Divine Origins and Waterborne Exile - Zeus/Perseus and Surya/Karna
Acrisius’s Baby-Crate Debacle Once, King Acrisius asked an oracle for sons. The oracle shrugged: “Nope. Also, your grandson will murder you.” Acrisius’s Solution™: Locked daughter Danaë in a bronze basement club (no guests, except gods apparently). Zeus crashed the party as liquid gold , got her pregnant. King found baby Perseus, panicked, and shipped mom + kid in a WOODEN CRATE (economy class) to the Aegean Sea. Aftermath: Fisherman Dictys fished them out. Perseus grew up to accidentally kill grandpa with a rogue discus. Moral: Trying to outsmart prophecies? You’ll still drown in irony. Kunti’s Sun-God Oopsie Teen princess Kunti got a “summon any god for a kid” mantra from a sage. Naturally, she tested it on Surya (sun god, 10/10 radiance). Surya’s Fine Print: “Mantra = binding contract. Here’s your demigod son.” Kunti took one look at glittering baby Karna and went: “Can’t explain this to the palace go...