Best mythological pantheon?

[LostInAnomie]

Poll question: Best mythological pantheon?

[Aristus]

1. Melnibonean.

Arioch ROCKS! B-)

[Iggo]

6. Queen Xiombarg. That one had issues. (n/t)

[Lyric]

14. *shudder*

My ex was obsessed with those books. I can't even READ the name "Arioch" without thinking of him

Damn you!

:P

[Aristus]

18. I'm not obsessed, but I would like to see a movie based on the series sometime soon.

Someone forwarded Jude Law as a potentially good Elric. We'll just have to see...

[Swede]

26. It has movie potential written all over it.

As long as they don't have 10 writers rewriting the rewrites.

[DarkTirade]

2. I had to go with egyptian just because that's my personal favorate.

However in terms of bad-assery, the norse probably have them beat.

[jobycom]

3. Medieval European Christian.

Everything from omnipotent avenging Father Gods to holy healing greyhounds.

Okay, maybe not exactly technically a pantheon since they denied that most of those in their sacred structure were gods, and were only mortals with a dual divine/earthly element, but once past the internal theology it's a minor quibble.

[baldguy]

17. They just replaced the gods with saints & angels.

When pre-Christian Europeans converted, they just renamed their local deities and kept the same attributes & accoutrements for them.

[jobycom]

24. Sometimes.

But they also created really cool saints on their own. Some saints came from actual people, some from previous gods, and some from old legends. Guinefort the Holy Greyhound, for instance, was a local saint with a shrine and everything. Locals claimed he was a heroic dog who rescued kids from a burning hut, but modern research has shown that actually the rescue-dog story was a common legend in those parts stretching back ages, and if Guinefort had ever existed, it probably wasn't in the town that swore he had existed in their own town.

Medieval Christianity is a fascinating mix of erudite theology, popular spirituality, ancient pagan myth, and legend, comprising everything from universal figures like Mary or Peter to local legends and customs centered around mountain villages or agricultural manors. Sometimes it's fair to call a local custom "pagan," and assume it was adopted by Christians, and other times perfectly pagan-seeming saints and traditions were purely Christian in origin.

My favorite pantheon, though all pantheons are that complex when you get to know them.

[LibertyLover]

28. Watch it with the jokes about St. Guinefort -

I have a holy healing greyhound stretched out on the couch right now.

[Iggo]

4. Norse.

Thor, God Of Thunder and Rock & Roll.

FOOM!!!



FOOM!!!



FOOM!!!

[Richard Steele]

5. Hail Eris. nm

[rcrush]

7. Klingon.

[LostInAnomie]

8. The Klingons killed their gods.

[rcrush]

12. Kahless was a great warrior.

Kahless single-handedly fought off an entire army at Three Turn Bridge

[MilesColtrane]

9. Whichever one that has narwhals in it.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. Fruit of the Loom

Oh wait...pantheon...nevermind.

[FloridaJudy]

11. Had to go with the ancient Egyptians

Any creation myth that starts with "God masturbated" gets my vote!

[Lyric]

13. Greek

Screw the Romans--damned usurpers. :P

Seriously, though--their gods were so HUMAN! Nobody pretended that their Gods were perfect--they raped, murdered, drank, fucked, and made merry, and were well-known for being jealous, spiteful, petty, vain, funny, occasionally clumsy, and generally good, all-around fun. If I had to pick, based on their descriptions and stories, which of these pantheons was most likely to have created US, the human race, I'd pick the Greek pantheon without a second thought. They're as fucked-up as WE are!

Love 'em.

:hi:

[AllenVanAllen]

15. the legendarium

of J.R.R.Tolkein

[conscious evolution]

16. The Vedics

Hanuman was one crazyass monkey.

[Captain Hilts]

19. Super Friends. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman....nt

[Dogtown]

20. Jesus and his band of 12

Spreading misogyny since 100+/- AD........

[SteppingRazor]

21. This thread is useless without Cthulu. n/t

[mainegreen]

22. +5! +5 dammit!

[SteppingRazor]

23. I appreciate your support, but it will prove futile.

Even his most ardent supporters will be consumed when the Great Old Ones rise from R'lyeh. }(

[semillama]

25. Have to go with the Greeks

They invented the soap opera and superheroes!

[LibertyLover]

27. Isis, Isis

Ra,Ra, Ra!