History Main / SadlyMythcharacterized

** Horkos got hit with this twice as of ''[[Videogame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]'', In the Greek myths, Horkos was the personification of curses inflicted on [[TheOathbreaker oath breakers]] and people who make false oaths. Prior to ''Strange Journey'', he was depicted as a HellGate. (a result of his Roman counterpart, Orcus being the ruler of the underworld). ''Strange Journey'' however changed him into a glutenous [[MessyPig pig-like]] beast, who eventually came BackFromTheDead as the HellGate form (now being called Orcus). The two have since [[DecompositeCharacter became separate demons]].

** Hades makes a big deal about Zeus being his older brother. Anyone who is familiar with Greek mythology, however, will immediately point out that the ''opposite'' is true: Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, while Zeus was the youngest.[[note]]The actual mythology played with this a bit, though. While Hades was biologically the eldest, Cronus regurgitating his children after he ate them was regarded as a "second birth". Since Zeus was the only one who didn't get eaten, Hades was indeed younger than him (this was the reason why Hestia was called "the first and last Olympian", because she's the first to be born to Cronus and Rhea, but the last to be regurgitated from his belly.[[/note]]

** Venus in the Riordanverse is treated as identical to her Greek counterpart, Aphrodite, when in truth the two goddesses were quite different: Aphrodite was a goddess of sexual and romantic love, focused on things such as desire and beauty ; Venus was a much more of a mother-goddess, whose aspects were mostly about purification, vegetation and victory.

This is a Supertrope to EverybodyHatesHades, EverybodyLovesZeus, HijackedByJesus and PantheonSitcom. This is a SubTrope of AdaptationDeviation, AdaptationPersonalityChange and SadlyMythtaken where the writer makes misconceptions about the source material or other parts of mythology, respectively.

** Hades makes a big deal about Zeus being his older brother. Anyone who is familiar with Greek mythology, however, will immediately point out that the ''opposite'' is true: Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, while Zeus was the youngest.

** ComicBook/{{Ares|DC}}, who according to Greek mythology was the Amazons' ancestor and one of the gods they supposedly worshiped most, is [[AdaptationalVillainy their inveterate enemy]].

* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] is quite different from the original depiction of Thor, the red haired, red bearded god, wielding the hammer Mjölnir that bears no inscription on the worthiness of whoever lifts it, and is not so flat on its sides or top, but is known for its curved shape meeting up towards an angle, and hammer must be lifted with the assistance of the power-belt Megingjörð. In the comics, there has a been a briefly introduced red haired Thor, the power-belt has been used on occasion, and Loki was mentioned as the mother of Sleipnir in a guidebook once, but otherwise, characters and elements originating from the comics, such as the Enchantress and the Warriors Three, are much more prevalent than figures from the original myths. There are some figures from the Myth/NorseMythology family tree who should be much more prominent in an ongoing mythological drama, but are instead relegated to obscurity or not mentioned at all. And though the character designs should make it clear that these are the Marvel versions and not the originals, there are plenty of artists who go by the [[Creator/JackKirby Kirbyesque]] designs when depicting non-Marvel versions of the Norse pantheon. For more information, see SadlyMythtaken.TheMightyThor.

* ''Videogame/KidIcarus'':
** The queen of the underworld is {{Medusa}}, [[DemonicSpider Pluton]] is a common enemy that steals your weapons, Pandora is a giant soap bubble and goddess of calamity and deceit, and Tanatos is a snake that lives in Medusa's hair.

* ''Series/{{Cursed}}'' features the Cailleach, a deity in real world Irish Celtic mythology, but she appears to bear next to no resemblance to the Cailleach as depicted in the show. The real-world Cailleach is a goddess of winter, storms and the harvest, and protecter of wild animals, often depicted as an old woman, not a dark spider-like entity who makes sinister deals with people and eats children.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' did this with one unusual case: Bahamut. What was a fish from Arabic Mythology that carried the world became a powerful dragon to be better related to Tiamat. In turn, Tiamat changed from her depiction in Sumerian myth as a primordial, formless sea-deity and embodiment of primal chaos into a five-headed LawfulEvil dragon goddess who lives in {{Hell}} [[note]]although Tiamat was already associated with some draconic/serpentine imagery[[/note]]. The depiction is the {{Trope Maker|s}} for Bahamut's draconic depiction.

** Poseidon also gets this treatment, he apparently isn't related to the other two brothers mentioned above and [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ursula the Sea Witch]] is his daughter.

** Poseidon also gets this treatment, he apparently isn't related to the other two brothers mentioned above and his daughter is Ursula. [[spoiler:His wife is apparently not Amphitrite if her being killed by pirates is anything to go off of.]]

