The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
We need a god of war and a goddess of love, or possibly a goddess who represents both love and war, like the Babylonian goddess Ishtar or Egyptian Anat.
Mythology/Gods style RP?
- Thread starter Kowala
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kosmosnot
New Member
I'd like to play a trickster type..Perhaps the patron of magic? I like grey morality. Is that cool with everyone?
Kowala
Senior Member
And that's a good idea Pooka... I wouldn't mind stealing the role of Earth Mother... 
Nico
Care Bears... prepare to stare!
SHADOW LURKER 
Can I take god of the underowlrd?
Can I take god of the underowlrd?
Kowala
Senior Member
Like Loki?kosmosnot said:
Sure!Nico said:SHADOW LURKER
Can I take god of the underowlrd?
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
Tricksters. How I do love them. They're my favourites all around. I used to be Huehuecoyotl, after all.
Kowala
Senior Member
[QUOTE="The Pooka]Tricksters. How I do love them. They're my favourites all around. I used to be Huehuecoyotl, after all.
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What role would you prefer, Pooka?
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What role would you prefer, Pooka?
Cthulhos
Junior Member
Remember, I'm supposed to be the god of magic. :/Kowala said:Like Loki?
Sure!
Hm.. . .
What shall we do?
Nico
Care Bears... prepare to stare!
Don't we need night and day also death?
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
I'm not sure. I wouldn't mind creating the life-death-rebirth god. A Tammuz/Adonis archetype, a male version of Persephone, who is contested by both the nature goddess and the goddess of the dead, and so must spend a portion of time on the earth with the former, and a portion in the underworld with the latter, thus creating the cycle of seasons.
Kowala
Senior Member
We may end up playing multiple characters ^^"
[QUOTE="The Pooka]I'm not sure. I wouldn't mind creating the life-death-rebirth god. A Tammuz/Adonis archetype, a male version of Persephone, who is contested by both the nature goddess and the goddess of the dead, and so must spend a portion of time on the earth with the former, and a portion in the underworld with the latter, thus creating the cycle of seasons.
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That sounds good to me. Go for it.
[QUOTE="The Pooka]I'm not sure. I wouldn't mind creating the life-death-rebirth god. A Tammuz/Adonis archetype, a male version of Persephone, who is contested by both the nature goddess and the goddess of the dead, and so must spend a portion of time on the earth with the former, and a portion in the underworld with the latter, thus creating the cycle of seasons.
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That sounds good to me. Go for it.
kosmosnot
New Member
Like Luck!!! Good luck or bad luck to keep things interesting.
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
Perhaps he could be an ancestor figure too. An explanation for mortality. He is born again in spring, lives through summer, becomes old and withered in autumn, and sleeps the sleep of death in winter. And because of this, his children, mortal mankind, must also live and die.
kosmosnot
New Member
I don't know how anyone would want Loki around...he's just a general pain in the arse haha if I was Thor I would have smote him.
Kowala
Senior Member
Nice, nice Pooka!
Maybe that could tie in with the god of underworld, kosmos?
Maybe that could tie in with the god of underworld, kosmos?
Don't listen to my bother, he's adopted xDkosmosnot said:
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
Well, in Greek mythology, Aphrodite and Persephone both fought over the prince Adonis. And Demeter and Hades both fought over Persephone herself. But the closer comparison would be with the mesopotamian story of Tammuz/Dumuzi, who is lusted after by both Ishtar (the goddess of love and war, who, via her later form Astarte, is probably the inspiration for Aphrodite) and by Ereshkigal, the queen of the dead.
Kowala
Senior Member
Mythology is always so juicy haha. So many scandals and murders...
When I get home, I'm going to have to do a document up with all the Gods/creatures we need, and see who wants to fill the blanks.
When I get home, I'm going to have to do a document up with all the Gods/creatures we need, and see who wants to fill the blanks.
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
Indeed. And many recurring mythemes, which we could tackle ourselves, with our own twists. An example would be the conflict between a younger and older generation of gods (olympians vs titans, aesir vs vanir, asuras vs daevas, tuatha de danann vs fomoirians, anunnaki vs igigi and so on)
Kowala
Senior Member
Yeah, we do need a back story.
You sure know a lot Pooka
You sure know a lot Pooka
kosmosnot
New Member
Ahh my bad I lost track of all of the posts and yours got caught up in the mix. Yes of course, um I will think of something else then! No worries c:Cthulhos said:
Cthulhos
Junior Member
In Greek mythology, there was a race of gods called the Protogenoi. . . Manifestations of phenomenon like the sky, etcetera. They gave birth to the Titans. Titans gave birth to the gods/Gaia gave birth to the gods. . .
I suggest that our deities are like titans/gods who tamed Protogenoi, and became deified because of it.
I suggest that our deities are like titans/gods who tamed Protogenoi, and became deified because of it.
The Pooka
Resident Hobgoblin
I like mythology. You could say I have a vested interest. I'm willing to lend any insights I might think of.
The Protogenoi were more or less the components that made up the Greek cosmos. Khaos was the void of space, Ouranos was the upper dome of heaven, Tartaros was the lower dome of Hell, and Gaia was the disc in the centre, encircled by the ocean stream of Pontos. Then you had Aither within Ouranos, the heavenly atmosphere, and Erebos within Tartaros, the gloomy underworld.
The Protogenoi were more or less the components that made up the Greek cosmos. Khaos was the void of space, Ouranos was the upper dome of heaven, Tartaros was the lower dome of Hell, and Gaia was the disc in the centre, encircled by the ocean stream of Pontos. Then you had Aither within Ouranos, the heavenly atmosphere, and Erebos within Tartaros, the gloomy underworld.
Cthulhos
Junior Member
[QUOTE="The Pooka]I like mythology. You could say I have a vested interest. I'm willing to lend any insights I might think of.
The Protogenoi were more or less the components that made up the Greek cosmos. Khaos was the void of space, Ouranos was the upper dome of heaven, Tartaros was the lower dome of Hell, and Gaia was the disc in the centre, encircled by the ocean stream of Pontos. Then you had Aither within Ouranos, the heavenly atmosphere, and Erebos within Tartaros, the gloomy underworld.
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If you could conquer such powerful things in some way it would be awesome.
The Protogenoi were more or less the components that made up the Greek cosmos. Khaos was the void of space, Ouranos was the upper dome of heaven, Tartaros was the lower dome of Hell, and Gaia was the disc in the centre, encircled by the ocean stream of Pontos. Then you had Aither within Ouranos, the heavenly atmosphere, and Erebos within Tartaros, the gloomy underworld.
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If you could conquer such powerful things in some way it would be awesome.
Kowala
Senior Member
[QUOTE="The Pooka]I like mythology. You could say I have a vested interest. I'm willing to lend any insights I might think of.
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Thank you~!
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Thank you~!
Also, just a thought, maybe our deities are the lower deities, and perhaps the higher-up's are doing something that could end badly for the rest of the cosmos?Cthulhos said:
Cthulhos
Junior Member
I was thinking more like that the higher ups are so powerful if they just linger around without being contained it would be bad. If we could lock them up, contain them somehow it would prevent the races and gods from being overwhelmed and destroyed.Kowala said: