"Oh no, no, I'm very much the exception in my pantheon. Most of the few others who lived mortal lives first were demigods to begin with - Hercules, for example. And the full mortals who come to live with the gods aren't usually made gods in their own right, just immortal attendants like Ganymede or Ariadne."
"No, most gods are...well, I want to say they're rather confused about their identities and origins, but really they don't seem to find it confusing at all. My husband, for instance, is the mischevious young son of the goddess of sex and beauty, with one of, oh, half a dozen possible fathers, or born of an egg laid by Night, or one of the original forces of the universe, just after Chaos. I mean he is all those things, depending on what aspect he wears. It can be rather hard to wrap my head around sometimes, but, well, he is my husband."
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Date: 2007-11-28 08:35 pm (UTC)"No, most gods are...well, I want to say they're rather confused about their identities and origins, but really they don't seem to find it confusing at all. My husband, for instance, is the mischevious young son of the goddess of sex and beauty, with one of, oh, half a dozen possible fathers, or born of an egg laid by Night, or one of the original forces of the universe, just after Chaos. I mean he is all those things, depending on what aspect he wears. It can be rather hard to wrap my head around sometimes, but, well, he is my husband."