Ibalegend
Ibalegend t1_jeaiyq3 wrote
Reply to comment by Dawnawaken92 in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
no, as in there were multiple versions in Ancient Greece because it was a living religion that changed by region and time
Ibalegend t1_jea4z9p wrote
Reply to comment by Cant_think_of_shz in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
theres a lot of versioms of the myth, there is no one "true" version. most people learn slightly different verions just by chance
Ibalegend t1_jebnjoz wrote
Reply to comment by Cant_think_of_shz in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia
yeah my favorite detail that changes with the hades and persephone myth is the context for it, it can be drastically different between versions and its interesting to see