into-whispering-darkness:graecian:… The twelve great  O l y m p i a n s  were supreme amongthe gods

into-whispering-darkness:graecian:… The twelve great  O l y m p i a n s  were supreme amongthe gods who succeeded to the  T i t a n s.@graecian, Since when is Greece in sub Saharan Africa?Greeks were and are European people, and their Gods, when assuming human form were European looking.Their art and literature witnesses to it. For example Athena and Aphrodite were always perceived as blondes with blue eyes. We know that from remains of paint from their temple statues.This is not just disrespectful to Greeks, it is disrespectful to black people as well, it looks  as if they don’t have Gods of their own, so they have to seek Greek ones.Also, I don’t think black people would appreciate their pantheons being depicted as bunch of Europeans. It would have been a nasty cultural appropriation, just like depicting Greek Gods as sub Saharan Africans is a nasty cultural appropriation.Spot on! Black people need representation and you people can do better! There are so many Black African gods out there and mythologies to be made famous. Depict Black gods and Black cultures please, instead of twisting an existing culture to fit your diversity criteria. -- source link
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