#religious mention

[shitolodise]

Friendship is magic ✨

[kinkajouwof]

WHY R SO MANY WOF YOUTUBERS RELIGIOUS. THERE IS A PATTERN HERE. SOME CORRELATION.

AND IM NOT TALKING JUST MILDLY RELIGIOUS IM TALKING LIKE DEVOTE CHRISTIAN.

WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

[jareckiworld]

Billy Ma — Gunz and God [Special Edition, UV printed on aluminium dibond, 2014 ]

[petersthree]

Not to do a religious reference on this show but to me the guys waiting until long AFTER the string was wrapped around their penises to ask why it was there is the modern day equivalent of Isaac gathering all the wood for the offering that Abraham was ready to nerf him on. Like this is that scene to me

[something-in-the-seas]

Why I think Sol Invictus might actually be the overarching villain of the next saga (I blame Valhalla for this)

⭐️ Valhalla's release date being two weeks before Christmas and being described by so many as an "early Christmas present." Listen, we have never had anything in God of War released around Christmas before. Ever. And the release dates of these games always tie into mythology in some way: the Greek games releasing in March ties back to Mars, Ragnarok's release date of Wednesday ties back to Wednesday being Odin's day, even Valhalla coming out on a Tuesday is a reference to Tyr.

So, why is Christmas so important than? Well, December 25th, is the date of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, the Birth of the Unconquerable Sun. It's a commonly held theory that the Early Church appropriated the date to make it easier to integrate Roman converts.

⭐️ Getting back to Christianity... we know it's confirmed in the God of War universe, we know the original ending of the Greek saga was going to be Kratos becoming one of the Three Wisemen. No way in hell are they touching Christianity with a ten foot pole, but that doesn't mean monotheism isn't going to be addressed. Jesus was drawn as Sol Invictus in Ancient Roman art, the depiction of Jesus having a halo came from Helios, Psalm 104:3 describes God as having a chariot...

"Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind." -Psalm 104: 3

Kratos isn't suplexing Jesus, but Sol Invictus could be a villain that is the closest we get to a Fallen Christ figure. All the Jesus parallels are right there:

Jesus refers to himself as "the light of the world" and goes on to say "whoever walks with me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life" (John 8:12). Not quite exactly the same thing as Kratos using Helios' head as a flashlight, but Kratos did use him to light his way through the darkness to ultimately beat Zeus. His light also lit up the entire Underworld. Greece cannot survive without him.

In some translations of the Bible, Jesus is described as being raised up from the realm of Hades. Chains of Olympus is heavily, heavily referenced in Valhalla and what is the plot? Raising the sun- Helios- up from the Underworld.

Jesus, particularly his resurrection, was associated with the Phoenix (we'll get into that later).

Later on in the medieval era, Jesus would be described as descending into Hell before rising from the dead, which if the theory that the Roman gods are revived Olympians... where does Kratos take the head of Helios? Tartarus, the equivalent to Hell. In popular culture, Hell is usually always depicted as fire and brimstone, going off of Dante's Inferno and this passage of Revelation describing damned souls being thrown into a lake of fire. What seemingly has rivers of fire? Tartarus in God of War 3.

⭐️ We don't know what Athena's plan is, in fact, we don't know what the hell is going on with Athena at all. All we know is that she changed from wanting to save Olympus to being ready to sacrifice her entire family for the chance to rule on her own in a second. Monotheism. It could be just greed, but that's also so not Athena? I think her being a villain can work: I can believe ascending to a higher plan has changed her and that her priority is her new Ascended Council, but what do they want exactly? They definitely were involved with Odin's mask and the rift, they want Kratos to 'fulfill his destiny,' and then what?

⭐️ We know Rome exists in the God of War universe: the Norns speak Latin. While Athena/Minerva was still an important deity to the Romans (even if Ovid seemed to despise her), a lot of her significance as a god of war/strategy went to Ares/Mars and Bellona. Minerva was primarily a goddess of wisdom and crafts and only became a war goddess later on.

Minerva has an interesting history when it comes to Rome's push towards sun worship. Before Aurelian revived the cult of Sol Invictus, Emperor Elagabalus stripped Jupiter of his position as King of the Gods in order to give the title to the Syrian sun god, Elagabalus (Heliogabalus) instead. The Romans were already pissed, but the cherry on top was Elagabalus moving a statue of Athena/Minerva from the Temple of Vesta to be by Elagabalus' stone in a symbolic marriage that fell through after backlash.

There are theories that Sol Invictus is a combination of Elagabalus and Sol Indiges (the traditional Roman god of the sun), or that Sol Invictus was always Sol Indiges. It's hard to find information because most ancient writers were very, very bias and so much was lost over thousands of years. Anyway, a storyline of Sol Invictus over throwing Jupiter and having a connection to Minerva/Athena has precedence.

