Oceanspray

Mythology

A/N: So the mythology of Oceanspray is a bit different. I'm posting an "in-depth" version of it here in case anyone was confused about it in the story. But yeah, I tweaked it about from the original Greek myths to better suit the story. I did quite a bit of research for this, but as with any kind of belief or oral traditions, the "facts" are more than likely a bit different from what is known by someone else, per say, you. So please don't hate the mythology I created, saying stuff like, "That's not how it went!" or "You're so wrong about this!" It's my story, and this is how it's going to be.

Oceanspray

Mythology

Gods, ever lustful, began the start of the merpeople. Poseidon, god of the sea and oceans, fell for a beautiful mortal Cleito. She bore his sons, who later became the rulers of Atlantis, as her personal island became known as.  Poseidon watched as his lover’s island flourished with the greatest advancements of their time. It could even surpass the knowledge of present-day science. Yet Universe feared what the humans had created and sought out their demise.

The Atlantean gods tried their best to preserve the land, but nothing could stop the Chaos from retaking the land back into the sea it came from. Poseidon tried to save the people of his deceased lover’s beautiful land. Reasons for this seemingly random attempted saving are completely unknown.

He did his best to save the Atlanteans, yet it still didn’t work as well as he hoped. Poseidon was able to have Thanatos hold their souls as he reworked their bodies. He kept their heads and chests because he knew that half of the magic that came from humans was born from their heads and the other half from their hearts. Unfortunately, that meant that the rest of their bodies were subject to modification, and being the god of the sea, he had limited materials. The new bodies were then half-human, half-fish.

With a little bit of godly magic, Poseidon was able to give the Atlenteans the gift of walking again. However, due to the reconstruction of their bodies, being out of water for an extended amount of time would cause pain to their legs and lower back. Some, completely unused to the hollow yet excruciating pain, were condemned to life in a wheelchair or immobility if they wanted to stay on land.

Because of this change though, some of the Atlanteans were never able to find their other half. As Plato once described, humans were originally born with four arms, four legs, one head, and two faces. Zeus, fearing that they would become too powerful, split his creations in half, sentencing them to a life of constant searching of their other half.