Thursday, February 25, 2016

Graces


In Greek mythology, a Charis, or Grace is one of three or more minor goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, together known as the Charites or Graces. The usual list, from youngest to oldest is Aglaea ("Splendor"), Euphrosyne ("Mirth"), and Thalia ("Good Cheer” or “Abundance”). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the "Graces". In some variants, Charis was one of the Graces and was not the singular form of their name.

When I saw the picture above, I immediately thought of the Gay Graces. If the Graces of ancient mythology were Splendor, Mirth, and Good Cheer, then maybe the male version of the Graces should be Fabulous (Splendor), Gay (Mirth), and Endowed (Abundance).  These fellas have their backs to us, so we can’t tell if they meet those three names or not.

Of course, this post is all in jest.  The Graces or Charities were women and as far as I know, there were not male equivalent.  To be truthful, I was having a hard time coming up with a topic for today, so I went through my saved pictures and came across this one.

So here is a challenge for you: My three male graces (obviously homosexual) were Fabulous, Gay, and Endowed, what would you name the three gay Graces?

3 comments:

silvereagle said...

Yours, Mine, and Ours.....

Michael Dodd said...

Good question. Perhaps (not corresponding to the ancients) Wit, Laughter and Charm. Or Brilliance, Delight and Courage. Dignity, Joy, Hope. I see I am wandering into the virtues by chance.

May I suggest as another topic that you name gay Furies?

JiEL said...

I'd go for «Wisdom-Courage-Compassion»