Review of the book Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cody O’Brien.

ruffboijuliaburnsides:

my-abibliophobia:

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To sum up this book in a single sentence - “What would happen is Deadpool wrote a mythology book.”

Yeah, this guy-

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Originally posted by imagines-everywhere

Wrote a book. Here are some examples of why I think this.

GREEK MYTHOLOGY 

The Greek creation myth.

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The story of Hephaestus god of Blacksmithing and Aphrodite Goddess of Love.

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The story of the Minotaur. 

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NORSE MYTHOLOGY

Norse creation myth.

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Odin orders Loki to steal Freyja’s necklace. He does. This is so in character for both of them Freyja instantly knows who to blame.  

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EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY

Ra gets mad at humanity and creates Sekhmet Lion Goddess of Killing Stuff. 

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How Isis retrieves her huband’s coffin from the support pillar it got stuck inside.

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MAYAN MYTHOLOGY

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How to try and kill the god Zipacna and fail. 

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CHRISTIANITY MYTHOLOGY

How God made Eve from Adam’s rib. 

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The story of how King Solomon judges proper maternal instinct. 

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HINDU MYTHOLOGY

Men ask Shiva to stop Kali’s murder rampage.

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And this is how he does it. 

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JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

The Goddess Izanami gives birth to the whole island of Japan. 

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A story about Tanuki.

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AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY

Creation myth

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SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY

Creation myth

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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Being born

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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Meeting his best friend.

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NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY

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Do I really need to explain why I feel the Merc with a mouth was involved in the retelling here?

Listen I will never stop stanning this fucking book, especially because these stories are SO FUN to read aloud.

source: I used to read them aloud to birdie and also did video recordings of a couple, at least one of which you can find linked on the appropriate myth on his blog. SO FUN.

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