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| Aberzanzorax |
 Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:12 pm Post subject: Ancient gods of Midgard |
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I wasn't sure where to put this, so please move it somewhere more suitable if you like.
(I didn't feel bold enough to put this in the patrons only part of Midgard).
I was reading a bit about South America (Uruguay in particular) and came across a festival for a sea goddess.
I wonder if we might draw upon less known ancient gods for the Midgard setting. Most of us know about the Roman/Greek gods, but not about the lore and mythology of ancient gods of other cultures.
Heck, I'd love to even see something about the Aboriginal Dreamtime. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:05 pm Post subject: Re: Ancient gods of Midgard |
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| Aberzanzorax wrote: |
I wasn't sure where to put this, so please move it somewhere more suitable if you like.
(I didn't feel bold enough to put this in the patrons only part of Midgard).
I was reading a bit about South America (Uruguay in particular) and came across a festival for a sea goddess.
I wonder if we might draw upon less known ancient gods for the Midgard setting. Most of us know about the Roman/Greek gods, but not about the lore and mythology of ancient gods of other cultures.
Heck, I'd love to even see something about the Aboriginal Dreamtime. |
I don't know if you're a senior patron Aberzanzorax, but coindentally Wolfgang was just explaining in a Dragon Empire thread that he made Midgard's pantheon of gods small by design. About 5 to 6 (depending how you count) for Zobeck, and 4 for the Dragon Empire.
This came out of context with gods about the extent of interaction the gods participate in, and how cluttered some other campaign settings are with gods.
I feel sheepish telling you that, but your post sort of came on the heels of that. But that is not (for me to say) that Midgard doesn't have ancient dieties, or even dead ones that lie dreaming.
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| Aberzanzorax |
| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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No need to feel sheepish. I haven't caught up on all the regional threads.
Mainly I'm suggesting other culture's mythology to draw inspiration from, and perhaps we could apply some to the existing gods of Midgard.
Thanks, Watcher! |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Aberzanzorax wrote: |
No need to feel sheepish. I haven't caught up on all the regional threads.
Mainly I'm suggesting other culture's mythology to draw inspiration from, and perhaps we could apply some to the existing gods of Midgard.
Thanks, Watcher! |
That is a noteworthy idea Aber. Someone posted something like that on the Paizo boards. That is, that one might have regional interpretations of the same god.
I don't know if you're familiar with Golarion, but to use it as an example.. Instead of a different god, you have an Garund interpretation of Densa instead of the traditional Varisian. Same goddess, but with different flavor for the very different communities that worship her.
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| Aberzanzorax |
| Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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I really like that idea.
I like having gods a bit more distant when possible. I enjoyed Eberron's take on gods, and I think that something like this could fit well with Midgard.
I see Midgard as slightly steampunkish, and very "fantastic reality", by which I mean that there is magic, but it's not high magic everywhere, all the time, for no reason.
Magic seems, well, magical in Midgard.
I think the same could/will likely be true of gods...seeming Deific. |
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