the spare heir in Westerosi culture. Is his claim valid?

Some people are genuine like "Daenerys can't fight Ghiscari/Essos slavery because her ancestors around two hundreds years ago were slavers! That would be hypocrite of her!" Excuse me??? Acknowledge the mistakes your ancestors did and don’t let other people do the same is bad now???

Ghiscari has this whole oppressors-turned oppressed-turned-oppressors-again thats reality break that idea that they were some helpless peaceful victims of the Evil Valyrians

Essos's favored 'superior' culture is probally Ghiscari and Ghiscarized Valyrian culture

I wish we see more of slaves hierarchy, they are more Roman/Ottoman than American, we have teachers and translators that are slaves. Could some of them marry? Get their freedom? Own property? Study? Which ones? I think, since Ghiscari sell even their own people but still consider themselves superior, that Ghiscari-looking slaves are more expensive and more 'domestic' slaves while like...Dothraki or Naath are more towards hard work and sexual slavery? Makes sense history-wise

I watched Magnificent Century, Ibrahim and Hurrem begin both slaves while begin a beloved childhood friend and wife to the Sultan were such complex relationships

[dontworryaboutdeath]

Penthos/the Dark Lord

Excellent insane ship that I had not considered. Obviously I ship it. They get together because The Dark Lord “hasn’t had a tussle like that in years, that was fun!” My favorite thing about this ship is their sex life is exclusively doing weird magic shit to each other. They are both much too self-serious to fuck normal. The Dark Lord turning into a salamander to bask happily in as much fire as Penthos can throw at him: the ideal sex life.

My unpopular opinion is that they would make each other better. I believe in the power of love. They would get so caught up trying to impress each other that the world would be saved from both of them.

[alatismeni-theitsa]

do you have any tips/recommendations for honouring and learning about lesser known Gods? I’ve been trying to build my knowledge on Penthos, god and personification of grief, but it’s so hard to find information and tell if it’s from a reliable source

I'm afraid that the sources, in this case, will be all of ancient Greek literature. (You can find some pointers to start in my F.A.Q. - link in bio and pinned post) I think the medieval Greek Suida Lexicon will help with your search, more specifically. Of course, googling will help you narrow down your search.

Like in antiquity, "πένθος" (penthos) is a neuter word in Greek, not masculine. ("το πένθος") It's not a god in Greek culture. The source you saw was probably Latin, where they treated it like a masculine word. Or maybe it was a mistranslation by a foreigner. It is in Latin sources that Grief is mentioned a lot like a spirit. However, Latin sources named the concept/personification "Luctus", not "Penthos". "Luctus" is masculine, and whoever translated it into English thought "Penthos" had to be masculine as well.

In any case, Penthos is not to be venerated like Hygeia, Plutos, or Tyche. Not everything is personified in order to be venerated. Greek culture is just very anthropocentric, so every stone and mountain has a character and an opinion. Through the centuries, this has inspired us to see the world with some respect and gravity, but we didn't and don't worship everything just because it is named or is a concept.

To put it very simply: If people are not being helped by the concept, it doesn't make sense to venerate it or make offerings to it. One says "may I have Luck!" or "I seek Health!", but never "man, only if I had more Grief in my life!" That's why I have never read of our ancients venerating/worshiping Penthos in the past. That's why you will not find Grief being venerated with worship in Greek literature. Only the simple concept of "grief" exists.

As you already know, we must be extremely cautious of what we read online, and we should double-check multiple sources before we arrive at a conclusion about what a spirit or deity is.

Also, I am always happy to be corrected by anyone who has more knowledge on this, and sources to prove that penthos was indeed mentioned in Greek texts as a "daemon" (which is, by the way, a masculine word). So far, I have not seen it, hence my asnwer here.

[nth-deserved-better]

Spiderlight characters as things my friends have said

Nth: My brain is like a cheetah. My body is like a sloth in peanut butter.

Dion: Basically, the point here is everyone is either incompetent or unable to connect.

Cyrene: Anyone that shoots me in the butt better run like hell when I turn around.

Penthos: Not diurnal, not nocturnal, eternal!

Harathes: It's amazing how many people would like to see him suffer, including myself.

Leif: I remember listening to Sheila ki Jawani when I was six. That's when I knew I was a boss bitch.

[aivilo93]

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[jainah]

COMLINK   :     DRUSILLA  ,   MOZH  :    ❛ some days you’re stuck with what you’ve got. ❜ THE  INVISIBLE  LIFE  OF  ADDIE  LARUE  BY  V.E.  SCHWAB @penthos​

she  laughs  ,  but  it’s  the  kind  of  laugh  that  almost  sounds  like  a  choked  back  sob  .    it  sounded  like  something  her  father  would  tell  her  when  she  was  small  -  in  fact  she’s  almost  sure  he’d  said  something  along  those  lines  to  the  twins  at  some  point  and  maybe  that  is  what  made  dru’s  words  cut  so  deep  through  what  she’d  always  thought  was  THICK  SKIN.           ❛    yeah  but  what  if  life  just  sticks  you  with  a  bunch  of  SHIT  ?   ❜   she  asks  ,  glancing  up.  

❛   even  as  a  child   i  did  not  know  peace.    ❜     hands  tighten  around  the  hilt  of  her  saber.    ❛   i   was  ROBBED  of  living  life  that  was  quiet.   my  entire  life  has  been  a  fight  i  never  wanted  a  hand  in  -   that  my  parents  never  wanted  me  to  bare  but  how  could  they  not  know  that  my  very  existence  would  bring  this  on  ?     ❜     not  that  she  was  calling  them  selfish  ,   jaina  very  much  liked  existing  even   if  she  had  been  dealt  a  pretty  shitty  sabacc  hand.     

[aetcrnus]

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[graunblida]

@penthos​ sent: “i could’t stop thinking about you all day.”

      it still takes the warrior some getting used to, being greeting like this upon her return to base. she loosely embraces drusilla, other members of the resistance, move around them on their ways in and out of the hangar. she’s been on the move non-stop for the last forty-eight hours, so this moment is a nice reprieve from the STRESS of their duties. “ do they not give you enough to do around here? “ lexa’s lips curve up into a smirk. things have been so touch and go that the two have not been able to spend much time with one another. she realizes that dru has also been on her mind, some way or another. “ it’s been a long couple of days, but i’m glad to be with you now, “ she says, tucking a strand of hair behind her significant other’s ear, thumb gently grazing the side of her face.