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[Vortigern]

God of justice and peace and truth and whatnot in Norse mythology, son of Baldur and someone.

Urðr (which, interestingly, translates into English as 'Wyrd', like the old name for witches, 'wyrd sisters'), Verðandi and Skuld. So yeah, you were right except that they contain the letter eth, not a d. It's pronounced like the 'th-' in 'that'.

What was the name of Theseus' wife?

[{IRS}Athos]

I believe it was Hippolyta... or Hippolyte, depending on who's spelling it.

[The Best Guest]

yes most defintly hippolyta the amazonian who eventually grew bored of atens and returned to her homeland.

[{IRS}Athos]

All right, it's my turn then.

Which Amazon queen fought for Troy?

[Taralom]

I recall someone called Penthisilea...
is that correct?

[Luchiaros]

Hopefully y'all don't mind me starting this up again, I do love Mythology.

Anyways, Penthesilea was at the Trojan War so your right Taralom, she also killed Hippolyta who was her sister if I recall correctly (I didn't cheat, like I said I love Mythology and I have a shelf full of books about it that I read whenever I feel like it)

Q: Did Ajax survive the Trojan War?

[Vortigern]

One of them did. Ajax the Greater, I think, and then he drowned on the way back to Greece. I can't remember what happened to the Lesser, but I'm reasonably sure he died at Troy. Either that or he made it home fine. Or maybe I've got them confused. I haven't read the Iliad in a long time, and they have the same name. It's easy to be confused.

[mike_]

IIRC Ajax the Greater was the only hero of the Greeks besides Odysseus to survive the Trojan War.

[Taralom]

According to the Egyptians, which weigh more, the feather or the heart?

[Vortigern]

Depends on your actions in life. If the heart outweighs the feather, you're going to Egyptian hell, as I recall.

Mike: having checked, according to the original Iliad, Ajax the Lesser (son of Oileus) drowned on his way back to Greece having offended Athena by raping the seer Cassandra during the Sack of Troy. Ajax the Greater committed the Greek version of seppuku (seppukos? ) after being defeated by Odysseus in a contest to claim the armour of Achilles. And I'm pretty sure Menelaus survived, as did Diomedes and Nestor, so I don't know what you're thinking about.

IIRC Menelaus and Nestor went home to their respective cities (Sparta and Pylos) and lived happily ever after, whereas Diomedes returned home to Argos to find his wife Aegialia had taken several new lovers and seized power, and then fled to southern Italy and founded the Greek city-states of that region.

[mike_]

Oh yeah, forgot about all of that

[{IRS}Athos]

I could have told you that Little Ajax wasn't the one who killed himself...

[Luchiaros]

Q: Who was Cinyras?

[Taralom]

Depends on your actions in life. If the heart outweighs the feather, you're going to Egyptian hell, as I recall.

Nope, your wrong It's the other way around.

The feather carried all the lies you have ever told in your life. If it weigh more than your heart, which stood for truth, you would go to hell.

[some_weirdGuy]

um, nope. It was definitely that if your heart is lighter then the feather then you go to heaven(well, eternal life), heavier and you don't go to hell, you get eaten by a crocodile hippo lion hybrid god thingy, if i remember correctly.


I went and double checked just now and here's some quotes from various sources:

If the heart was free from the impurities of sin, and therefore lighter than the feather, then the dead person could enter the eternal afterlife

In the Hall of Two Truths, the deceased's heart was weighed against the Shu feather of truth and justice taken from the headdress of the goddess Ma'at. If the heart was lighter than the feather, they could pass on, but if it were heavier they would be devoured by the demon Ammut.

If the deceased was found to have done wrong and the heart weighed down the scales, he or she was not though to enter a place of tourment like hell, but to cease to exist at all. This idea would have terrified the ancient Egyptians.

It was weighed against the principle of truth and justice ( known as maat ) represented by a feather, the symbol of the goddess of truth, order and justice, Maat. If the heart balanced against the feather then the deceased would be granted a place in the Fields of Hetep and Iaru. If it was heavy with the weight of wrongdoings, the balance would sink and the heart would be grabbed and devoured by a terrifying beast that sat ready and waiting by the scales.

[Vortigern]

Aha! Victory!

Against whom was Thor's final battle?

[Luchiaros]

IIRC Thor's final battle was against the Midgard Serpent during Ragnarok which he defeated but then he died from its poison after taking some steps back, can't remember the exact number but I think it was 5

[Taralom]

Isn't it true that Thor's final battle has yet to come?
After all, the Valkyries are still gathering brave men for the Ragnarok.

Aha! Victory!

I am terribly sorry, and I will re-read my own sources to double-check.

[some_weirdGuy]

lol, no need to be sorry. Its ok to make a mistake.

And yes (@vort), as soon as you said that i remember it was against some giant serpent. And yeah i think its something like it is yet to come, But they know exactly whats going to happen.

[Fire Ze Missiles!]

Well obviously Ragnarok hasn't come yet or else we wouldn't be here on crappy Midgard It's just like every other Apocalypse story in that respect.