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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Evenglare" data-source="post: 5879577" data-attributes="member: 63245">Well, I have taken several mythology courses, and while yes, the Romans have adopted other gods, Greek gods are obviously at the forefront of their pantheon. Most people are aware of the duality of Greek and roman gods. When you see Jupiter, you know it's Zeus, then you hear of Venus, it's Aphrodite. Honestly, it just seems as if you are attempting to troll me, which is fine, I just figured you would understand the duality of roman and Greek gods. Many classic myths have been written with both roman gods in place of Greek gods. The Aeneid comes to mind being a direct sequel to the odyssey and the Iliad. The reason I say most rpgs come from a Nordic myth is because most fundamental races such as elves and dwarves get their origin from there. You don't really see satyr and centaurs as races. I do understand there are MONSTERS which heavily draw on classical myth, the fact that the basis of fantasy comes from Tolkien fantasy which itself is derived from Nordic myth. Also , the titans vs the gods, are not exclusive to Greek myth. Nordic myth has the gods vs the Jotun which are the giants, which can be analogous to the titans.And just a general comment, it's extremely annoying to have a post deconstructed sentence by sentence to tell a person why they are wrong, or at least implying it.</blockquote>