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Thorbjorn Slowcoach

**Thorbjorn Slowcoach** is a minor character in The Saga of Grettir.

## Overview

While Grettir the Strong is travelling to King Olaf's court, Thorbjorn Slowcoach makes fun of him, provoking Grettir to kill him. His brother, Thorbjorn Oxmain, angered at his brother's murder, avenges his death by killing Grettir's brother Atli.

## Physical Appearance

Thorbjorn Slowcoach has brown hair and a beard.
Oto-hime

**Oto-hime** is a Japanese goddess of the sea, daughter of the ocean god.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Urashima-Tarō

One day, she disguised herself as turtle in order to test a young fisherman, Urashima-Tarō. When he caught the "turtle" in his fishing nets, Tarō choose to set her free rather than take her life. Pleased, Oto-hime revealed herself to him and told him that he had passed his test, and was worthy to be her husband.

Then they travelled to the Dragon Palace where they married and stayed happy for some years. But Tarō felt homesick after three years, and decided to go back to visit his family. Oto-hime, knowing how time has passed differently in the outside world, tried to dissuade him; in the end, she gave him a box he wasn't supposed to open under any circumstances.

But when Tarō returned, realizing that centuries had gone by, he opened a box that Oto-hime had told him not to open and he died. We don't know what happened to her after this.

## Physical Appearance

Oto-hime looks like a beautiful young woman with black hair and bright blue eyes, same colour as her clothes.
Sandy

**Sha Wujing**, or **Sandy**, is one of the protagonists in the Journey To The West series.

## Overview

Sandy is a disgraced celestial warrior who is seeking redemption by becoming a Buddhist. He is generally the more level-headed of the group, who keeps Pigsy and Monkey in line in Tripitaka's absence. He is also the only one who can swim.

## Legends Summarized

### The Journey To The West (Part II)

Kuan Yin and Moksa come across a river spirit while traveling to the East to find the scripture pilgrim. Kuan Yin tells him to wait for the scripture pilgrim and to help him when he arrives, so he can be redeemed of his crimes. The river spirit agrees and is given the name Sha Wujing, or Sandy.

### The Journey To The West (Part III)

Tripitaka, Pigsy, Monkey, and The Horse make their way to a river where they are attacked by Sandy. Sandy is fighting with Pigsy for a while when Monkey comes and smacks him in the face with his staff. This causes Sandy to dive back into the water. Eventually, Pigsy gets back in the water and fights with Sandy. As Sandy is led by Pigsy to the shore, he sees Monkey coming straight for him and retreats back to the river. When he sees Pigsy again, he doesn't fall for the bait.

Later, Moksa calls for Sandy out of the water. He comes out to see him, and Moksa tells him that the scripture pilgrim that he was waiting for is the same as the one who is currently here. Sandy then joins the group and becomes Tripitaka's disciple.

## Physical Appearance

Sandy is tall, has a beard, and has ears that resemble fish fins. He wears a robe and a necklace with pale green beads. He also holds a staff with a crescent on the end.

## Appearances

* The Journey To The West (Part II)
* The Journey To The West (Part III)
* The Journey To The West (Part IV)
* The Journey To The West (Part V)
* The Journey To The West (Part VI)
* The Journey To The West (Part VII)
* The Journey To The West (Part VIII
* Journey To The West (Part IX)
* Journey To The West (Part X)

## Links

* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part II)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part III)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part IV)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part V)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VI)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VII)
* Legends Summarized: The Journey To The West (Part VIII)
* Legends Summarized: Journey To The West (Part IX)
* Legends Summarized: Journey To The West (Part X)
Phoebe

* Oceanus, Iapetus, Cronus, Crius, Hyperion, Steropes, Brontes, Arges, Briareos, Kottos, Gyges (brothers)
* Mnemosyne, Tethys, Rhea, Theia, Themis, Dione (sisters)
* Coeus (brother/husband)
* Leto, Asteria (daughters)

## Physical description

### Base color

Petrol blue

**Phoebe** in Greek mythology is the name of one of the twelve Titans, children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Ouranos. Phoebe is married to her brother Coeus, and is the mother by him of the goddesses Leto and Asteria, and thus grandmother to the gods Apollo, Artemis and Hecate.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Theogony

Phoebe is one of the many offspring of Gaia and Ouranos. Ouranos however imprisons his more monstrous-looking children (the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires). Gaia, upset with him, forges a sickle and asks her other children for help to cast him down. However all the Titans except for the youngest, Cronus, are skittish.

## Physical appearance

Phoebe is petrol blue-coloured. She wears a short dress, like her granddaughter.

## Trivia

* Her grandson, Apollo, is also called "Phoebus", the masculine version of her name. Her granddaughter Artemis is also called "Phoebe" sometimes.
Sun Wukong

* Normal
* OSP reward

### Aliases

Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, Monkey King, Monkey, Pilgrim Sun, Grimpil Sun, Sun Pilgrim, Intelligent Stone Monkey, Son Goku (Japanese)

## Physical description

### Gender

Male

**Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal to Heaven**, also known as **Sun Wukong**, **the Monkey King**, or just **Monkey**, is a demonic stone monkey who appears in the *Journey To The West* series.

## Legends Summarized

### The Monkey King (Journey To The West Part 1)

*Main article: The Monkey King (Journey To The West Part 1)*

TBA

## Physical Appearance

Sun Wukong originally wore an outfit crafted by the dragons, but he later wore an outfit made by Kuan Yin with a golden headband. Also, he originally had black eyes but gained red eyes after being put in Lao Tzu's Braiser of Eight Trigrams for 49 days.
Thorir

**Thorir** is a character in The Saga of Grettir.

## Overview

Grettir the Strong, while traveling to King Olaf's court during the cold winter, breaks into a house looking for warmth and fire. However, he had just forded an icy river, he is mistaken for a troll by the family living in the house. There is a brief scuffle, in which Grettir gets the fire, but the house burns down with the family in it. Two of the people in the house were the sons of Thorir. Being a well-respected dude, most people are sympathetic to his situation.

