Was Venus such a "nice girl" as she is thought to be?

I read somewhere she was pretty hardcore and had an extra-marital affair with Mars (and was caught red handed by her lame husband Vulcan).

Literally lame or figuratively?

Posted by Ram416
Literally lame or figuratively?

Hephaestus/Vulcan was described by Homer & Hesiod as having "crooked feet" or being club-footed.

Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Yes I know. I was asking OP if she meant it literally or figuratively.

I identify closely with Vulcan/Hephaestus so I know the story behind his disability.

Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Ah, is that so? I thought he was thought to be lame because he mistreated her?

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Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Yes I know. I was asking OP if she meant it literally or figuratively.

I identify closely with Vulcan/Hephaestus so I know the story behind his disability.

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Figuratively. I didn't know about the crooked feet story

Nah, that was just a blatant rip-off from the Olympians.

APHRODITE did indeed have an affair with ARES while she was supposed to be HEPHAESTUS's partner - which is rather strange when you think about it considering they were all the kids of Zeus & Hera.

But then again Aphro was indeed the Goddess of Love, so "luv" and "love" were the same thing to her. She was beyond all that I suppose. And Hera did boot Hephaestus off Olympus because she thought he was too ugly, so there was no bonding period between little Aphro and Hephi.

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Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Yes I know. I was asking OP if she meant it literally or figuratively.

I identify closely with Vulcan/Hephaestus so I know the story behind his disability.

Figuratively. I didn't know about the crooked feet story

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Yes he was disfigured and disabled at birth.

Posted by RemixGeneralFishy
Nah, that was just a blatant rip-off from the Olympians.

APHRODITE did indeed have an affair with ARES while she was supposed to be HEPHAESTUS's partner - which is rather strange when you think about it considering they were all the kids of Zeus & Hera.

But then again Aphro was indeed the Goddess of Love, so "luv" and "love" were the same thing to her. She was beyond all that I suppose. And Hera did boot Hephaestus off Olympus because she thought he was too ugly, so there was no bonding period between little Aphro and Hephi.

Ares was Greek mythology.

Venus was Roman.

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Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Yes I know. I was asking OP if she meant it literally or figuratively.

I identify closely with Vulcan/Hephaestus so I know the story behind his disability.

Figuratively. I didn't know about the crooked feet story

Yes he was disfigured and disabled at birth.

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I see. And was he bad towards her?

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Posted by yupvirgoo
@Ram416

He was flung from Mt. Olympus by Hera for being born so ugly.

That's how he became lame.

Ah, is that so? I thought he was thought to be lame because he mistreated her?

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If I recall correctly, he was indeed quite controlling over her. But Venus being Venus, she didn't care much about what he thought or said, and she continued staying with him (regardless of her multiple affairs).

Basically what Seraphlight mentioned, most of the gods/goddesses were assholes to one another.

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Posted by RemixGeneralFishy
Nah, that was just a blatant rip-off from the Olympians.

APHRODITE did indeed have an affair with ARES while she was supposed to be HEPHAESTUS's partner - which is rather strange when you think about it considering they were all the kids of Zeus & Hera.

But then again Aphro was indeed the Goddess of Love, so "luv" and "love" were the same thing to her. She was beyond all that I suppose. And Hera did boot Hephaestus off Olympus because she thought he was too ugly, so there was no bonding period between little Aphro and Hephi.

Ares was Greek mythology.

Venus was Roman.

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The Romans stole pretty much everything from the Olympians. The Olympians are the original, the Roman "pantheon" is a direct copy/paste.

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You know, if I was immortal I'd probably be an azzhoe what with the aeons and aeons of living, no risks to my body, no complications to my health, no rent. I only have the pseudo-job of being a patron of beauty or trees or bears or whatever.

I'd be living like Zeus too, except my wife Hera is already a goddess so I'd probably just be messing around flirting with all the female mortals.

*chuckles

What is the purpose of flirting with mortals when you can easily own them? Mortals will fear you too much to flirt.

Only your equal can give you a proper dose of flirtation that will satisfy.

you would know 😉

anyway....

coz too much drama to flirt with goddesses (they're sisters and would probably talk about me when they're together coz women do that in their circles) plus they're probably related to me or like my distant cousin or something

*chuckles

although... it would be fun to think of ways to flirt with Hera even tho we've been married for endless aeons

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Got some Aries or Gemini anywhere in your chart?

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Posted by Bloop
I read somewhere she was pretty hardcore and had an extra-marital affair with Mars (and was caught red handed by her lame husband Vulcan).

do you like putting stuff on your head a lot?

looking good btw

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😄

No, these tiaras were quite the rage out here and everyone was wearing it after some actress did.

I did too.

Posted by Nevermore
I remember that Venus did not liked Psyche at all to be with Cupid (Her son).

Except that Psyche beat everything and became a goddess for Cupid.

Never thought I'd see Venus in that light 😄