This is half-baked but I've seen Ancient greek gods described as "because they are not human, they are divine, they can have incest with no problems."
My half-baked idea is that these gods can do fantastic things like throw lightningbolts and cause earthquakes because they are divine creatures. The normal rules don't apply to them. This translates to... uh other normal rules. They don't apply to gods but they do apply to you because you can't throw lightning bolts.
Also have you considered that the Greek myths are simply factually the correct religion? And ancient humans just told the facts.
its true one time i met an old man wandering through a small forest path who claimed to be a son of zeus. He asked a task of me right then. A task he said that I would be rewarded for in luck and long life. I told him that though I would do him no harm for his lies, i doubted his claimed heritage. To prove himself to me that he was indeed of godly blood he did jack off on a rock, which sprang to life and danced about, very clearly pregnant with the seed of an Olympian. I then accepted his quest. But jeez that was an awkward few minutes waiting for him to finish.
This is half-baked but I've seen Ancient greek gods described as "because they are not human, they are divine, they can have incest with no problems."
My half-baked idea is that these gods can do fantastic things like throw lightningbolts and cause earthquakes because they are divine creatures. The normal rules don't apply to them. This translates to... uh other normal rules. They don't apply to gods but they do apply to you because you can't throw lightning bolts.
Also have you considered that the Greek myths are simply factually the correct religion? And ancient humans just told the facts.
its true one time i met an old man wandering through a small forest path who claimed to be a son of zeus. He asked a task of me right then. A task he said that I would be rewarded for in luck and long life. I told him that though I would do him no harm for his lies, i doubted his claimed heritage. To prove himself to me that he was indeed of godly blood he did jack off on a rock, which sprang to life and danced about, very clearly pregnant with the seed of an Olympian. I then accepted his quest. But jeez that was an awkward few minutes waiting for him to finish.
What a story Mark.
Huh. Weirdest encounter I've ever had with an Olympian was that Bacchus got me to drink gin once at a party. Turns out I hate gin.