Yes, and I have some thoughts brewing after reading it that I hope I get a chance to come back to after I do my grocery shopping (why is it I always run out of bread on the weekend when I never plan to go into town?).
Though I did have one thought about how limiting it is for the gods to be put into neat little categories like that as well as humans. (For example, though he was primarily a god of war, Ares was also a lover to Aphrodite at one point. Clearly there was more to him than simply war. ...it's probably not a great example, but it's a start.)
Also, you're welcome, and thank you for mentioning it because it's always been something that was niggling me at the back of my mind. It bothers me when all women are lumped into either "mother" or "not a mother" columns. As if that were the only thing women could ever be or do, or as if being a mother automatically means I'm a sweet, nurturing, and giving person. Or, alternately, as if someone who is not a mother/woman could not be kind and nurturing and value life.
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Though I did have one thought about how limiting it is for the gods to be put into neat little categories like that as well as humans. (For example, though he was primarily a god of war, Ares was also a lover to Aphrodite at one point. Clearly there was more to him than simply war. ...it's probably not a great example, but it's a start.)
Also, you're welcome, and thank you for mentioning it because it's always been something that was niggling me at the back of my mind. It bothers me when all women are lumped into either "mother" or "not a mother" columns. As if that were the only thing women could ever be or do, or as if being a mother automatically means I'm a sweet, nurturing, and giving person. Or, alternately, as if someone who is not a mother/woman could not be kind and nurturing and value life.