At that year's Althing, Thorir successfully has Grettir exiled, despite him not being there to defend himself. He also continuously sends assassins after Grettir and puts out a very high bounty on him.

## Physical Appearance

Thorir has longer, black hair and a beard.
Minotaur

**Asterion,** better known as the **Minotaur,** was a half-bull, half-man creature that resided on the island of Crete.

## Overview

The Minotaur was the son of Pasiphae and the Cretan Bull.

## Extended Links

* Minotaur from Unnatural World Wikia
* Minotaur from DC Animated Movie Universe Wikia
* Minotaur from Immortals Wikia
* Minotaur from Monsters Wikia
* Minotaur from Rosario + Vampire Wikia
* Minotaur from Clash of the Titans Wikia
* Minotaur from BloodRayne & Mia, the Vampire Slayer Wiki
* Minotaur from Marvel Animated Universe Wikia
* Minotaur from Hercules-Xena Wikia
* Minotaur from Mummy Wikia
* Minotaurs from DC Wikia
* Minotaurs from Marvel Wikia
* Minotaur from Gargoyles Wikia
* Minotaur from Chronicles of Narnia Wikia
* Minotaur from Disney Wikia
Blue

* Real Blue
* Human Blue

**Blue**, also known as **Gregory**, is one of the two content creators for Overly Sarcastic Productions, and is a college graduate (classics & philosophy major). He primarily focuses on covering history. He explains the history of different empires, religions, and cultures. He has done different series on the history of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. He has expressed a special affinity for Venice in his videos covering it. Blue also fences in his spare time.

## Books

Blue has also written and published a series of books called *Philosophical Phridays* in which he discusses philosophy in the Overly Sarcastic Productions style.

* *Volume I* (paperback | digital)
* *Volume II* (paperback | digital)

## List of series

* History Summarized
	+ Pope Fights
* History Hijinks
	+ Blue's Dumb History Tales
* History-Makers
* Dramatic Readings
* Summer Stupidity
	+ City Reviews
* Blue's Finals Survival Guide
* Just for Funsies

## Trivia

* Blue graduated from college with a degree in Philosophy and Classics.
* Blue has a wife whom he calls Cyan.
* Blue and Cyan own a cat, dubbed Cleocatra. She is the cutest cat. You cannot fight us on that.
* Blue has an extreme love for empires (and domes, mostly domes).
* Blue is currently known to be a high ranking member of the cult of Yog-sothoth allowing him to access through the fourth and second dimension.
* Early in the channel, Blue did all of his talking points from the chair Red sits in during her Trope Talks. It wasn't until 2019 that Blue began presenting from a stand-up style.
* Becomes quite irate at Red's mispronunciation of 'bolgia' (Italian).
* Blue apparently has thalassophobia, the fear of deep bodies of water. Meanwhile, Red has trypophobia, the fear of clusters of small holes.
* Blue played the capulet thug in a high school production of Romeo & Juliet. (24:56)
* Favourite God/Myth is Apollo. (0:41)
* Favourite art movement is neoclassical/romantic period. (6:54)
* Fences using a sabre, which he began in college. (7:40)
* Blue did Taekwondo for 5–6 years, also jujitsu, judo, muay thai, eskrima (together with Red in high school) and karate. (22:02)
* Blue started as an economics major in college but switched to classics & philosophy. (33:18)
* Blue also seems to attract attacks from ninjas.
* Blue has an evil, Spanish counterpart named Azul. Azul is either Blue's evil twin brother or mirror universe clone.
* Blue has burned the foundations of the Library of Alexandria to cover for the fact that he stole all the books.
* According to the 11th Overly Sarcastic Podcast, he is the leader/protagonist of the Overly Sarcastic Five-Man Band.
* He mentioned that he realized that he is asexual.
* Both he and his wife are asexual, which means that 3/4 of OSP are on the ace spectrum.
* He owns a time machine and will let Shadiversity borrow it.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/OSPyoutube/status/1242823661217857536
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Q&A!! [100,000 SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL]
Indigo

**Indigo** is an editor and producer of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. Starting off as an editor for Blue, she started getting more publicly known as the "tec. expert" when the OSP crew does streams.

## Biography

One of her first streams was the OSP Dragon Rush, where they saw very little dragons. She met Blue on the college fencing team when her and Cyan went to put equipment away only to walk in on Blue failing to build a shelf. The shelf did not last the night. Indigo has a degree in film production and Mandarin.

She takes pride in being the youngest member of the OSP crew. Indigo is also the only main member who isn't asexual and seems to like attractive, problematic, fictional men. Indigo pitched the idea of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast to Blue and Red (who had previously been uncertain about making a podcast and had been public about their uncertainty) and immediately had them on board.

In one of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast, she was assigned the role of "The smart guy" because of her technological expertise. Indigo is also known to have recurring nightmares about taking the place of Tony Hawk, who is rumored to have recurring nightmares about being a twenty-something year old podcast editor. They are fated to have a battle one day to see who comes out victorious. She is also a big D&D fan and campaigns with Red and some of the Greens. She is a big movie fanatic and often asks for bad movie recommendations on her twitter.

