# Greek mythology blood spawning **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [March 20, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886 "2025-03-20T19:22:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/1 "2025-03-20T19:22:44Z")
Just how many entities in Greek mythology were born from someone or something else’s blood? I seem to recall more than a few but a comprehensive list would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/2 "2025-03-20T19:40:52Z")
TV Tropes has a page on this, with a subcategory about classical mythology. > **[Fertile Blood - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FertileBlood)** > > Blood signifies life. Some blood, however, is more than just a symbol. When it is spilled, life springs forth from the ground. This is usually plant life, but sometimes creatures are born from it, too. Related to Fertile Feet, Mook Maker, and … > [@](#): > > The hyacinth flower grew from the blood of a divine hero named Hyacinth. > Also, after Uranus was castrated by his son, Cronus, his blood gave birth to the Giants, the Erinyes and the Meliae. > The Anemone flower is said to have sprung up from the blood of the slain Adonis. > Similarly, the amaryllis lily is said to be named after the maiden who split her blood to create it, out of love for a shepherd who had vowed only to marry the girl who could bring him a flower he had never seen before. > Some versions of the Narcissus myth use this. All agree that the flower grew on the spot where he died, but they disagree as to whether he drowned or stabbed himself. > The winged horse, Pegasus, was born from the blood of Medusa when Perseus cut her head off. Some versions state specifically that the birth was caused by the blood mixing with seawater. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/3 "2025-03-20T19:54:23Z")
Good place to start, thanks! Although I thought Uranus’s blood spawn included Aphrodite too. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/4 "2025-03-20T19:59:34Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Although I thought Uranus’s blood spawn included Aphrodite too. She was born from his severed genitals, not the blood spewing from them. Damn, the Greeks were freaky. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/5 "2025-03-22T12:34:21Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Some versions of the Narcissus myth use this. All agree that the flower grew on the spot where he died, but they disagree as to whether he drowned or stabbed himself. I only know about the version where he tried to embrace the really handsome guy he saw in the pond (and drowned). ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/greek-mythology-blood-spawning/1015886/6 "2025-03-22T20:18:46Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Damn, the Greeks were freaky. They’ve got nothing on the Egyptians. The story of Set, Horus, and Thoth is like the kind of nightmare you’d have after watching _Alien_ followed by some bad gay porn.