Origin Story

Stories in the Origin Story genre:

• Demeter and Persephone Jul 29, 2025

  

  Demeter and Persephone

  Long, long ago, when the world was young and the gods walked more freely among mortals, there was no winter. The earth bloomed in eternal spring, flowers danced in perpetual sunshine, and the harvest never failed. This blessed time was the gift of Demeter, the great goddess of the earth and growing things, whose love for all living creatures kept the world green and abundant.

• Hades and the Underworld Jul 29, 2025

  

  Hades and the Underworld

  When the ancient Greeks contemplated death, they did not imagine a heavenly paradise or fiery hell as later religions would. Instead, they envisioned a shadowy, neutral realm beneath the earth—a place where the spirits of the dead would continue a diminished version of existence, neither in torment nor in joy, but simply… persisting.

• The Birth of Aphrodite Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Birth of Aphrodite

  In the earliest days of creation, before mortals walked the earth, when titans ruled the world and the Olympian gods were yet unborn, there existed only primal forces locked in eternal struggle. The sky had not yet been separated from the earth, and chaos reigned across the formless universe.

  From this primordial disorder emerged Gaia, Mother Earth herself, who gave birth to Uranus, the starry Sky. Together, they became the first divine couple, and from their union came the race of Titans—twelve colossal beings of tremendous power who would rule the world before the age of the gods.

• The Judgement of Paris Jul 29, 2025

  

  The Judgement of Paris

  Long before the great walls of Troy echoed with the clash of bronze and the cries of war, before heroes like Achilles and Hector became legends, there was a single moment of choice that would shape the destiny of gods and mortals alike. It began, as many great troubles do, with vanity, jealousy, and a golden apple.

• Pandora's Box Jul 28, 2025

  

  Pandora’s Box

  In the early days of creation, when humans had just begun to populate the earth, they lived in a state of innocence and harmony. Pain, sickness, and death were unknown to them, and their days passed in blissful ignorance of suffering. This was the time before Pandora opened her infamous “box”—which was actually a large storage jar or pithos in the original Greek tales.

• Prometheus and the Gift of Fire Jul 28, 2025

  

  Prometheus and the Gift of Fire

  In the time before time, when the world was young and the reign of the Olympian gods still new, there lived a Titan named Prometheus. Unlike most of his kin who had fought against Zeus in the great war for control of the cosmos, Prometheus had sided with the Olympians, helping them achieve victory over the other Titans. For this, he was spared imprisonment in the gloomy pit of Tartarus where his brothers languished.

• The Creation of Mankind Jul 25, 2025

  

  After the great war between the Titans and Olympians had ended, and Zeus had established his rule over the cosmos, the earth lay empty and quiet. The battles had scarred the landscape, leaving behind mountains split by lightning and seas that still steamed from divine fury. But in this silence, something was missing—there were no voices raised in song, no laughter echoing through the valleys, no prayers ascending to the heavens.

• The Legend of Betel and Areca Jul 16, 2025

  

  In a small village beside a peaceful river, there lived two brothers who loved each other more dearly than life itself. The elder brother, Tan, was strong and hardworking, known throughout the village for his skill as a fisherman and his generous heart. The younger brother, Lang, was gentle and artistic, spending his days crafting beautiful objects from bamboo and wood, and composing songs that made even the birds pause to listen.

• Eve's Various Children Jan 22, 2025

  

  In the very beginning of time, when the world was still young and fresh from the hand of the Creator, Adam and Eve lived in the beautiful Garden of Eden and were blessed with many children. These children were the first generation of human beings to be born upon the earth, and they would become the ancestors of all the peoples who would eventually populate the world.