## Trivia

* She is originally from Philadelphia.
* She hosts the movie review podcast *Moviestruck*, which both Red and Blue have appeared on as guests.
* She and Red also appear as cast members on the D&D actual play podcast *Rolling with Difficulty*.
* During the beginnings of many episodes of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast, she is presented by Blue as "our producer Indigo, lurking around the shadows" or simply "somewhere in the shadows is Indigo".
* She has shown to be a great fan of the 2008 "Speed Racer" movie.
* She is known to watch entire procedurals within a week.
* She has boy scout training.
* She doesn't think "Die Hard" is a Christmas movie, even though it is.
* She was one of Blues Groomsmaids along with Red.
* Her getting a Mandarin degree was not originally planned and a total accident.
* She is Italian-American and has revealed that her family enjoy the tradition of the Feast of Seven Fish.￼
* She has a cat named Ziggy.
* She hates fishing mechanics in video games.

## References

1. https://www.sophiakricci.com
2. Episodes of Overly Sarcastic Podcast
3. Multiple OSP streams
Thorbjorn Angle

**Thorbjorn Angle** is a character in The Saga of Grettir. He is the foster son of Thurid.

## Overview

When Grettir the Strong, his brother Illugi, and a dude named Glaum arrive on the island of Drangey, it is then owned by twenty different people. None of them like each other, but none of them like Grettir either because he took their island and all of their stuff on it. Thorbjorn Angle comes up to try and get the island back, first by nicely asking Grettir a few times. Grettir refuses, so Thorbjorn enlists the help of his foster mother Thurid, an evil witch who already has a plan. She enchants a piece of wood to look like good firewood and float around the island. Grettir isn't fooled by this, but Glaum is, and takes it as firewood. Then, when Grettir goes to chop the firewood, his axe bounces back and severely injures his knee. Thorbjorn takes this opportunity to storm the island with his crew, as Glaum also forgot to pull the single ladder up to the island back up. Illugi fights valiantly against them, so much so that they can't help but compliment him at every turn. Eventually, he is defeated and Thorbjorn finally gets to Grettir. However, Grettir has already died having succumbed to his injuries. Thorbjorn then cuts off Grettir's head and kills Illugi to prevent another revenge plot. Thorbjorn then goes to Thorir to claim Grettir's bounty, but Thorir refuses to give it to him because he heard that it was actually witchcraft that killed Grettir.

## Physical Appearance

Thorbjorn Angle has brown hair and a beard. He also has an eyepatch.
Shakespeare Summarized

Shakespeare Summarized is a series by Red and the first series on the Overly Sarcastic Productions channel, starting on December 18, 2012. As the name suggests, Red summarizes and provides commentary on various works by William Shakespeare.

## List of episodes

* Much Ado About Nothing
* Hamlet
* Julius Caesar
* A Midsummer Night's Dream
* Macbeth
* Romeo and Juliet
* The Tempest
* Twelfth Night
* Othello
* King Lear
* The Merchant of Venice
* The Taming of the Shrew
* Titus Andronicus
* Antony and Cleopatra
War in Heaven

God strikes Lucifer Down

### Performers

God's side: God, Jesus Christ, Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, Uriel, 2/3 of all angelsLucifer's side: Lucifer, Aphrodite, Thoth, 1/3 of all angels

### Location

Heaven

The **War in Heaven** was a rebellion during which Lucifer led 1/3 of all angels against God. Lucifer was defeated and cast down to Hell, alongside all those who followed him.
Morrigan

Morrígan is goddess of war and magic in Celtic mythology. Her name translates as either "Great Queen" or "Phantom Queen," and both epithets are entirely appropriate for her. She is also married to Dagda.

Morrígan is primarily associated with fate, especially with foretelling doom and death in battle. In this role she appears as a crow, flying above the battlefield. Morrígan has thus been likened to the Valkyries of Norse mythology and Norns of Germanic mythology. She is also associated with sovereignty, and her connection with cattle may also suggest an association with wealth and the land.

Morrigan frequently appears in the ornithological guise of a hooded crow. She is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann ("Tribe of the goddess Danu") and she helped defeat the Firbolg at the First Battle of Mag Tuireadh and the Fomorians at the Second Battle of Mag Tuireadh.
Raphael

**Raphael** is one of the angels that serve God and is credited as the Healer of God.

## Classics Summarized

### Paradise Lost

His appearance is minor although he is the angel that explains to Adam and Eve the history behind Lucifer's fall from grace, the creation of Heaven and Earth, and also answers Adam and Eve's personal questions to sate their own curiosity.
Narcissus

**Narcissus** in Greek mythology is the name of an exceptionally beautiful youth who conquered the hearts of many people, but never entered a relationship himself, feeling he was above everyone and too good for anyone. He is the origin story of the flower narcissus.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Narcissus

Narcissus was a very pretty youth uninterested in relationships, not out of ideology (like the virgin goddesses or Hippolytus) but because he didn't believe anyone deserved him. Once, a beautiful nymph named Echo fell in love with him, though she found it difficult to express her feelings properly, as she had been cursed by Hera to only repeat what she hears. Nevertheless, Narcissus was not interested in her, and Echo wasted away till only her voice remained.

In another version, it was a mortal man named Ameinias who fell for Narcissus' charms. He tried to win Narcissus' heart, but failed, like everyone else before him, and Narcissus sent him a sword to put himself out of his misery, which Ameinias did.

Whatever the version, all agree that Nemesis, goddess of retribution, heard of it and for punishment, directed Narcissus' attention to a small pool. Narcissus was absolutely enraptured by his own reflection, but it being nothing but reflection, he could never have the object of his desire. Eventually Narcissus wasted away looking at his own face, until a beautiful flower called narcissus grew where he stood.

