Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29973611-20160915015245

 According to Greek Mythology, humans weren't the first race created by the gods. Detailed by Hesiod, there were at least two other races created before, one fashioned from gold, the next from silver. In Arabic folklore and mythology, the Jinn (or Latinized Genies) existed at least a thousand years before Humans were ever created. What if the Titans created the Genies from gold to populate the Earth, as the Earth would have already existed via Gaia. The Genies would have been made out of gold dust and created into beings of pure magic, similar to how disintegrated diamonds create fairy dust, as there are times during which Genies are classified as a sort of "sprite." According to mythology, this age of the golden giants was noted for its talking animals and various magical properties, although it was prosperous under the kingdom of the Golden men. Following this, the overthrow of the Titans marks a point during which the new Olympians distrust the Genies, so they use magic to trap all of the Genies in golden lamps. Since the lamps are made of gold, they are equal in power to the lamps and cannot escape. So the kingdom of the Genies is stomped out, and the new reign of the Olympians ensues, leading to the creation of Pandora and the first humans. For the purposes of narrative, it's just as well to leave the silver race out.



 I have just finished season four of OUAT so my information may not all be as refined. Plus, I haven't seen OUAT in Wonderland. But this is my theory and I thought I'd share it.  