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Miscellaneous Myths: Cadmus (Patreon)

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2024-08-09 15:05:01
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Yeah yeah the house of Atreus is cursed and all but we should really spare some pity for the extended family of Cadmus

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lost357able

I mean the Cadmus house doesn’t deserve the accursed fate from Hera, Atreus earned their curse from one really bad incident, but Cadmus’ family fate was caused by Zeus being too horny again

Jason Veevaert

So who was the dragon sacred to? Who was that voice?

Demarquis

Dragons represent the power of the Earth, and in this case is probably the enchanted spirit (the genius) of Cadmus' kingdom. So--when that dragon died, some of the essence of the kingdom was taken away. Until the dragon was replaced, the curse would continue.

Apash

With the intro, I had to double check - thought this was a trope talk. Now I'm kinda eager for a happily ever after trope talk, if that'd eventually happen. Curious about the open-ended endings and "yeah so they had a generally pretty good rest of their life." Why do audiences (not all) enjoy conflict and then the .. placation? of a "and they lived happily ever after." Could it be that we just want issues to be resolved? Complete? The villains got what they got and the heroes earned a good life? Could it have something to do with the feeling of the audience missing out, if the story continues untold? Note how people want sequels from some stories and not from others. Why didn't the trope exist popularly, historically? Could such an ending have been seen as unrealistic and unrelatable? If a happily ever after ending is good for some stories, why is a tragic ending good for other stories? I suppose there are also punchline endings (comedies) and super ambiguous endings (I'm thinking of The Good Place specifically, where its unresolved-answers thing is possibly the most satisfying way it could have ended, in a good way.)

Jason Veevaert
>>146130597

Maybe one of her inner circle (who could see the “fighting the Justice League” writing on the wall) suggested the name and she ran with it. Or maybe it was referencing growing an army from Dragon’s teeth.

The Narrator

While I was somewhat aware of the "soldiers grown from dragon's teeth" concept from this myth (it provided the name of one of my favorite beers, after all), I'll admit that the name "Cadmus" immediately makes my brain go to DCU stuff instead.

Kethern
>>146083820

Well, something like 90% of Greek Mythology is Zeus being too horny again.