## Physical appearance

Narcissus was very pretty; he is drawn with a lean body, and long dark warm purple hair.
Poseidon

**Poseidon** was the Greek god and ruler of the sea, along with being lord of storms and earthquakes. Poseidon is called Neptune by the Romans, and is married to the lovely sea nymph, Amphitrite.

Much like Zeus he has had many lovers, engaged in numerous affairs, and had his fair share of victims, but most of his children are monsters than demigods.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Theogony

Poseidon was the second son of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. In most accounts he is swallowed by Cronus at birth and is later saved, along with his other siblings, by Zeus. He, alongside Zeus and Hades, were on the front lines of the yearly long war with the Titans. Poseidon used his latent power over the seas to dominate some of the Titans and created chasms within the Earth to swallow their forces.

After the Titanomachy, the three deities worked in reshaping the world. First Zeus set out to divvy up the world between his brothers, Earth was set to be neutral ground and Zeus choose the heavens as his realm so he gave the remaining Oceans to Poseidon and Underworld to Hades. His weapon was a trident, with which he could make the earth shake, causing earthquakes, and shatter any object.

### Athens

Athena became the patron goddess of the city of Athens after a competition with Poseidon. Yet Poseidon remained a numinous presence on the Acropolis in the form of his surrogate, Erechtheus. At the dissolution festival at the end of the year in the Athenian calendar, the Skira, the priests of Athena and the priest of Poseidon would process under canopies to Eleusis. They agreed that each would give the Athenians one gift and the Athenians would choose whichever gift they preferred. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and a spring sprang up; the water was salty and not very useful, whereas Athena offered them an olive tree.

The Athenians or their king, Cecrops, accepted the olive tree and along with it, Athena as their patron, for the olive tree brought wood, oil and food. After the fight, infuriated at his loss, Poseidon sent a monstrous flood to the Attic Plain, to punish the Athenians for not choosing him. The depression made by Poseidon's trident and filled with salt water was surrounded by the northern hall of the Erechtheum, remaining open to the air.

### Perseus

In Red's video revolving around the myth of Perseus, Poseidon is only mentioned when he has sex with Medusa in Athena's temple, which resulted in her being punished by transforming into a gorgon.

### Nerites

In the other version of the love story surrounding Nerites where he was loved by Aphrodite in the other, he was loved by Poseidon and answered his feelings. Their love was the origin of mutual love (Anteros). Poseidon also made Nerites his charioteer; the boy drove the chariot astonishingly fast, to the admiration of various sea creatures. Helios, for reasons unknown, changed Nerites into some shellfish. Poseidon changes him back to his original form.
Ragnarok

Surtr destroys the earth

### Performers

The Gods: Odin, Thor, Tyr, Heimdal, Freyr, FreyjaJotunn: Loki, Fenrir, Jormungandr, Surtr

### Location

Vigrid

**Ragnarok**: The prophesied, inevitable, incredibly heavy metal upcoming apocalypse you've all been waiting for!

## Miscellaneous Myths

The far-seeing Heimdall, the watchman of the gods’ fortress, Asgard, was the first to spy a vast army of giants headed for the celestial stronghold. Among the gruesome mass was the gods’ fickle friend, Loki, at the helm of the ship Naglfar (“Ship of the Dead”). Heimdall sounded his horn Gjallarhorn (“Resounding Horn”) to alert the gods, who were no doubt alarmed and despairing.

The giants set about destroying the abode of the gods and the entire cosmos along with it. Fenrir, the great wolf, ran across the land with his lower jaw on the ground and his upper jaw in the sky, consuming everything in between. Even the sun itself was dragged from its height and into the beast’s stomach. Surtr, a giant bearing a flaming sword, swept across the earth and left nothing but an inferno in his wake.

During Ragnarok, it is said that Odin will battle and later be devoured by a monstrous wolf known as Fenrir. Then, his son Thor will battle a colossal beast known as Jormungandr, or the World Serpent, that circles the Earth many times and eventually reaches the end of its tail. By releasing its tail, the world will collapse. After Thor kills the serpent, he takes nine steps and falls down dead from the effects of the venom.

Tyr will be killed by Garm, whom is the guard dog of Hel. Freyr will battle and be killed by the demon jotun Surtr, who's fire will then cover the entire Earth. And finally, Heimdallr and Loki will meet face to face, and slay each other consequently during battle. At last, in the ultimate reversal of the original process of creation, the ravaged land sank back into the sea and vanished below the waves. The perfect darkness and silence of the anti-cosmic void, Ginnungagap, reigned once more.
Tyndareus

In Greek mythology, **Tyndareus** was a Spartan king and husband of Leda. He was the father of Clytemnestra and Pollux, and the adopted father of Helen of Troy and Castor.

## Legends Summarized

### The Trojan War

According to the *Iliad* and the *Odyssey*, Tyndareus was a king of Sparta and the husband of Leda, whom he had two children with: Clytemnestra and Castor, as well as being the adoptive father of Helen. Decades later, Helen grew up to be the most beautiful woman in the world who became desired by many suitors. Tyndareus, in some versions, was in charge of picking the suitor who would marry Helen.

However, Tyndareus became increasingly worried about the large amount of powerful warriors and heroes approaching his front gate. Even more worried about what they others that didn't get chosen would do if they lost, not wanting to cause a war. This was when one of the supposed suitors, Odysseus, shows up offering to help Tyndareus with the situation. Odysseus would have the suitors swear an oath to keep Helen's marriage stable, to do otherwise would mean all other suitors would declare war. In return, Odysseus asked Tyndareus to put in a good word for him with King Icarius, as he was wanting to woo the king's daughter, Penelope.

