The mythology of creatures in Heroes (Goblins and Co.).

Have you seen elves? You probably know so much about them that you could write an encyclopedia: "Elves and Me" (no offense).


What does "truth" mean? I repeat that heroes are a fairy tale, and what the Nival developers came up with is just their fantasy.

You didn't understand what I meant. I meant that myths are reliable, not the stories of Tolkien and Le Guin. Anyone can come up with anything in their work, but I just find it funny why everyone thinks that all creatures should look and have customs like those in these writers' works?

By the way, Magnus,
Everything about the Titans in Greek mythology is well written. Good job telling us. You're educating the masses, so to speak. Thank you very much for that. But there doesn't seem to be anything about the Giants (predecessors of the Titans) in Greek mythology, as far as I remember. Or am I just not familiar enough with Greek mythology? There is a clear inconsistency in Heroes 3: Giants are presented as predecessors of Titans in the Academy castle. This means that Giants must be somehow (even indirectly) connected to Titans! I don't see such a mythological connection yet. Does anyone else see it? And if they are connected, can you tell me how? If anyone knows, please answer. I will also try to find the answer myself.

2 Gramm, they are directly related because: Giants in Greek mythology are the sons of Gaia, who appeared from the blood of the castrated Uranus, which was absorbed into the earth-mother. According to another version, Gaia gave birth to them from Uranus after the Titans were cast down into Tartarus. The pre-Greek origin of the Giants is evident. Apollodorus told the detailed story of the birth and death of the Giants. Giants inspired fear with their appearance – with thick beards and hair, and the lower part of their bodies was serpentine. They were born on the Phlegrean Fields ("burning fields") on the Pallene Peninsula (in Chalkidiki, Northern Greece); there, the battle of the Olympian gods with the Giants took place. Unlike the Titans, the Giants are mortal. By the will of fate, their death depended on the participation of heroes (mortals) in the battle, who would come to the aid of the gods. Gaia searched for a magical herb that would save the Giants' lives. But Zeus outstripped Gaia and, sending darkness to the earth, cut this herb himself. On the advice of Athena, Zeus summoned the hero Heracles to participate in the battle. In the Gigantomachy, the Olympians destroyed the Giants. Apollodorus mentions the names of 13 Giants, although there were up to 150 of them in total. Heracles killed Alkioneus, who drew strength from the earth, Zeus – Porphyrion, Apollo – Ephialtes, Dionysus – Eurytus, Hecate – Clitius, Hephaestus – Memantus, and Athena crushed Enceladus with the island of Sicily, skinned the still-living Pallantus, and used his skin as armor. Poseidon defeated Hippolytus, Artemis – Gratyon, the Moirai – Agrius and Thoas. The rest were struck down by Zeus with thunderbolts. Heracles finished off the Giants with his arrows. At the heart of the Gigantomachy (as well as the Titanomachy) lies the idea of ordering the world, embodied in the victory of the Olympian generation of gods over chthonic forces, and the strengthening of the supreme power of Zeus. The Roman poet Claudius wrote a small poem dedicated to the theme of the Gigantomachy. The battle of the Olympians with the Giants is depicted on the frieze of the altar of Zeus in the city of Pergamum. Homer in the Odyssey mentions the wild tribe of Giants – a fairy-tale people on a par with the Phaeacians and Cyclopes, protected by the gods