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I feel like the one I would choose Xolotl. I am someone with has made few friends but who stands up for them all and who has been durable in doing so, and to this end have found myself opposing newly appointed leadership almost to the death.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Sisyphus is the only Greek figure I can think of that's not cringe to ascribe to yourself. And that's only because nobody remembers the shit he did to get punished. The other tragic ones are either a humblebrag or concerning. Romulus and Remus are concerning. Enkidu is both, Gilgamesh is a straight up brag, as are the non-tragic Greek figures. All biblical prophets are (humble)brags. Norse gods are all brags, and saga heroes are mostly too obscure for me to know in detail.

I guess you could say Zacchaeus if you're short, or Goliath if you're really big. Oh wait, I guess going with physical things you could self-own with any monster.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Cassandra might be kinda pitiful to ascribe to ones self, but I feel parts of her story are relatedable regardless of gender. Many people have been in a situation where they are not being believed. At work, with family, whatever it is.

I think it's hard because the characters are designed to represent an attribute, or symbolize a specific problem. They aren't really good for representing a person's whole existence.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sisyphus

Not sure what I did, but man it is getting tiring pushing this boulder up this hill.

Note: Holy damn, never much for myth etc, all I ever knew of Sisyphus was the endlessly pushing a rock up hill. Now, after reading a very concise sentence, he DID deserve what he got. TIL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I read someone's further analysis in which they describe how his punishment fits his crime. Because he outwitted death he has such supreme self confidence that THIS time he will get the boulder to the top. The only thing he has to do to break his curse is to stop.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Although the whole random guest murdering thing is worse IMO. Tricking the manifestation of death into restraining himself probably counts as self defence, in my books.

The story where he seduces his niece in order to father children that were destined to kill his brother (her father) also isn't great.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, he's definitely a class A scumbag. It's unfortunate that most people just know the boulder part when there's so much more of a lesson in morality to be gleaned from the full story.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

That is beautiful and concise. Funny how our hubris blinds us

[–] AA5B 16 points 2 days ago

Sisyphus. I’ve spent my life pushing this huge boulder up the hill but never quite achieving anything. It’s getting really old. Next time it rolls to the bottom I’m tempted to leave it there

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sisyphus. Same shit different day

[–] Dabundis 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Prometheus. New liver same eagles

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Grey geese for me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

I came to say sisyphus and I expected that to be the response to 90 percent of the comments the world the way it is.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 days ago

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago
[–] RizzRustbolt 2 points 1 day ago
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Job. One fucking disaster after another.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My jobs too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Hmmm, are there any mythical figures known for rotting in a box?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Peregrin TΓ»k. I'm an idiot that does stupid shit that accidentally fucks shit up and only ever manage to go forward in anything thanks to people that know what they're doing and have to carry me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Fool of a TΓ»k

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Pandora

(I am both Pandora and the Box)

[–] MisterNeon 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Dude,

Xolotl was the dog teotl (god) who was associated with Nanahuat(zin) and the nahualli of Ehecatl Quetzalcoatl. He was renowned for retrieving maize from The Mountain of Sustance. Nanahuatzin threw himself into a sacred pyre and became Tonatiuh (the sun). Xolotl was sacrificed last by Quetzalcoatl because he fled and turned himself into his nahualli the axolotl. Dogs and axolotls were considered a source of food so he represents the sacrifice necessary to eat, also the planet/star Venus in the evening.

I don't know what aspect of Mixtec Pueblo mythology you're referring to.

[–] tamal3 3 points 2 days ago

Oh cool, I know something about the mythology of the Xolo dog breed, but I didn't realize they were named for this mythical dog.

[–] rayquetzalcoatl 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Did you kill your dad yet?

[–] BassTurd 1 points 2 days ago

The good old Oedipus complex, where you mean one thing but fuck your mother.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Saul of Tarsus AKA Paul the Apostle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Cassandra from Greek mythology. Successful/artistic but also regrettably stigmatized/unlucky supposedly due to my past and the people I'm exposed to every day.