## Physical Appearance

Tyndareus has a mid-length brown beard with brown hair and dark eyes.
Peleus

Peleus getting beaten by Atalanta.

**Peleus** is the king of Thessaly, the husband of Thetis and the father of Achilles.

## Legends Summarized

### Medea

Peleus is featured as a member of the Argo, standing behind Jason and other featured figures when Red describes the Argo's crew.

### The Trojan War

In order to prevent a prophecy given to Zeus by Prometheus, Zeus marries off the Nereid Thetis to Peleus. Eris, angered that she wasn't invited to the wedding, decided to crash it by throwing in a Golden Apple, stating that it was for the most beautiful goddess out of Athena, Hera and Aphrodite.

Some time later, the wedding goes through, and Peleus and Thetis both have Achilles. Seven years later, Thetis gave him a prophecy that gave him two paths for his life: Die young and be remembered, or die old and be forgotten. Achilles chose the latter when he joined the Achaeans.

## Physical Appearance

Peleus is a human with shaggy, dirty blond hair.

## Appearances

Aphrodite

The Trojan War

Medea

Atalanta
Mnemosyne

Oceanus, Crius, Coeus, Cronus, Hyperion, Arges, Steropes, Brontes, Briareos, Gyges, Kottos (brothers)

## Physical description

### Base color

Blueberry blue

**Mnemosyne** (Ancient Greek Μνημοσύνη, *Mnēmosýnē*, lit. "memory") is in Greek mythology one of the twelve Titan children of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Ouranos. Mnemosyne is the Greek goddess of memory, and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus.

Her Roman equivalent is the goddess Moneta.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Theogony

After Ouranos imprisoned the Cyclopes and the Hecatoncheires, Gaia forged a sickle and asked her Titan children to help her bring Ouranos down; only Cronus was brave enough to carry on the deed.

### Arachne

In her tapestry, Arachne wove many instances of Zeus and Poseidon deceiving women and goddesses in order to sleep with them. Zeus pretending to be a shepherd to get close to Mnemosyne is depicted, among others.

## Appearances

Arachne (in a tapestry)

The Theogony
Oceanus

**Oceanus** in Greek mythology is the god and personification of the Ocean (the great earth-encircling river). He is the son of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Ouranos. Oceanus is married to his sister Tethys and is the father by her of the 3000 river gods and the 3000 Oceanid nymphs.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Theogony

Oceanus is the son of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Ouranos. Although the Titans, the Hecatoncheires and the Cyclopes all had their differences, they were all united by their hatred for their father, who imprisoned his more monstrous-looking children. Gaia asked her Titan children to help overthrow Ouranos, but of the twelve, only Cronus accepted. Oceanus was the only among his brothers not to be thrown into Tartarus after the Titans' defeat against the Olympians.

## Physical Appearance

Oceanus is teal-coloured, with watery-like hair, as he is a water god, matching the colouring of his sister-wife Tethys.
Thorir the Giant

**Thorir the Giant** is a character in The Saga of Grettir. He has three daughters who live with him in a hidden valley.

## Overview

### The Saga of Grettir

Thorir rules a hidden valley that Grettir the Strong uses as a hideout. It is quite idyllic, being completely protected from the outside, full of sheep, and warm year-round thanks to a hot spring. However, Grettir leaves anyway because he was bored.

## Physical Appearance

Being a giant, Thorir is very large. He has brown hair and a beard with a braid in it.
Scathach

**Scathach** was a warrior goddess from Irish mythology, who trained the legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn.

## Classics Summarized

### Cú Chulainn

In order to prove his worthiness of marrying Emer, daughter of the chieftain Forgall Monach, Cú Chulainn is sent by Forgall to perform a certain task in the hopes of having the young hero fail given that the chieftain is not exactly fond of him desiring to wed his daughter. Forgall sends Cú Chulainn and his companion Ferdiad travel to Dún Scáith in order to train under the warrior goddess Scáthach. Scáthach teaches them feats of arms, and gives Cú Chulainn her deadly spear, the Gáe Bulg. Cú Chulainn begins an affair with Scáthach's daughter Uathach, but accidentally breaks her fingers. She screams, calling her lover Cochar Croibhe to the room.

Despite Uathach's protests, he challenges Cú Chulainn to a duel, and Cú Chulainn dispatches him easily. To make it up to Uathach and Scáthach, Cú Chulainn assumes Cochar's duties, and becomes Uathach's lover. Scáthach eventually promises her daughter to him, without requiring the traditional bride price. When her rival, the warrior woman Aífe, threatens her territory, Cú Chulainn defeats Aífe in battle. At swordpoint, he decides to spare her life under the conditions that she will cease her conflicts with Scáthach and lie with him to bear him a son. He leaves Aífe pregnant with his son Connla, whom Cú Chulainn kills years later - only realizing who Connla is after he has slain him.
Thurid

**Thurid** is a chacter in The Saga of Grettir. She is the foster mother of Thorbjorn Angle.

## Overview

After his attempts at getting Grettir the Strong to leave the island of Drangey, Thorbjorn Angle goes to Thurid for help. As it turns out, she already has a plan. The two of them go back to the island and Thurid gives Grettir a curse. Grettir responds by throwing a rock on her and breaking her leg. However, this does not stop Thurid, who then enchants a piece of wood. She sets it out to drift around the island while looking like enticing firewood. Grettir is not fooled by this, but Glaum is, and takes it as firewood. Then, when Grettir goes to chop the firewood, his axe bounced off of it and severely injures his knee. Thorbjorn and his crew then take the island.
Otus

**Otus** is a giant in Greek mythology. He is the brother of Ephialtes and the son of Poseidon and Iphimedeia. He attempted to kidnap Hera and Artemis with Ephialtes, but they captured Ares instead. Ephialtes and Otus killed each other while attacking Artemis, who was rescuing Ares with Hermes. His name means "insatiate."
Oribe Shima

**Oribe Shima** was a samurai of Ise-Shima and father of Tokoyo. He was exiled to the Oki Islands by regent Hojo Takatoki for unspecified crimes.

