Pasiphae
Current Status
Pasiphae is a member of the pantheon honored in the lands of the Ring of Fire and Dragons. After settling her people in Awsranka, she herself moved to the heavenly realm. Not interested in governing a thocracy, she watches over her people and aids them as she can. She is usually affiliated with Eldath and Lythander
Transition from Earth to Awsranka
Once honored in ancient Greece as a child of the gods, she arrived on this world leading a remnent of her people, saving them from certian destruction, around 1200 BCE.
Memory of her remained on Earth, weaving her into myth and story. As the ancient greeks tell it, Pasiphae was the daughter of the sun god, Helios, and Perseis, an oceanic nymph herself a daughter of Oceanus - a god of the oceans. She was married to Minos, and bore him four children. When Minos held back a scarificial bull from the gods, they cursed his wife with lust for the animal. Daidalos (Icarious' father) created a contraption for her so that she could have intercourse with the bull. She concieved, and bore the Minotaur. When Minos denounced her for being unfaithful, she cursed him with venomous seed. Minos was not, himself, faithful and from that time on, his lovers died pretty horribly.
The decendants of the people she brought to Awsranka tell a different story.
Yes, in fact she is the daughter of Helios and Perseis. Perhaps for that reason, when she arrived on this Echo, she felt such an affinity with Eldath. Eldath reminded her of her mother, Perseis, and her connection to untamed waters.
Yes, she did marry that miserable *%3^#, Minos AND bore him four children AND was faithful to him, even if he was a complete hypocrit and piece of sh*&.
No, she did not f8%* a stupid bull, or bear a deformed nightmare. Chalk that up to an Athenian smear campaign.
She wishes that she HAD cursed Minos, the bastard. Would have served him right. But she left him on Crete facing a huge army of desperate Myconiseans banging on the door.
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