⭐️ Finally, there's the most damning piece of evidence... this line right here: "You think I'm afraid of a little fire? Don't threaten me with a good time, Kratos. Maybe I'll be infused with power and achieve my final form."

You know what mythological animal is infused with power and revived by fire? The phoenix. It's canonly seen in God of War 2 and after Kratos stabs himself with the Blade of Olympus in 3, the post credit scene has his blood seeping into a large engraving of a phoenix.

You know what the phoenix is also heavily associated with? The sun. Or, the God of the Sun. In Egyptian mythology, where the Phoenix originates, it's name is the Benu and instead of being an eagle or peacock, it's appearance is that of a heron. It's believed to be the ba (part of the soul) of Ra, but it's also associated with Atum and Osiris. There was significant reverence for the Benu at the Temple of Ra in the Egyptian city of Iunu, its Greek name being Heliopolis, "the City of the Sun." The Greeks took the concept of the Benu and associated their phoenix with Helios such as Herodotus when he first introduced the concept of the phoenix to the Greeks:

"There is another sacred bird, too, whose name is Phoinix (Phoenix). I myself have never seen it, only pictures of it; for the bird seldom comes into Aigyptos (Egypt) : once in five hundred years, as the people of Heliopolis say. It is said that the Phoinix comes when his father dies. If the picture truly shows his size and appearance, his plumage is partly golden and partly red. He is most like an eagle in shape and size. What they say this bird manages to do is incredible to me. Flying from Arabia to the temple of the Helios (the Sun), they say, he conveys his father encased in myrrh and buries him at the temple of Helios [i.e. in the temple of the Egyptian god Ra]. This is how he conveys him: he first molds an egg of myrrh as heavy as he can carry, then tries lifting it, and when he has tried it, he then hollows out the egg and puts his father into it, and plasters over with more myrrh the hollow of the egg into which he has put his father, which is the same in weight with his father lying in it, and he conveys him encased to the temple of the Sun in Aigyptos (Egypt). This is what they say this bird does." - Herodotus, Histories 2. 73 (trans. Godley) (Greek historian C5th B.C.)

Rome also associated itself as being like a Phoenix and had images of them on their coins. The phoenix is immortal, much like how the Romans envisioned their empire, constantly going through a cycle of death and rebirth. Maybe I'm just becoming Charlie Kelly but... idk... I feel like SSM is onto something.

[yanderemommabean]

Ack I normally don’t do this kind of thing but I just need to applaud you!

Your yandere characters are all so unique and they feed my poor depraved brain so well, I aspire to someday make my yandere characters as cool and memorable as yours.

I’m especially captivated by August, as a non-binary person who daydreams of leaning more into the masculine, physically, the idea of somehow seducing one of the only sweet Christian’s I’ve seen is so fucking juicy and intriguing.

And the fact that he’s the only true Christian, a sweet guy who has love in his heart for everyone, (until he goes yandere, at least) is really nice to see as someone who mostly has to deal with and see religious jerk wads who use their religion as a shield for their hate.

Overall I always look forward to your posts and I hope you’re doing well! Don’t forget to take breaks! And sorry if this comes across as annoying or something, I’m sure you get these odd rambles a lot.

Thank you so much for this bean! It really makes me want to write more of him seeing that you enjoy him so much!

I tried to make him like an actual good Christian, who is someone who doesn't hate you for not sharing their faith and wants only to be a good person to everyone they meet. He has no real hate in is heart for anyone, but the town does annoy him when they act like anyone who isn't straight or Christian is the literal devil.

For him, it doesn't matter, and he loves you all the same. maayybbeee a bit more than he should.

((Im so happy to read this, you're very very sweet bean! ))

-Mommabean

[griffworks]

Whatever. Beni info dump

[strebcrarchivess]

I made this last night and I'm pretty proud of it :^)

[that-one-loz-nerd]

YUNOBO SAID GEEZ!!! THAT MEANS JESUS IS CANON TO THE ZELDA UNIVERSE!!!

[dumbdomb]

i am the healthiest i have ever been in my entire life and finally achieved holy sainthood (made a berry fruity smoothie) 💟

[onlytiktoks]

[curlyhairwitchgf]

Jesus is a woman in a flowy white dress singing in a Fleetwood Mac tribute band

[redhatmeg]

But the bris ceremony is really cool (although, according to TVTropes, not entirely accurate), if only because it is performed by a Catholic priest who is instructed about the rites through Morse code by a rabbi on the Marine ship.

This is one of those scenes that fits into an interesting and crazy war story.

[wilderhyperfoxations]

second coming of christ? :| someone died? :| i nearly died? :| someone professed their love to me? :| i managed to play a lil’ ditty on my guitar? :) hell ye