He was later brought out of exile after his daughter broke a curse upon Hojo Takatoki and by killing the evil *kami* Yofuné-Nushi.

## Fables and Folktales

### Tokoyo and the Sea Monster

For an unspecified crime, Oribe Shima is exiled to the Oki Islands by Hojo Takatoki, the last regent of the Kamakura shogunate. Oribe Shima's daughter, Tokoyo, is unhappy with this arrangement, and so sets off to try and rescue her father by any means necessary.

After much time and adventuring around the Oki Islands, Tokoyo slays the *kami* Yofuné-Nushi, returning with a statue of Hojo Takatoki and Yofuné-Nushi's corpse. Hearing word of Tokoyo's deed, Hojo Takatoki's curse from the statue is lifted. He then releases Oribe Shima out of gratitude, reuniting Tokoyo with her father.

## Physical Appearance

Oribe Shima is a middle-aged man with colorless, mortal skin and a wrinkled face. He has white hair wrapped in a bun, and green eyes like his daughter.
Tam Lin (episode)

***Miscellaneous Myths: Tam Lin*** is the thirty-eighth episode of the Miscellaneous Myths series by Red. It tells the Scottish folk tale of Tam Lin.

## Introduction

Red begins the episode by talking about how Halloween is her jam, mainly due to the feel of the holiday. She also explains how in many cultures in areas with seasonal transitions, the time is demarcated as a special time when spirits and the dead have a special spotlight, with holidays ranging from Samhain to All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day to Día de Los Muertos.

## Summary

The story begins with a dire warning: Maidens should never go through the woods of Carterhaugh, or if they do go, they should make sure to leave a token of some kind, like a ring or a green cloak, because Carterhaugh is haunted by the mysterious yet handsome and sensitive Tam Lin, and should an enterprising maiden pass through the woods without leaving him a souvenir, he'll take her virginity instead.

We are then introduced to Bonny Janet, our spunky heroine whose father owns the surrounding lands and has given the woods to her. She enters the story by doing her hair all fancy and strolling into the woods. She's plucking a double-headed rose when Tam Lin appears and asks her why she's here at this time of night, to which Janet responds by making it plainly obvious that she wants to have sex with him. So they do that, and Janet gets quite predictably pregnant.

Janet's father questions her about which of his knights got her pregnant, to which she responds by telling her that nobody's responsible for the baby but her and her elf boyfriend in the woods. She then runs back to the woods and is contemplating suicide by plant when Tam Lin appears to tell her his tragic backstory.

As it turns out, Tam Lin isn't an elf or fairy, but human. He fell off his horse while riding one day, and fell into the arms of the Queen of the Faeries, who took him into the hill where the fae live. He's worried since today is Halloween, and the fae have to pay a sacrificial tithe to Hell every seven years on Halloween, and prefer to use humans, i.e. Tam Lin, when available. Janet doesn't like this, and using some of Tam Lin's information, the two make a plan to save him.

At midnight, Janet sneaks out in a green cloak to avoid detection by the faerie. She pushes Tam Lin off his horse during the faerie procession. The Queen responds by transforming Tam Lin into a lizard, a snake, a bear, a lion, a chunk of red-hot iron, and an actual fire. Tam Lin warned Janet of this, and said that he could never harm her as her baby-daddy. She refuses to let go of him until he turns into fire, at which point she dumps him in a well and he reverts to his naked form.

The Queen angrily admits defeat, and then says that if she knew he'd end up in a relationship with a mortal woman, she'd have started off their relationship by petrifying his eyeballs.

## Credits

Red sings *She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like)* by Dolly Parton.

## Characters Appearing

* Tam Lin
* Bonny Janet
Thorhall

**Thorhall** is a character in The Saga of Grettir.

## Overview

One day, Thorhall, a rich man, finds his livestock dead, and concludes that his field in haunted. He hires a man named Glam to help. On the night of Yule, Glam is attacked by the monster. He kills it but dies in the process, and he begins haunting the area in the monster's place, also killing Thorhall's daughter. Grettir the Strong, given his ghost-punching experience, comes to help Thorhall with his haunting issues. He successfully kills Glam and liberates Thorhall's field and the surrounding area.
Theseus and Pirithous

***Miscellaneous Myths: Theseus and Pirithous*** is the tenth episode of the *Miscellaneous Myths* series by Red. It tells the tale of how two Greek heroes, Theseus and Pirithous descended into the Underworld in order to abduct Queen Persephone to make her the wife of Pirithous, their defeat by Hades and their punishment.

## Summary

Red begins the video by arguing that Hades has gotten a bad reputation through the years due to being king of the Underworld when he's not that bad; kidnapping your wife was not frowned upon back in the day, he couldn't have known that Zeus would kill Asclepius, he helped Orpheus reunite with his wife, and there's a good chance that "Cerberus" means "spotted", meaning he named his dog "Spot". Hades only ever messed up two people, who, according to Red, deserved it.

The myth starts with Theseus (of Minotaur-slaying and Ariadne-abandoning fame) and his buddy Pirithous deciding to take each a daughter of Zeus to wife. Theseus settles on Helen of Troy, who is only twelve at the time. They abduct her, with the understanding that Theseus will have to wait a few years before consummating his union to her. Pirithous, meanwhile, has his eyes set on Persephone, the Queen of the Dead herself.

