Apparently the government of the Yucatán recently erected a Poseidon statue on one of their major beaches. It’s a very heavily Mayan area, where people still pray to Chaac, the god of rainfall.
They’re now being slammed with 3 hurricanes and significant flooding, leading to memes like this
Send it to me - I'll give this statue a nice Greek-heritage home. ⚓🌊 Next-up, crowd-funder to commission local Mayan artists to design a beautiful statue of Chaac! 🌦️ #whatweretheythinking
I remember on a visit to Mexico City being told a story about a statue of Tlaloc that did not want to be relocated to a museum, thankyouverymuch, and made it rain until they took it off the truck and set it up on the side of the road.
Stuff like this is why I think twice when planes and boats are named things like 'Zeus' Folly' or 'Fairyland Adventure'.
You're just asking for trouble.
As someone who trained in bronze sculpture, we need more public statuary. But maybe consult a humanities professor before you pick "a relevant myth," Greece? Zeus chasing a swan wouldn't have been 'great,' but it wouldn't have been so on-the-nose!
Ooohh yes, that one. C’est ca.
I mean, go big or go home, right? And by home I mean sink into the sea in like 48 hours and live on as myth and cautionary tale.
I think they mean why would the Yucatan government put a Greek god statue on a Mexican beach. I'm guessing...for multiculturalism? Haha but it seems risky..........😹
Oh, my! I don't know what startles and enchants me more! The international meme, the idea of the statue, or the indigenous power this shows!
How lovely!
Hmmmm. Always consult your local Gods before invoking a divine punch-up. Especially where pluvial forces get brought in on the equivalent of 'Give him the chair! THE CHAIR!!!!'