* Justified in most cases in ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'' due to the need to incorporate some foreign mythical figures (the ''Hēibái Wúcháng'', vampires) into the Japanese setting, but still comes rather bafflingly with the case of definitely Japanese Tamamo-no-Mae, who's rewritten into [[GenderFlip a man]] here (albeit one [[DudeLooksLikeALady who looks and dresses like a woman]], and by contrast, the ruler of the underworld King Enma being recast as ''[[GenderFlip Lady]]'' Enma.

** Poseidon also gets this treatment, he apparently isn't related to the other two brothers mentioned above and his daughter is Ursula. [[spoiler:His wife is also not Amphitrite if his wife being killed by pirates is anything to go off of.]]

* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Hades makes a big deal about Zeus being his older brother. Anyone who is familiar with Greek mythology, however, will immediately point out that the ''opposite'' is true: Hades was the eldest son of Cronus and Rhea, while Zeus was the youngest.

** Poseidon also gets this treatment, he apparently isn't related to the other mentioned above and his daughter is Ursula. [[spoiler:His wife is also not Amphitrite if his wife being killed by pirates is anything to go off of.]]

** Zeus's portrayal downplays this trope; while the series emphasizes his JerkassGod status and ignores his mythical role as an upholder of justice and moral order, but is still reasonably close to the original myths. However, it's played straight with Poseidon, who is frequently presented as a GoodCounterpart to Zeus and the OnlySaneMan of the Olympians. This has very little basis in the original myths, where Poseidon was just as petty, temperamental, jealous and arrogant as Zeus was.

* ''LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'' includes the Greek goddess Hestia as one of the protagonists, depicted as a young girl with GirlishPigtails and a blue ribbon who wants to get into a relationship instead of becoming an older virgin goddess with a head veil. Other gods include [[GenderFlip Loki]] (who [[VoluntaryShapeshifting has an excuse]] in the original myths), and Hephaestus (In the original myths Hephaestus was crippled, elderly and male). Freya, Hermes, Take-Mikazuchi, and Ishtar also appear, but are more accurate to the source myths.

** Anubis appears in ''Anime/YuGiOhTheMoviePyramidOfLight'', losing the Jackal head and becoming ObviouslyEvil. He created the eponymous artifact to settle a long score with Atem. He is also claimed as the god of the Dead (that title actually belongs to Osiris, funnily enough the God Card most associated with Yugi and Atem)

** Dionysus was depicted in the Greek myths as a pleasant and andrygonous youth constantly seeking joy and festivities - in Riordan's universe he is a grumpy and rude overweight middle-aged man. [[spoiler: Discussed in ''The Trials of Apollo'' where it is theorized that Dionysus specifically chose to take this unusual appearance out of defiance.]]

* ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' draws heavily from Japanese myth, but depicts Amaterasu as a [[DeusEstMachina machine]] with the ability to interfere with physics and change the timeline (within limits), Take-Mizazuchi as a KillSat and Susano'o as a suit of PoweredArmor and a SoulJar [[spoiler: as well as the real body and identity of Terumi. And he acts more like Lucifer from the Christian myth rather than Susano'o in the original Japanese myth]].
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'' takes a lot from ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', including summons that are different from their mythological contexts, with [[Myth/NorseMythology Hraesvelgr]] (a giant that resembles an eagle) being an eagle that resembles a jet plane. [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Susano'o]] (god of storm) being a giant wielding a ''radio tower'' as Kusunagi, a Genderbent Sumerian King, and [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Prometheus]] (the Titan who gave fire to man) being a dragon-train. All of these are hints that [[spoiler: Earth is the Celestial Realm]].

** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'' and ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' featured several unusual demon and boss designs. Of note is Lucifer. In IV he looks like a bald man with white skin (actually being a leather bodysuit) and a red outfit. In ''Apocalypse'', he resembles a man with very dark grey skin dressed in shining gold and residing on a golden sun throne. His wings are actually the twelve rays of light from his sun throne. He also lacks the empathy for Humanity and most of his ability to manipulate people. [[spoiler: the duology's incarnation is actually a part of Satan. In previous games and Judaic tradition, the two were considered separate beings, and in Christian tradition, Lucifer is believed to taken the identity of Satan after his fall.]]

* ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Unlike some of the other Heroic Spirits, who were merely derived from their myths and were not the real figures (and thus are more subject to changes over time). Saber made a deal with the world to become a Heroic Spirit herself. [[spoiler: This means that in that universe King Arthur is female.]]