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Hera the Faithful, and Jealous
Hera is often associated with faithfulness, while ironically her husband is known for his infidelity and scores of mistresses. This may have been why Hera was opposed to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, who was responsible for Zeus’ many love affairs. Hera’s jealousy led to her persecuting the consorts of her husband and his illegitimate children, such as Artemis’ mother Leto who had been hounded by Hera, making it difficult for her to find a place to give birth.
The most famous persecution was that of Zeus’ favorite illegitimate son, Heracles. Hera cursed the heroa to be consumed by madness. In his state of insanity, Heracles ended up murdering his wife and children. The hero regained his sanity, but he needed to face twelve trials to atone for his sins, each trial being more difficult than the last. Heracles was haunted throughout his life for having murdered his family, and when the trials finally ended he tried to burn himself. By thi
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American Gods has
wandered away somewhat from the “Coming To America” stories since the first season, but this week, the series returns to the concept, though not entirely from the usual angle. This week’s god, Tu’er Shen (Daniel Jun), known as the rabbit god and the deity of same-sex love in China, has already been in America for 100 years when we meet him in 1951. He’s on the run and given shelter at the Grand Peacock Inn by its transgender proprietor, Toni (Dana Aliya Levinson), who recognizes one of the cops chasing him as a closet case from her past life. As a thank you, Tu’er Shen blesses the inn as his new temple, declaring it will run for decades to come. And lo, it still stands today, as Laura and Salim pull up in their hearse.
Springtime in S.F. brings surprise flowers, hope
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Aidan Fisher-Paulson poses with a sunflower he planted in the Bedlam Blue Bungalow.Courtesy of Kevin Fisher-PaulsonShow MoreShow Less
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Mystery daffodils growing outside the Bedlam Blue Bungalow as spring starts to bloom in late February 2021.Courtesy of Kevin Fisher-PaulsonShow MoreShow Less
My husband Brian earned a degree in dance from New York University and, as he tells the story, the only non-dance class he took was in mythology. So, whenever the Final Jeopardy question is “Greek Myths,” he always yells, “Bet it all!”
Which is how I know about Persephone. She was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest. According to legend, Persephone went out to the meadow, and as she plucked a daffodil, the earth opened and out came Hades, the ruler of hell. They ran off in his chariot and Persephone became queen of hell, which although not quite queen of heaven still had its perks.
“Why am I not surprised the Buckeye state has a freaky Norse underbelly?”
This week’s opening scene brings the show back a second time to the Revolutionary War. But unlike last time, which was a means of segueing to the African peoples dragged to America against their will, this week’s intro forks to how the white men murdering their way across the continent helped revive the Norse gods of war. It also features the jarring choice to have Ian McShane do a VO from the jump. That’s because this isn’t our usual “Coming to America” tale. It’s Odin, telling us about a love story, his and Demeter’s.