Greek mythology: Tithonus
Tithonus - Son of King Laomedon and water mymph Strymo.
Lust of Eos:
Eos the amorous biracial - greek titaness and goddess of Dawn fell in love with this guy. Her fling with Ares caused her to be cursed with unratifiable sexual desire. Courteous the jealous Aphrodite.
Chase:
So, she kidnapped him and added him to list of her male-concubines.
Gift and the curse:
She asked Zeus to make him immortal and Zeus granted her wish but she forgot to ask for eternal youth. And yes Zeus granted the gift of immortality with curse of not granting eternal youth.
Senile life:
So, he lived forever, wrinkled. He babbled forever.
Hindu mythology: Bhismar
Bhishmar - Son of King Shantanu and River Ganges
Lust of Shantanu:
Shantanu wanted to marry the fisherman's daughter Satyavati. His son Bhisma volunteered to be the matchmaker and approached Satyavati's dad and asked him to marry off his daughter to his dad. Satyavati's dad asked for reverse dowry.
Dowry is what father of the bride is supposed to give groom's family. Here the father-of the bride asked for dowry to son of the groom.
Chase:
He asked Bhimsa to give up throne, to which Bhisma agreed, and when the dad still hesitated that his kids may claim in future, he took celibacy oath for life, so that no children shall be born to him to claim the throne.
Too bad, neither of them knew about IUI and IVF else he would have become virgin-dad.
Gift and the curse:
The proud dad Shantanu, yep pleased with his son's pimping skills, offered him a boon that Bhisma would regret forever.
He gave his son the gift to live forever with curse of no eternal youth. Bhimsa's boon - he will get to choose the time of his death.
Senile life:
In Mahabharatha war, Arjuna his grand-grand-grand-grand son, turned his body to swiss chess by shooting bunch of arrows but he didnt die.
This guy had to live and endure the pain and suffering from that and stayed alive in the battlefield till the end of the war.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Immortality without eternal youth is like buying luxury cars without warranty or free service coupons
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Tithonus - Son of King Laomedon and water mymph Strymo.
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Eos the amorous biracial - greek titaness and goddess of Dawn fell in love with this guy. Her fling with Ares caused her to be cursed with unratifiable sexual desire. Courteous the jealous Aphrodite.
Chase:
So, she kidnapped him and added him to list of her male-concubines.
Gift and the curse:
She asked Zeus to make him immortal and Zeus granted her wish but she forgot to ask for eternal youth. And yes Zeus granted the gift of immortality with curse of not granting eternal youth.
Senile life:
So, he lived forever, wrinkled. He babbled forever.
Hindu mythology: Bhismar
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Lust of Shantanu:
Shantanu wanted to marry the fisherman's daughter Satyavati. His son Bhisma volunteered to be the matchmaker and approached Satyavati's dad and asked him to marry off his daughter to his dad. Satyavati's dad asked for reverse dowry.
Dowry is what father of the bride is supposed to give groom's family. Here the father-of the bride asked for dowry to son of the groom.
Chase:
He asked Bhimsa to give up throne, to which Bhisma agreed, and when the dad still hesitated that his kids may claim in future, he took celibacy oath for life, so that no children shall be born to him to claim the throne.
Too bad, neither of them knew about IUI and IVF else he would have become virgin-dad.
Gift and the curse:
The proud dad Shantanu, yep pleased with his son's pimping skills, offered him a boon that Bhisma would regret forever.
He gave his son the gift to live forever with curse of no eternal youth. Bhimsa's boon - he will get to choose the time of his death.
Senile life:
In Mahabharatha war, Arjuna his grand-grand-grand-grand son, turned his body to swiss chess by shooting bunch of arrows but he didnt die.
This guy had to live and endure the pain and suffering from that and stayed alive in the battlefield till the end of the war.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
Immortality without eternal youth is like buying luxury cars without warranty or free service coupons
For more comparative mythology stories, go here
