I N V I D I A
:: goddess of jealousy and envy in Roman mythology ::
:: goddess of jealousy and envy in Roman mythology ::
Summary:: -- Invidia was portrayed as a winged woman brandishing a sword and carrying scales. However,
Invidia as envy and jealousy was also portrayed as a hideously thin hag, with serpents in her hair and with large fangs for teeth. Later in
the middle ages, the goddess of envy was portrayed as having green eyes and a serpent for a tongue. As goddess of envy, Invidia was
used by the gods to punish mortals for their offences. The explanation for why envy is so heartless is because Invidia ripped out her
own heart and devoured it. Invidia takes delight in the suffering and pain of others and suffers when others prosper or are successful.
As for her home, Invidia is believed to dwell in a foul, disgusting cave where the sun never shines and where the wind never blows.
There she passes her time, until needed, by feeding upon serpents.
Invidia as envy and jealousy was also portrayed as a hideously thin hag, with serpents in her hair and with large fangs for teeth. Later in
the middle ages, the goddess of envy was portrayed as having green eyes and a serpent for a tongue. As goddess of envy, Invidia was
used by the gods to punish mortals for their offences. The explanation for why envy is so heartless is because Invidia ripped out her
own heart and devoured it. Invidia takes delight in the suffering and pain of others and suffers when others prosper or are successful.
As for her home, Invidia is believed to dwell in a foul, disgusting cave where the sun never shines and where the wind never blows.
There she passes her time, until needed, by feeding upon serpents.
:: Traits of her children ::
⇛ Children of Invidia are often very envious, as their name sake suggests. They want what they can't have and resent others who do have it.
⇛ Children of Invidia tend to be vengeful and sensitive. They do not have the thickest of skins and will get offended extremely easily.
⇛ Children of Invidia give off a tense and unwelcoming aura that gradually get more and more potent the longer they are around and/or more upset a child may become.
⇛ Children of Invidia show signs of selfishness, arrogance, and closed-mindedness.
⇛ Children of Invidia tend to be vengeful and sensitive. They do not have the thickest of skins and will get offended extremely easily.
⇛ Children of Invidia give off a tense and unwelcoming aura that gradually get more and more potent the longer they are around and/or more upset a child may become.
⇛ Children of Invidia show signs of selfishness, arrogance, and closed-mindedness.
:: Basic powers of her children ::
⇛ Children of Invidia can force someone to act upon ravenous envy through touch. The physical contact must be at least three seconds; the long the touch is kept, the longer the effects last.
⇛ Children of Invidia can speak to, understand, and call upon snakes and serpents to aid them in battle.
⇛ Children of Invidia can breath out a noxious gas from their mouths; this gas can take up a minimum radius of fifteen feet and infect those who breath it in. The gas corrupts the mind and causes mass confusion to the point of madness.
⇛ Children of Invidia can cause their skin to develop hard as steel scales. They cover their entire body and last from a minimum of three hits to a maximum of ten hits, depending on the strength of the child.
⇛ Children of Invidia can speak to, understand, and call upon snakes and serpents to aid them in battle.
⇛ Children of Invidia can breath out a noxious gas from their mouths; this gas can take up a minimum radius of fifteen feet and infect those who breath it in. The gas corrupts the mind and causes mass confusion to the point of madness.
⇛ Children of Invidia can cause their skin to develop hard as steel scales. They cover their entire body and last from a minimum of three hits to a maximum of ten hits, depending on the strength of the child.