The two friends scoot down to the Underworld, where they're greeted by a livid Hades. Like every good host, Hades offers them seats on his dinner table, but once they sit down, snakes erupt from the ground and tie them to their seats, as Hades sics the Furies on them. Persephone asks Hades what's all that noise, but he is reluctant to tell her.

## Credits

In the credits, Red sings *Go the Distance* from Disney's *Hercules*, and says that eventually, both Helen and Theseus were rescued; Helen by Castor and Pollux and Theseus by Heracles. Meanwhile, Pirithous stayed in the Underworld forever.

## Characters appearing

Hades

Persephone

Zeus

Asclepius

Orpheus

Eurydice

Theseus

Dionysus

Ariadne

Pirithous

Helen of Troy

## Notes

1. ↑ Only abducting a young woman against her father's will was intolerable; this was commonly seen as abduction and rape. Hades, however, was permitted by Zeus to abduct Persephone.
2. ↑ Although there's a etymology-related theory that Cerberus translates to "spotted", it's highly contested, as this meaning is suggested due to "Kerberos" sounding similar to Sanskrit कर्बुर, *karbura*, meaning "spotted" - but it is rejected by Robert S. P. Beekes.
Zagreus

**Zagreus** in Greek mythology is a very obscure deity. He features prominently in Orphism, a cult centered on themes of birth and rebirth, but it's unclear what was his role outside of Orphism.

Whatever the case, Zagreus was very closely connected to the Underworld, sometimes even conflated with its king Hades, who is also his father in one version. In a cult called Orphism, Zagreus was the first Dionysus; born to Zeus and Persephone, he was killed by the Titans on Hera's orders and reborn as Dionysus.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Dionysus

In Orphism, a cult focusing on the Underworld, chthonic gods and themes of death and rebirth, Zagreus is the proto-Dionysus. He is the son of Zeus and Persephone, and is meant to inherit the world, succeeding his father Zeus. Zeus' wife Hera objects to this, so she has the Titans abduct and dismember baby Zagreus/Orphic Dionysus. Athena manages to save his heart, which is then given to Semele so she can make a baby out of it, and thus Dionysus is born, who often bears the epithet "Zagreus".

Outside of Orphism, little has survived on Zagreus, as all evidence we have come from fragmentary epics and plays. In those non-Orphic versions he seems to be the son of Persephone by Hades rather than Zeus, and is often conflated with Hades himself, and while he definitely has connections to the Underworld, otherwise little is known about him and his functions.

## Physical appearance

Regular, non-Orphic Zagreus is light blue-coloured, and is clean-shaven, with a skull brooch, while Orphic Zagreus/Dionysus is warm purple-coloured, and has horns.

## Notes

1. ↑ Actual, indisputable evidence of Zagreus' parents being Hades *and* Persephone in non-Orphic myths has not yet been discovered.
Metis

**Metis** (meaning "wisdom", "skill", or "craft") is the Greek deity of higher wisdom (which is a blanket for cunning, prudence and deep thought), an Oceanid nymph, and a member of the second generation of Titans. She is the first wife of Zeus and the mother of Athena.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Theogony

Metis was an Oceanid, one of the 3000 daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. When she grew up, she helped her cousin Zeus to take over his tyranical father, Cronus. Zeus slipped Cronus a poison she crafted, forcing the latter to throw up his siblings - Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon.

After becoming the new king of the gods, Zeus married Metis, who fell pregnant, but their grandparents, Gaia and Ouranos, warned Zeus that after giving birth to a daughter, Metis would have a son more powerful than Zeus. Not wanting to share his grandfather and father's fates, Zeus ate Metis, absorbing her wisdom in the process. A remarriage and many affairs later, he suffered a terrible headache, and split his head open. From his head emerged the fully-grown, fully armed Athena, Metis' daughter.

### Typhon

Red mentions Metis' sorry fate off-handedly.

## Physical appearance

Metis is blurple-coloured. She wears a long chiton and a crown upon her wavy hair, as the former queen of the gods.

## Appearances

* The Theogony
* Typhon
Sinon

**Sinon** was a Greek soldier who fought in the Trojan War.

## Legends Summarized

### The Trojan War

During the last of Odysseus's tricks, Sinon was left behind in the burned-down camp of the Greeks as a sacrifice once the Greeks feigned retreat. He was captured by the Trojans, wherein he explains that the Trojan Horse was an appeasement for Athena and would give the Trojans good fortune if they were to let it in.

Both Laocoon and Cassandra were opposed to this, Laocoon even chucking a spear into the side of the Horse, but Sinon explained that the Horse should not be damaged in any way. The Trojans, wanting something that would replace their stolen Palladium, openly welcomed the Horse into the city. Later that night, Sinon opened up the Horse, allowing the Greek soldiers inside to ransack the city of Troy.

## Physical Appearance

Sinon is a human with white skin, black hair and dark eyes.
Nereus

In Greek mythology, **Nereus**, also known as the Old Man of the Sea, is the son of Gaia (Earth) by her son Pontus (Sea). He is married to Doris, from whose union resulted in 50 daughters, the Nereids, and one son, Nerites.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Heracles

Heracles beats Nereus until he reveals to him the location of the garden of the Hesperides.

## Physical Appearance

Nereus is depicted as a merman, much like his son and daughters. His torso is raf blue-coloured, while his tail is cyan.

## Appearances

Heracles
Nerites
Vulcan

**Vulcan**, also known as **Mulciber**, is the Roman god volcanoes, deserts, metalworking, and the forge, as well as the counterpart to the Greek Hephaestus.

