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Who is yr favourite god/dess? Omar's is ATHENA, which is why this arises. Any extended list — Greek, Roman, Norse, Aztec — can apply except the mono crew: Aslan, Allah, and, y'know, G*d...

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Baron Samedi!

― dave q, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Alexander The Great - went into Egyptian desert, 'had visions', came back deciding he was the son of God and promptly had himself deified, which was quite a radical move in those days.

I will think about my actual answer cause I used to be mad into the Greek Gods and must have had a favourite.

― Tom, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Why, speed! you black emperor of course.

― Billy Dods, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

The divine LC.

OK no also not my real answer. Sorry DG.

― Tom, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Hrm. I will say Loki for right now. But that will prolly change.

― jess, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Momus,Loki,Eris,Pan,Coyote

― anthony, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

LC seems to be becoming a cult figure around these parts, being mentioned by people who aren't me = cult, obviously.

― DG, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I was wondering if Momus made up the god or not. Never bothered looking it up, though.

Favorite god: Thor. Sends me off into manic laughter; I do not know why.

― Lyra, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

All these trickster figures - Pan, Coyote, Eris etc. - are a bit hackneyed - none of the other Gods liked them very much and it's only fair I suppose that their final fate has been to get adopted by paunchy fellows writing new age self-management books.

Bacchus, ho ho.

The most interesting group of Gods for me are the really old ones you get lurking at the back of pantheons - your Uranus and Gaea types, probably remnants of some really ancient cults.

― Tom, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

eg Loki = Valhalla's equiv to D**mintr*ll

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

As for the male side of things: Hermes all the way. Cool shoes, funny guy, bit of mischieve but not too much, clever fellow and he always got the latest gossip. But of course not in the same ballpark as Athena. Damn, why are there no temples for her anymore? I want to sacrifice some stuff for her.

I remember there are some cool Japanese gods too, must read up on that again. The gods that always creep me out are the Egyptian fellows.

― Omar, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I would also like to put in mad propz for Ganesh, Shiva, and Hanuman

― anthony, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

anthony you shd be pope...

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Isn't it obvious? Pythia, of course, speaking of "remnants of ancient cults."

I'm still waiting for them to reclaim Delphi in my honor. Wouldn't set a move-in date just yet.

― Pyth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I can imgaine me as pope. cookies and milk for everyone !

― anthony, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

(Just hadda awful thort: what if the Ancient Gods Google? cf Tash, cf Taylor P•rkes... )

"I AM THE COBRA GOD. WHY HAVE YOU CALLED ON ME?"

ps when you did Ouija when wittle, who turned up?

― mark s, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'd be Catholic if I got cookies and milk from it.

― Lyra, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lilith. [incidentally, who is this Tash of whom you speak?]

― DG, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pope Anthony I dispensing cookies and milk. Catholicism has never been so warm and fuzzy. I approve!

Favorite god: Haphaestus. Grumpy gimp who invented fire and is marrried to the love goddess. Yes, please!

― Dan Perry, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Fobator. Apparently he was a Greek shape-shifter, and in an ideal combination has a ridiculous name, which was funny when sitting with desperately bored classics a-level people who were fed up with talking about skeletor, believe you me.
Pyth: I want Delphi! Can we share it on a timeshare basis please?

― Bill, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bill, it's a big place -- I'm sure we can work something out. After all, even Apollo had to share with Dionysius, the old lushy lushington.

― Pyth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

We'll have to put in some kind of rockfall protection device though, you never know when it might all just come down!

― Bill, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Omar -- there's a full-scale replica of the Parthenon built in Nashville, TN. More or less as it would have looked when new. (New = before that little accident with the Turkish gunpowder.)

You could do the sacrifice bit there, I hear honey cakes are the traditional offering. Easier to come by than say...a male lamb without blemish.

― Pyth, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Bacchus, ha ha. A drinking kind of boy. Alright by me.

― Ally C, Wednesday, 22 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

This guy ...

http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Set/9051/bigheat.jpg

― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

one year passes...

It used to be Caligula, till I heard that the stories about him were greatly exaggerated. Your heroes always let you down.

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Monday, 2 December 2002 09:32 (twenty-three years ago)

eleven months pass...

athena, I think!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 9 November 2003 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Tie:
Hecate and Baron Semedi

― Lord Custos Omicron (Lord Custos Omicron), Sunday, 9 November 2003 22:24 (twenty-two years ago)

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