nuh-the-deva
Dreamer
If you were creating a pantheon of gods, what two or three aspects/gods do you think should DEFINITELY make the cut? You could think of it as... who are your oldest gods/aspects?
I know some real and fictional cultures have dichotomies like life/death, fire/water, light/dark, air/earth/sea, male/female/neuter, ect. I'd like to know what you think...
Of course many aspects overlap but if your pantheon had, say-- a god of bubbles as the creator/parent of all others, I'd love to hear how that came about.
I can go first.
My creator is a sad dreamer adrift on a barren rock. Her tears become the stars (first aspect) who convince her to break the rest of her body apart to bring life to the rock she sits on. Her left and right eyes become the sun and moon (second and third aspect), so that she can always see what is happening in the world.
There are other aspects/gods, including animals, but these three are the oldest. They can push their influence over the rest. The oldest culture in my world holds these three aspects (stars/sun&moon) in the highest regard while most of the other cultures usually take one or two of them as their primary "gods" (or worship other terrestrial gods in opposition to these three).
I know some real and fictional cultures have dichotomies like life/death, fire/water, light/dark, air/earth/sea, male/female/neuter, ect. I'd like to know what you think...
Of course many aspects overlap but if your pantheon had, say-- a god of bubbles as the creator/parent of all others, I'd love to hear how that came about.
I can go first.
My creator is a sad dreamer adrift on a barren rock. Her tears become the stars (first aspect) who convince her to break the rest of her body apart to bring life to the rock she sits on. Her left and right eyes become the sun and moon (second and third aspect), so that she can always see what is happening in the world.
There are other aspects/gods, including animals, but these three are the oldest. They can push their influence over the rest. The oldest culture in my world holds these three aspects (stars/sun&moon) in the highest regard while most of the other cultures usually take one or two of them as their primary "gods" (or worship other terrestrial gods in opposition to these three).