## Classics Summarized

### The Aeneid

Vulcan forges a new shield and armor for Aeneas, mirroring Hephaestus doing the same for Achilles in the *Iliad*.

## Physical appearance

Vulcan is identical to Hephaestus, both orangish gods sporting a beard and curly hair, though in time Hephaestus' design changed, and is now bald.
Tezcatlipoca

**Tezcatlipoca** (meaning "smoking mirror") is an Aztec god. He is associated with the north and the colour black, and is the god of night sky, winds, hurricanes, enmity, discord, obsidian, war, jaguars, sorcery and others.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### The Five Suns

In the beginning, the Aztec creation deity Ometeotl created themselves and four more gods, collectively known as the four Tezcatlipocas; Tezcatlipoca (associated with black and the north), Xipe Totec, Huitzilopochtli and Quetzalcoatl. They kept trying to create stuff, but everything they made would fall into the primordial ocean and be devoured by Cipactli, a giant monster with mouths in every joint. The four gods then lured the monster to the surface (which costs Tezcatlipoca's foot) and killed it, and his dead body forms the earth; but due to it not being entirely dead, it still needed regular sacrifices so it wouldn't start devouring everything again.

After they created humans, Tezcatlipoca offered to be the first sun; but he could only manage half a sun, either because he was a night god or his missing leg. He and Quetzalcoatl developed a rivalry, culminating in Quetzalcoatl striking Tezcatlipoca off the skies. He took it so badly he made it rain jaguars that ate everybody.

In the second world (sun by Quetzalcoatl) Tezcatlipoca took offence when the humans started being too disrespectful to the gods; he transformed them all into monkeys and then the second world was destroyed by the strong winds he sent.

In the third world (sun by Tlaloc) Tezcatlipoca seduced Tlaloc's wife, the fertility goddess Xochiquetzal. Tlaloc, in rage, refused to let it rain at all and when he did, it was a rain of fire, which destroyed the third world.

In the fourth world, (sun by Chalchiuhtlicue) Tezcatlipoca accused Chalchiuhtlicue, who was doting on her humans, of being a poser who only pretended to like them so she would get worship. This hurt her a lot, causing her to cry blood for fifty-two years, destroying the fourth world.

## Physical Appearance

Tezcatlipoca is a purple-coloured god; his voluminous hair has jaguar paw marks on it. Ever since he lost his leg he wears a prosthetic in its place.
Phaedra

**Phaedra** in Greek mythology is the name of a queen consort of Athens, as the wife of Theseus. She was born a princess of Crete, daughter of King Minos and Queen Pasiphae.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Hippolytus

In order to punish Hippolytus for rejecting her worship, Aphrodite makes Phaedra (his step-mother) fall in love with him. She tries to court him, but he rejects her. Furious, she goes to Theseus and claims that Hippolytus raped her, or alternatively commits suicide first and it's her farewell note that carries the accusation. In any version, Theseus is so enraged he asks his father Poseidon to kill his son.

### Aphrodite

The tale of Phaedra's lust for her stepson is repeated once more.

## Appearances

Hippolytus

Aphrodite
Lycaon

* Human
* Wolf

**Lycaon** was the king of Arcadia. He was the father of the nymph Callisto and the grandfather of her son Arcas. He was a contemporary of Cecrops, the founder king of Athens.

## Halloween Special

### Werewolves

Pausanias wrote that Lycaon founded Lycosura on the mountain Lycaeus, founded the Lycaean Games, and gave Zeus the epithet Lycaeus. Later, when humanity was moving away from human sacrifices, Lycaon decided to sacrifice a baby to Zeus. As punishment for this, he was transformed into a wolf. According to Ovid, Zeus turned Lycaon into a wolf because he served either his son or a hostage for dinner to test Zeus's omniscience.

## Miscellaneous Myths

### Ursa Major

In an origin myth of Ursa Major as recounted by Hyginus, Lycaon set Bear Callisto and Arcas to be sacrificed to Zeus. Zeus, however, brought the two into the stars and transformed them into the constellations Ursa Major and Boötes, respectively.

## Physical Appearance

Lycaon has dark blue eyes and hair. He also has a beard.

## Appearances

* Werewolves
* Ursa Major

## Links

* Halloween Special: Werewolves
* Miscellaneous Myths: Ursa Major
Quincey P. Morris

**Quincey P. Morris** is one of the protagonists in Dracula. He was from Texas and was a member of the Dude SquadTM. He was one of Lucy Westenra's suitors. He killed Dracula with the help of Jonathan Harker, although he died of injuries in the process.

## Overview

Quincey P. Morris is from Texas. Despite this, he doesn't sound at all like a Texan due to Bram Stoker not knowing what an American sounds like.

## Halloween Special

### Dracula

Quincey P. Morris was a suitor of Lucy Westenra along with Doctor John Seward and Arthur Holmwood. Despite her choosing Arthur to be her spouse, he remained friends with both him and John.

When Doctor Abraham Van Helsing told the three that Lucy had turned into a vampire after she died, Quincey and the others demanded proof, which Van Helsing provided by bringing them to her mausoleum and showing them Lucy sucking the blood of children. They then fully killed the un-dead Lucy.

Quincey helped the rest of the crew to hunt and kill Dracula. He successfully did so, but, in the ordeal, was mortally wounded by a man on the cart carrying Dracula's coffin. He died shortly thereafter.

Jonathan and Mina Harker's son Quincey Harker was born on the anniversary of Quincey's death and is named in his honor.

## Physical Appearance

Quincey P. Morris a young man with brown hair and brown eyes.