mythic tarot court cards

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Jul 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

spoonbender	21 Jul 2003
hey everybody, does anyone here have the mythic tarot? I'm not interested in buying it, but I am interested in greek mythology--so I was wondering if anyone could tell me what characters from Greek mythology the Court Cards from the Swords suit represent? thanks a lot! Spoonbender

Silverlotus	21 Jul 2003
I found a site that might be useful for you. http://home.pacific.net.sg/~mun_hon/tarot/may98/mswords.htm The title in the title bar says "The Suit of Wands", but the text on the page is for the Swords. The page is Zephyrus, the knights are the Discouri, the Queen is Atalanta, and the King is Odysseus, according to this site. I don't have this deck anymore, but from what I can remember, that is correct. I hope I've helped. :)

spoonbender	21 Jul 2003
You helped a lot :), thank you!!

amyel	21 Jul 2003
Hi Spponbender, The rest of the suuites are so: Cups: Page = Narcissus Knight = Perseus Queen = Helen (of Troy) KingOrpheus Wands: Page = Phrixus KNight = Bellerophon Queen = Penelope King = Thesus of Athens Pentacles: Page = Triptolemus Knight = Aristaeus Queen = Omphale King = Midas (or the golden touch fame) Swords you have.

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