Io
Io
Yo—it's Io, the nymph who got turned into a big, white heifer. Zeus transformed Io into a cow to protect her from his wife Hera, when his wife almost busted in on him and Io in, ahem, a compromising position. Long story short: Zeus's ruse didn't work out well for Io. She ended up plodding all over the Earth in cow-form, while a nasty Hera-sent gadfly stung the crap out of her wherever she roamed. Eventually, Io ended up in Egypt, where Zeus finally transformed her back into a sexy nymph. Some say Io ended up becoming the mega-famous Egyptian goddess, Isis.
Basic Information
| Name | Io |
| Nickname | Cowgirl |
| Sex | Female |
| Current city | Somewhere in Egypt (Memphis is nice this time of year…) |
Work & Education
| Occupation | Priestess of Hera (fired) Princess of Argos (according to some) River Nymph |
| Education | School of Hard Knocks |
Beliefs
| Political views | Zeus is the worst. Actually, Hera's the worst. |
Family & Friends (& Enemies)
| Parents | Inachus (Dad) |
| Siblings | None |
| Children | Epaphus (a.k.a. Apis) |
| Friends | Hermes (for freeing me from Argus) |
| Enemies | Hera (who tortured me) Argus Panoptes (my prison guard) Gadflies (Only one stung me for years, but they all should be annihilated.) |
Relationships
| Relationship status | Fling with Zeus (which turned out pretty terribly) |
| Interested in | Nobody. Ever. Again. |
Favorites
| Quotations | "Who was the first guy that looked at a cow and said, 'I think that I'll drink whatever comes out of those things when I squeeze them'?" – Calvin and Hobbes "A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still." – Samuel Johnson "Wade in the water Wade in the water, children Wade in the water God's gonna trouble the water" – from "Wade in the Water" "Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day." – Winnie the Pooh |
| Books | The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (I know, Hester. Men are nothing but trouble.) "Her Kind" by Anne Sexton The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (At least there's somebody out there sadder than me.) Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift "Alone" by Maya Angelou Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" by Emily Dickinson "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" by Langston Hughes |
| Music | Set Fire to the Rain by Adele Ruin by Cat Power Blow Me (One Last Kiss) by Pink Down to the River to Pray by Alison Krauss I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers Locked Out of Heaven by Bruno Mars Bottom of the River by Delta Rae Madness by Muse |
| Movies | The Wizard of Oz (There's no place like home, but some of us never get to go back.) Beasts of the Southern Wild Cloud Atlas The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Spirited Away A River Runs Through It Forrest Gump Anna Karenina |
| TV Shows | Law and Order: Special Victims Unit Cow and Chicken River Monsters Planet Earth |
Activities & Interests
| Likes | OFF! (good for gadflies) Pastures Dairy farms Nile River tours Egypt in general |
| Activities | Swimming in rivers Wandering the Earth Grazing in meadows (I still can't kick the habit.) |
| Interests | Bovinology Animal Health studies Psychology |
| Groups | Nymphs The Nymphs Fanclub Wetland Conservation Society Egypt's Sarcasm Society Cowgirls |