![]() This story is one of revenge, violence, abuse, betrayal, mistrust, guilt, and death, all of which can be themes linked to Nessus. Deianeira, so distraught by what she had done, committed suicide. Hercules wore the shirt and ended up being killed by the poison that Nessus had tainted it with. As Nessus lay there dying, he gave some of his poisoned blood to Deianeira, telling her that it was magical and she could use it if Hercules was ever unfaithful and he would always come back to her.ĭeianeira, trusting Nessus and desperate for a solution, placed some of this blood on Hercules’s shirt after she suspected he had been unfaithful. Hercules noticed, and coming to Deianeira’s rescue, he shot and killed Nessus using a poison arrow. While Nessus agreed to help, he also took it as an opportunity to try and rape her. In Greek mythology, Nessus was a Centaur and trusted to ferry Hercule’s wife, Deianeira, across a river. There is however, no sugar coating the energy of Nessus. ![]()
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