User blog comment:EtherealNyx/Why Myths Could Be A Viable Source For OCs/@comment-3991308-20150907193932

The thing with myths – you have to consider how well it works into Ever After High, and how it can function as a fairytale.

Fairytales are written in a way with simplicity. In other words, you can put a fairytale in any time and any setting, and you would still have a coherent story. With myths, it's a lot harder, especially when you consider that most myths were written to explain natural phenomenon or how the world works. That's not to say that fairytales don't (see: Why The Sea is Salt, aka one of my favourite Japanese tales), but that was not the purpose of fairytales.

However, some myths are perfectly viable. They can be repeated and they can happen anytime. There's plenty of OCs for King Midas, and another myth off the top of my head which I can think of is Pyramus and Thisbe, which would work fine.

But there are also other myths, especially those that are rooted in history. I'm thinking in particular of the Trojan War and the Fall of Troy. How can you replay a myth of a fallen city? And what about Aeneas, son-in-law of the King of Troy, sailing across the sea to found a literal race of people. It's impossible to replay those events because amazingly, the Roman race has been founded for 1000 years.

Mainly, we refrain from allowing god OCs on the Wikia, or at least, OCs destined to take on the role of a god.

Of course, that was mainly classical mythology I'm talking about. Especially in terms of classical gods, and the Pantheon, myths are hard to fulfill over and over again. Despite this, there are still exceptions.

A similar thing applies to Egyptian myths of creation and phenomenon-explaining. And Norse, too.

Basically, you want to make a character in a myth? Sure. Just make sure it's not something rooted in history, and then you're fine.

(And before anyone mentions Cupid, she's not taking over as the next Eros. She's literally an ambassador/diplomat between the dimensions.)