If you were a god...

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9 years 4 months ago #168716 by
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Týr.

For me he's almost like a Norse Jedi figure. I was interested in the myths surrounding him long before I came here.

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9 years 4 months ago #168719 by
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I'd probably be Thor. B)

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9 years 4 months ago - 9 years 4 months ago #168722 by Alexandre Orion
Interesting question ...

... some interesting answers too.

From one of my perspectives, I don't know what I would do if I were a god. From another, I wouldn't want to be a god -- although that would be about as ridiculous as a dog not wanting to be a dog. From yet another, as a god, I wouldn't 'want' anything, for ideally a god would be beyond desire (Zeus therefore would not be the poster-boy for this. Hmmm .... Ganymede might be though ... :P )

It would be then that if gods simply are what gods are, as subject to the whims of Time-less Destiny (should this be 'something' at all) as everyone else, then I would be the sort of god that I would be as per that Destiny. And that, for better or worse, as per whomever retells the lore, in whatever generation, according to the values they hold ... In short, I would be what I would be, do what I would do and perhaps be blissfully unaware of what the media (the priesthood and the story-tellers) would be saying about me.

:cheer: :huh: :blink: :blush: :dry: :pinch: :evil: :whistle: ... :cheer:

Were I a god ... Which one of whichever pantheon ? ... Am I not already ? As are, of course, all of you ... B)

Aren't we all of them, incidentally, on and by occasions, according to what is manifesting in us in momentary circumstances (Nature) ? Couldn't clever poets tell the stories of our valiant exploits (like that of heroically getting up and getting ourselves to work on a Monday morning) ? If we could merge our fantasies about the importance of ourselves into the accounts of our personal-Life narrative, as we ourselves see it from the inside-out, wouldn't that make for a fascinating mythology ?

As to the 'why' part of the question, I am taken at a huge loss for an explanation. It is ontological, numenal perhaps ... "because ..." becomes the most comprehensive response.

But if I were just to be a bit mischievous about the matter, I would say that I would like to be Zeus -- for at least he got to shag Ganymede. :laugh:

Be a philosopher ; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
~ David Hume

Chaque homme a des devoirs envers l'homme en tant qu'homme.
~ Henri Bergson
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9 years 4 months ago #168724 by Brenna
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I think it might be interesting to know which god other people might see us as. Perhaps highlight aspects we may not readily see for ourselves.



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Part of the seduction of most religions is the idea that if you just say the right things and believe really hard, your salvation will be at hand.

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9 years 4 months ago #168727 by
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Does the Doctor count? :laugh: Corellon Larethian?

I'm fond of Thoth, Odin, and Tyr... Maybe Pan.

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9 years 4 months ago #168738 by Adder
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A Labrador, perhaps one of those seeing eye guide dogs :woohoo:

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9 years 4 months ago - 9 years 4 months ago #168763 by J_Roz
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On a more serious note, perhaps Athena, have always been a huge fan of her, loved her owl too.

Or maybe White Buffalo Calf Woman, bringing knowledge, love and peace is always a great thing.

I'd still say yes though if asked.....just sayin.... :woohoo: :silly: :whistle:

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9 years 4 months ago #168764 by Alethea Thompson
Brenna,

Interestingly, that was a question I started asking a couple weeks ago. A few years ago a friend came to me and my spiritual brother telling us he knew what deity we were born from (which one was our ancestor). I finally got around to asking him which one he believed that was- and in turn I asked a few others I know. I got a few intriguing answers.

RP: I'm getting something either greek with an olive branch crown of sorts, or Atlantean.
Eidolon: Atargatis who is an Assyrian Goddess, Nintinugga who was a Babylonian, and Anann who is a celtic one.
Charles: Aquarius (I know, I know, Zodiac, but as it would turn out I later learned that Aquarius was based on a historical mythological person http://www.theoi.com/Titan/Hyas.html )

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9 years 4 months ago #168779 by steamboat28
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Brenna wrote: I think it might be interesting to know which god other people might see us as. Perhaps highlight aspects we may not readily see for ourselves.


I think this deserves a separate thread, Brenna. Would you be so kind? I am terribly curious. :D
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Thoth.

Lord of magic, of writing, of healing, of science in all its forms - of Knowledge with a capital K.

Though even to think such a thing feels horribly vainglorious.

And the responsibility for all that would be ENORMOUS!

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