The many Gods of Wonder Woman General Discussion

[wonder39]

I loved when they combined the Pantheon of the Bana and Themyscirian Amazons....

[WonderScott]

I loved when they combined the Pantheon of the Bana and Themyscirian Amazons....

So did I. I wish that was still going on and that Isis had a connection to them as well, to play out in Wonder Woman and the Captain Marvel world.

[HestiasHearth]

What was the one weapon that would work on Themyscira under Aphrodite's blessing??

[Koriand'r]

What was the one weapon that would work on Themyscira under Aphrodite's blessing??

It wasn't one weapon, it was one island in the floating archipelago that they used for training.

[HestiasHearth]

It wasn't one weapon, it was one island in the floating archipelago that they used for training.

Thanks! I was confused by the phrasing. I thought that "except one" referred to one weapon, as opposed to one island.

[Primal Slayer]

Zeus shows up in the latest Shazam issue

[Agent Z]

In Leigh Bardugo's YA novel, Wonder Woman: Warbringer, the first chapter establishes that some Amazons worship other gods besides the Greek ones. How can this be integrated in modern depictions, especially with the Amazons' racial diversity kept in mind?

[John Venus]

I mean, why do people switch to other religions in real life? They find something dissatisfying in the current one and something more fulfilling in the religion they switched to.

And often times in Theocratic societies you are persona non grata if you are not part of the 'club'. Do Amazons gets to maintain their gifts if they switch teams or do their other Gods grant new ones in exchange for it? Side note: I think Themsycira being a theocratic society and exploring their flaws from that lens is more interesting than the often dismal treatment of them as a misandrist society.

[Sebastianne]

Zeus shows up in the latest Shazam issue

Zeus was dead in the WW-Shazam event. Is it explained here how he came back to life? Or did that never matter?

[Fuzzy Mittens]

Zeus was dead in the WW-Shazam event. Is it explained here how he came back to life? Or did that never matter?

Considering he was also dead in the Robinson run and just came back without a mention, I assume nobody even blinks at Zeus dying anymore.
That is to say, no, it really did not matter. Editorial mandated an event to tie Wonder Woman and Shazam, and I get the impression that nobody actually making it were really that invested in it. Add to that the movie that prompted the event flopping hard....

[Sebastianne]

Considering he was also dead in the Robinson run and just came back without a mention, I assume nobody even blinks at Zeus dying anymore.
That is to say, no, it really did not matter. Editorial mandated an event to tie Wonder Woman and Shazam, and I get the impression that nobody actually making it were really that invested in it. Add to that the movie that prompted the event flopping hard....

He came back to life thanks to Diana who rescued him and the other gods in WW #775. But hey, who cares?

[Primal Slayer]

The Gods are just never ending red shirts for writers. How many times have they died, disappeared, etc...and just return as if nothing happened.

And DC wonders why sales in general lack.

[Gaius]

In Leigh Bardugo's YA novel, Wonder Woman: Warbringer, the first chapter establishes that some Amazons worship other gods besides the Greek ones. How can this be integrated in modern depictions, especially with the Amazons' racial diversity kept in mind?

Most polytheistic religions incorporate deities who originated outside of the initial native culture (even monotheistic religions do this to an extant) so it wouldn't be much of a problem for some Amazons to chose to worship other deities, even easier in a world where all deities actually exist.

[Skytten]

Zeus was dead in the WW-Shazam event. Is it explained here how he came back to life? Or did that never matter?

The gods doesn't actually die or rather they just die in that universe. All the gods has a main body/image in the Sphere of the Gods and avatars in each universe. That was just one avatar of Zeus and he just needs time or if done faster another way to be brought back to that universe.

[Koriand'r]

Zeus shows up in the latest Shazam issue

That's the best representation of Zeus I've seen in a long time, he seemed competent and powerful. It's not out of the realm of possibility that Zeus may like being tied to Diana in order to keep himself relevant. I could see him conspiring to perpetuate the myth that he's responsible for her creation, because in his mind he's the father of all the gods, so when the others blessed her clay statue with life he was ultimately the patriarch.