Jabrosky
Banned
One of my most recent plot bunnies owes its inspiration to the hypothesis put forward by historian Martin Bernal that the Greek goddess Athena evolved from the Egyptian Neith. Since both goddesses patronized warfare and weaving in their respective cultures, and since a few Greek traditions do place Athena's origin somewhere in Africa, I can see why he might make that connection. The idea that sparked in me goes, "What if some Egyptian or other African warrior chick named Neith went to primitive Greece and inspired the legend of Athena?" I do
Obviously most written or cinematic adaptations of mythology end up diverging from their source material in some way, but the question I want to pose here is how much change you would accept in an adaptation. Where do you draw your line? I remember seeing a few people get upset with the Disney retelling of the Heracles myth, what with Hades replacing Hera as the antagonist. I myself felt cheated with the recent Beowulf movie which took out the water monster fight, albeit largely because I thought that would have made the movie much more awesome. At the same time, if I were to pursue my new plot bunny and adapt the Athena myth, I don't want to feel constricted by the limitations imposed by faithfulness to canon.
Obviously most written or cinematic adaptations of mythology end up diverging from their source material in some way, but the question I want to pose here is how much change you would accept in an adaptation. Where do you draw your line? I remember seeing a few people get upset with the Disney retelling of the Heracles myth, what with Hades replacing Hera as the antagonist. I myself felt cheated with the recent Beowulf movie which took out the water monster fight, albeit largely because I thought that would have made the movie much more awesome. At the same time, if I were to pursue my new plot bunny and adapt the Athena myth, I don't want to feel constricted by the limitations imposed by faithfulness to canon.