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[ooc: warning for stick figure drawings of a dead/partially eaten goat and horses with too many legs??

Context: thread 01, thread 02, & thread 03]

How. Why. Someone please explain.

The goats of Norse gods are apparently milked for mead, not milk? Does this make them walking, fermenting kegs on legs?



Is this why a certain god will eat the goats that pull his chariot and then resurrect them?



Do the goats remember they were killed and eaten? For eternity? I mean this sounds kind of horrifying to me. The goats pull the chariot. They are killed. They're eaten. They are brought back from the dead and then pull the chariot more or get milked for mead until someone gets the munchies again?

But more than that, I just...okay. People/Gods have two legs. Horses have four.



Simple, right? So if people or gods have babies with other people and the babies have two legs, and the horses have colts and fillies with other horses and they have four legs, how is it that a god in horse form somehow mates with a stallion and then gives birth to an eight-legged horse? How?



Why are there so many legs??



Is this also why they have the goats pulling the chariots instead of horses? The goats provide meals on wheels whereas the horses are for weird spider-horse procreation?

[If goats are for food and horses are for banging what happens to the chickens??]

Comments

[deathkid]

my point is in the question.
culture is a group of people carrying the same beliefs
but there are many different cultures on earth
some that put less value on hallmark card frames of mind
than others.

[dothelokimotion]

And yourself?

Most people do not state how "scary" love is.

[deathkid]

i've met him.
he's a jerk too.

[ cupid actually forced nico to come out of the closet. it wasn't pleasant. ]

[dothelokimotion]

I'm sensing a theme here.

[deathkid]

if it's related to death
you're right on
otherwise, i have no idea what you're talking about

[dothelokimotion]

I mean the "jerk" part.

[deathkid]

would you rather i use a different word?
i could call him a κώλος instead

[dothelokimotion]

It has no bearing on me.

[deathkid]

then why bring it up?

[dothelokimotion]

It is unusual. There is usually some level of deference when it comes to the gods. Especially the ones that are known.

[ But Nico is also young. His youth is clear. ]

[deathkid]

it's different when you're a demigod.
sure, we're respectful
but neither zeus nor my father are here.
something else rules and i show my respect in other ways
here, i can be frank about what my family is like.

[ sure, he's young. but he's also old and wise in many respects. he's like... 87 years old, after all. ]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Hmm. ]

Does it help?

[deathkid]

it's cathartic

[dothelokimotion]

[ His lips twitch despite himself. ]

Yes. I daresay it is.

[deathkid]

i'm sure you've complained about your family
from time to time.

[ if half the stories about loki are true, anyway. ]

[dothelokimotion]

And how well do you think that has ended for me?

[deathkid]

you tell me
you're not the loki from my world's pantheon
as far as i can tell

[dothelokimotion]

And yet, I have no doubt there will be similarities.

You're welcome to make an educated guess.

[deathkid]

a guess, yeah?
are there scars on your lips
from when they sewed your mouth shut
for speaking so many lies?

[dothelokimotion]

If they thought it would work, they would have tried.

[deathkid]

and what about fenrir?

[dothelokimotion]

I'm afraid those are all the questions I'm willing to answer. I wouldn't want to spoil my own myths.

[deathkid]

figures.

[dothelokimotion]

It is not my job to shed light on stories old. They exist in the way they do for a reason.