Gli Eroi dell’Olimpo Article: Who the Hades is Piper's mom?

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posted by Amphitrite

Piper, maybe.

Since Rick Riordan gave us a glimpse of the new story, speculations and theories have been flying from all directions. I'm here to sort and sift through some good theories about Piper. In case, te haven't read the sample chapterslink and enter "newhero" in the password field.
Piper seems to be the lead female character, and an interesting one at that. She is half Native American (Cherokee) and half Olympian! She smells of cinnamon and according to the "popular clique" of The Wilderness School she's a Klepto. I know what you're thinking, daughter of Hermes, right? Not so, her mom is the Olympian. So the big domanda is: Who in the ever-loving Hestia is Piper's mom?

Theory Number one: Athena
Nope, sorry folks, I just don't think this is it. Reason number one, Rick doesn't like to repeat himself. I don't think he would have another Daughter of Athena in a main role, it's just not him. Secondly, Piper doesn't have any of the classic attributes of Athenian children. Also, there was più to her than brains, and that's the main thing. Sure, all Athenian kids are smart, but not all smart kids are Athena's.

Theory Number two: Demeter
In my opinion, Demeter is not the mom. The only evidence that people going with this theory have is that Piper smelled like cinnamon. Maybe her scent is not an Olympian thing, maybe it's a Native American thing. As a Native American, myself (well half of one) I know that we use herbs a lot, and smelling like cinnamon o some other herb is typical. Besides, who doesn't like to smell good?

Theory Number three: Iris
Again, I just don't think this one is it. First off, we have already seen a child of Iris. Butch, the big guy that showed up with Annabeth, had a tattoo of a rainbow, so I'm sure he's Iris's. The evidence making everyone think of Iris is that Piper's eyes change color. I don't ever remember Leggere anything in mythology about Iris's eyes shifting color. I don't know about you, but I know plenty of people whose eyes change color, so maybe it's just a mortal attribute.

Theory Number four: Aphrodite
Well, although it would be nice to have a Daughter of Aphrodite along for the ride, it just doesn't fit. In the Percy Jackson series, children of the goddess of Amore and beauty were vain and, well lets put it this way, stuck up (most of the time). Although Piper is detto to be really pretty, she just didn't act like she was Aphrodite's daughter. She wasn't mean, vain, o obessed about her looks. Plus, she had on a giacca and jeans, not something an Aphrodite girl would be caught dead in.

Theory Number five: Hestia
No, no, no, and no. I just don't see it. Sure, I know some of te are saying "but she smells of cinnamon", but orso with me. Yes, cinnamon is a warm scent, but like with the Demeter theory, we just don't know if it is because of the other side of her heritage, o even a personal choice as to what perfume to wear. I just don't think Hestia is the mom, and I'm pretty sure that it was detto her cabina at CHB was there as an honor, not because there was any possibility of a Hestia born halfblood.

Theory Number six: Hecate
Hecate is a minor goddess that presides over witchcraft. Did Piper do any magic? Nope, so this one is nixed.

Theory Number seven: Peitho
Peitho is a lesser known minor goddess. She was the personification and goddess of persuasion and seduction. This theory seems più relevant than the others to me. This one is believable because of the reason Piper is sent to the Wilderness School. She supposedly ha rubato, stola a BMW (that's a car) from a dealership. She denies it. According to her she talked the dealer into letting her borrow it. That's quite a feat of persuasion, if te ask me! There is another thing about Peitho that gets me. Peitho was a good friend of everybody's favourite Amore goddess, Aphrodite, and was detto to be very pretty herself. Piper is detto to be really pretty, too, despite not wearing makeup and dressing down.

Theories about Piper have been the hot topic (next to what the Hade's is wrong with Jason) since we read the chapters. The speculations keep coming, but I can't lista them all. My final answer to the question: Only time will tell. Mr. Riordan gave us some great clues, but not enough, and his lips are sealed, so keep the theories coming!

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HecateA @ Pie_Jesu - Piper knows her dad, she knows who he is. If a demigod child knows about their godly parent, their scent increases, they are brought to camp nearly right away and they at least know about monsters. Piper was surprised/confused about Dylan, something which a demigod wouldn't be surprised with and might have seen coming. Also, she never knew her mother, it is said by Isabel, which is what Annabeth, Silena, Katie Gardner and all the other demigod-by-a-goddess children went threw. Leo also knows about her father and Jason is supposed to, chances are, Piper would either recognise the demigod in them, or they would recognise themselves by the myths. And I don't believe her father is staged because demigods need to live with at least 1 person who is aware of who they are, mostly their parent since they try to keep the "gods-are-alive"-thing as secret as posible. I'm starting to think of hecate as a possibility again. If not, Persephone.

