Light Is Not Good/Oral Tradition: Difference between revisions

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* As in the ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' example above, Hyperion, the titan of light, can be interpreted as this, since the titans were enemies of the gods and he participated in the Titanomachy. However, some see the titans as better than the olympians, seeing as they brought a golden age to man, though most likely both groups were neutral and Hyperion was prone to this.

** According to Hesiod and Homer, Ares is this.

** Circe is a daughter of the Sun god Helios, yet she is consistently portrayed as an antagonist. In addition, it was claimed that witches had a power called "evil eye", which was derived from Helios (who was also the god of sight).

*** Medea, Circe's niece and grand-daughter of Helios through her father, was the original [[Yandere]] and actually ''used'' the power of the "evil eye": when an indestructible bronze giant attacked the ''Argo'', Medea looked in his eyes and [[Driven to Suicide|caused him so much pain it killed itself]].

* [[The Bible|Biblical Example]]: Created as the mightiest archangel, [[Satan]] can still appear to men as an "angel of light"... making this [[Older Than Feudalism]]. According to tradition, if Satan appeared before you, you couldn't help but fall down and worship him, he would be so beautiful. Just as in the Bible, when an angel appeared to the shepherds to tell them of Jesus' birth, the first thing he says is either "Be not afraid" or "Don't worship me!"--as angels in other parts of the Bible tended to kill cities when they were sent. The [[Fanon|Apocrypha]] adds to his many names by referring to his pre-rebellion self as Lucifer, which means "Lightbringer", and he's also sometimes called "the Morning Star".

** In Abrahamic theology, Shamsiel, the angel of the Sun, is actually said to be a fallen angel; therefore, if not at Satan's side, still against Yahweh.

* Lakota mythology features light and darkness as more reason and chaos. But following this theme, Yata, the north wind, is represented by white. He also causes harsh winters. Also, the wakinyan, or lightning gods, are either this or [[Good Is Not Nice]].

 

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