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[Mike McCall]

The section on Visitation in the Hero document describes it as "the divine intruding beyond signs and portents" and Fate driving the Scion to "a cataclysmic confrontation with their own Legend". I don't think telling a child odd stories is going to cover that, personally.

But in my example, I didn't say anything that needed the parents to recognize the divine nature of their child. A baby on the doorstep may be a gift from the gods, but it's a subtle enough gift that it doesn't speak to a divine nature.

To pull in an off-point example from myth:...

[Mike McCall]

Created Scions don't have to know about their creation. A baby made of clay and breathed life into by a god, who is then left on the doorstep of devout worshippers who can't have a child of their own. Years later, the woman who was that child finds herself drawn into a vigilante battle against human traffickers who are, unbeknownst to her, servants of a Titan.

Or a devoted scientist tried to create an AI. After years of work, nothing. So she prays every night for inspiration, while descending further into obsession, eventually losing job, wife and family for the sake of "her...