Talk:Zeus

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Merge with Jupiter

According to Issue 26 of Assassin's Creed: The Official Collection magazine: Jupiter, Tinia, and Zeus are all the same person. Hence I propose merging the Zeus page into Jupiter. He is already identified as Tinia on the Jupiter page, now just to add Zeus to it.V i l k a T h e W o l f (talk) 10:17, May 21, 2020 (UTC)

I’m kinda torn on this issue. While I’m a big proponent of the concept of singular Isu being the basis for multiple deities across and even within given pantheons I’m loath to rely on the magazine because they at times have weird interpretations of canon. However at the end of the day they are a source of canon and thus I must support this motion. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 11:47, May 21, 2020 (UTC)

I noticed on Discord that some of you guys seem to think that Jupiter being identified with Zeus is somehow lore-breaking. Is this related to Fate of Atlantis? Because otherwise, I don't see what is the issue besides personal preference for them to be separate individuals. Also, for future reference, when opening a proposal for a merge, please add the corresponding template to the top of the article. Sol Pacificus^(Cyfiero) 11:51, May 21, 2020 (UTC)

Afaic, the Isu best known as Jupiter should not be conflated with the Greek god known as Zeus. Even if Zeus was based on said Isu, we’d need to draw the line somewhere between what each of them did. Did the Isu go and romance multiple women (and some men) by changing his shape into a bull, a swan, a fricking golden shower and whatever else? Was the Isu married to Juno, who haunted his extramarital companions more often than not? And how about Persephone? Was she kidnapped by Hades, forced to remain in his realm after eating six pomegranate seeds? Did Poseidon have a grudge against Ajax the Lesser? And so forth, and so on. Sadelyrate (siniath) 12:09, May 21, 2020 (UTC)

But the name Zeus is also applied to an Isu which according to the magazine is the same Isu as Jupiter. Any depiction of Zeus, Jupiter, or Tinia in mythology would just be its own section of the article like Legacy. Lacrossedeamon (talk) 12:19, May 21, 2020 (UTC)

Yeah just all that stuff will be put under a "Mythology" header. See the Minerva page.V i l k a T h e W o l f (talk) 12:21, May 21, 2020 (UTC)