Amphitrite Well, Pie_Jesu, the thing is that Piper and Leo have no clue what a demigod is or even that they are demigods, meaning that if Leo was reffering to Piper's dad's godly power it would contradict what we already know. Another thing is that not only was Piper's dad Native American, he was the parent that Piper was living with, meaning that he most likely in't the immortal parent. He is probably an actor or something. There is a theory that he may be a demigod, too.

HecateA we have theories for everything :) No seriosuly

RoHeHa_6264995 This is another problem with the Piper's-dad-is-immortal thing: The kids at Wilderness school don't know, don't believe and don't care about the Greek gods. So even if Piper's dad was Zeus, I don't think they will react like "we are not worthy!"

nicofan4 I'm still trying to figure who piper's mom is and i don't have clue. Hmmmmmmmm....

nicofan4 Maybe it's Athena or persephone but I wish R.R put up another chapter!! I am going to run to the book store when the book comes out! October 12...(sigh)

DiAngelo Well, It seems to me that Piper's Olympian parent is Hera. Now I now what you're thinking. Isn't Hera a maiden goddess? Wrong. She's married to Zues. So, it could be what alot of people on here have been saying. That not all maiden goddessess don't have children. Or, it could be that Hera cheated on Zues some how. And think about it this way, as you all know, Rick Riordan is an excellent author. There is a high chanve that he would write down something so dramatic.

Amphitrite Although I don't think Hera is Piper's mom, I appreciate that you noted she wasn't a maiden goddess. You are right partly. No she wasn't a maiden goddess, and I wouldn't put it past her to cheat just to get back at Zeus, but every year she took a trip to a sacred stream to renew her virginity. So in some respects she is a maiden goddess, but for all intensive purposes she isn't really a maiden at all.

HecateA But the sacred-magical-stream thing doesn't erase the action of cheating, does it? That's the real reason Hera has no demigod children.

percabeth456 Well I made a poll on it and i voted Iris because like you I thought her eyes change color so fresh evidence

ItsHThammertime Did everyone forget how Piper can touch spirits? Look at the bottom of page 35 and then read on to pg 36 of the book. That's a big clue right there. & I think she actually COULD be Persephone's daughter. Even look at the picture of her that was recently let out. Her face kinda resembles Pershephone's from the photo's of the Demi-god files. Oh and what about the face in the sword of the photo? That guy looks pretty scary. Who do you think he is?

_cho-co-late_ thats actually a really good point about her touching the spirits! i never thought of that :). god, i feel so dumb now. once you mentioned that she could touch spirits i was like... must re-read preview. given the theory you just presented im now inclined to believe her mother is persephone because being surrounded by spirits for 6months of the year may have given her new found powers over them. what picutre that was recently let out of her?! whats the website?

liylia9 guys pipers mother is aphrodite and if you ask me for prof then look at page 134 of the lost hero and it says it at the bottom of the page so ha see yall later

HecateA ^Hello, welcome to the spot and here's your welcoming muffin basket, I'm Hecate, the welcoming commity. And we know NOW who Piper's mom is, but the conv. above is us trying to figure it out before the book came out.

fansfans12345 Well, I already read the book! The weird thing is that Piper's mom IS Aphrodite. She is not very much like Aphrodite, but if you read the part where Aphrodite contacts Piper, her lines make sense. If you haven't read the part yet and i just told you... sorry. It's a great book by the way, fantastic, higher than 5 stars. We all were excited when the book came out, now we have it and we now know who Piper's mom is. Read the rest and you will be happy you did. There is your information. Continue writing please!

mercedesdude I read the book, her mother is Aphrodite.

tronwolf Um ppl.. Spoiler if you don't wanna know pipers mom and you wanna wait till you read the book.. Meh. It's Aphrodite. She gets claimed at the campfire. :P

nymph_tonks read the damn book. its aphrodite.

Alex13126 Hi welcome to this page! Sorry Hecate couldn't be here but im Alex. *Hands welcome muffin basket* Yes now we know that shes Piper's mom but if you look under the text it says "Posted 8 months ago" or "Posted 6 months ago" or something like that. We were trying to figure out who her mom was BEFORE the book came out. Have a Nice Day!!!

riptidekid sorry 2 bust ya party about the daughter of aphrodite.....

Amphitrite I'm very tempted to say something very mean, but I'll hold my tongue. This article was written before the book came out, people, please read the fine details before you post smart allecked remarks on my articles :) Thanks, buh-bye.

Elias03 its aprodite

paris2300 piper mum is the goddess of beautiy

venus143 well now we know it's aphroditie,zeuz and hephestus for the threes parents:)

NN41216w12 is there any movie?

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