Since we've gotten told to stop talking generally about religion twice in the Homosexuality and Religion thread and were told that, if we want to talk generally about religion, we need to make a new thread, I have made a new thread.
Full disclosure: I am an agnostic atheist and anti-theist, but I'm very interested in theology and religion.
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edited 9th Feb '14 1:01:31 PM by Madrugada
Some people say she’s the goddess of plant life in general.
Come on! Let's bless them all until we get fershnickered!Is exaggerated themed attire for deities mostly a modern invention? I feel like most ancient depictions of gods they more or less wear the same attire with a couple of distinctive accessories to tell them apart. Demeter mostly seems to be depicted in a standard upper-class greek woman's tunic a flower wreath on her head, holding wheat and maybe a cornucopia or a sickle
Tbh outside of some video games I can’t think of any examples where gods had an exaggerated taste in clothing.
If anything, they’re either depicted in styles reflective of the nobility at time (as befits their station, as it were), or they forgo clothing entirely.
Which the Olympians were particularly fond of doing…
Chain an angry nature god at your own peril.I think it's the male Olympians (and to be honest, most male Heroes) and Aphrodite that are depicted nude.
Continue writing our story of peace.^^ Likely related to the fact that canines are opportunistic carnivores and will scavenge any corpse they find, and I'd wager early modern humans probably came across more canines than either big cats or bears scavenging - even though we know lions, tigers, and some bears (oh my) will do it - so that's probably where the association originated.
Chain an angry nature god at your own peril.[[quote]] Huh no, the dog in myths are mostly benevolent. Like I said, guardians or assistance of the souls. At this point they've been domesticated too. [[/quote]]
I meant in regards to their association with the dead in general, not necessarily benevolence or malevolence.
Chain an angry nature god at your own peril.![]()
Nahaghana? Do you mean Navagraha (literally nine celestial bodies)
? And they include the sun and moon gods as well the immortal asura god Rahu (which causes eclipses by trying to eat the Sun and moon) and Ketu (Rahu's body that was split from him). Only 5 of them are planets as we know today.
…I don’t think we even have a Useful Notes page about Demonology or Angelology, which is surprising.
The page about the Ars Goetia comes the closest, but either way, it’s be a good idea to start working on a Useful Notes page for them.
Chain an angry nature god at your own peril.That honestly brings up an interesting question…the demonization of pagan gods aside, why do we have so few named angels compared to the plethora of Sins, Kings, and Princes of Hell?
Chain an angry nature god at your own peril.I mean, Wikipedia has a sizable list of angels in theology
at least. I count, like, 160 angels on that list, that's not nothing.
I think its more they've just been mostly... forgotten. You can find more if you go digging.
And joking aside, Anno and the rest of the team at Gainax weren't making them up. Sandalphon appears as one of the minor characters in [1] for example.

Any specific attire associated with either Demeter or Persephone?