What Ancient god would you wish to have real?

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2007-04-22 06:59pm

Zeus, because of the all the news stories of women becoming pregnant by means of perfect farm animals.

Ritterin Sophia · Post by **Ritterin Sophia** » 2007-04-22 07:01pm

SilverWingedSeraph wrote:I'd have to say I'd choose Horus or Pre-evilsumbitch Set. Horus was god of the Skies and eventually of the Sun and the Moon also. Seriously, that's just badass. Also, he stomped the heck out of Set, who had previously kicked the crap out of Osiris, and was once the Guardian of Ra. Although Egyptian mythology can get slightly confusing, as it was often ret-conned, so to speak. But Horus was always a good guy, he had the head of a Falcon, and he kicked ass.

I figure he'd make a good superhero or something.

Actually, City of Heroes does have a superhero named Horus, but his powers were originally tech based and then some positive energy alien merged with him.

Anywho, Ra-Horakhty>>>>>Horus... though they're the same person.

SilverWingedSeraph · Post by **SilverWingedSeraph** » 2007-04-22 10:09pm

General Schatten wrote:Anywho, Ra-Horakhty>>>>>Horus... though they're the same person.

Well yeah, when I said "Horus", I meant like... all his various incarnations rolled into one Horus. I swear, Ancient Egyptian mythology is fucking confusing sometimes. o_O

Spyder · Post by **Spyder** » 2007-04-23 12:56am

Darth Wong wrote:If one of the ancient gods is made real, you'd want it to be someone we can kill if necessary.

Jesus it is then.

Darth Ruinus · Post by **Darth Ruinus** » 2007-04-23 01:59am

probably Abraxas as described in the Seven Sermons of the Dead, been a long time since I read that, but IRC he was said to be greater than God and the Devil?

I dont remember much, but that guys sounds cool.

Spoonist · Post by **Spoonist** » 2007-04-23 06:28am

I'd definately agree with selecting the norse god Balder, a genuinly swell guy and to boot if he gets bad on us he has an exploitable weakness.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2007-04-23 10:24am

Spoonist wrote:I'd definately agree with selecting the norse god Balder, a genuinly swell guy and to boot if he gets bad on us he has an exploitable weakness.

Yeah, he can be killed by a tiny parasitic plant, even when wilded by a blind guy. Baldr's a fucking wuss. The upside is he's supposedly spiffy, sweet, and incredibly wise.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2007-04-23 10:29am

Bacchus, god of wine and theater seems like he'd be pretty neat to have around.

Ted C · Post by **Ted C** » 2007-04-23 01:59pm

Thor wouldn't be too bad. He never really messes with humans; he just smites the crap out of the giants and dragons that threaten us. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, perhaps, but pretty much benevolent all the way through.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2007-04-23 03:46pm

Tezcatlipoca; the inexplicable cruelties of life (both petty and gross) that we all experience could be explained merely by his existence then.

DrMckay · Post by **DrMckay** » 2007-04-23 04:10pm

Hathor, the Egyptian goddes of fertility, inebreation, and music.

(Sex, Drugs, and Rock'n Roll)

ThatGuyFromThatPlace · Post by **ThatGuyFromThatPlace** » 2007-04-23 06:41pm

Darth Wong wrote:If one of the ancient gods is made real, you'd want it to be someone we can kill if necessary.

The Greek pantheon got wounded b spears and such, I see little to say a good 10kt can of sunshine to the head wouldn't be more than enough. That and the Panteon is in a known place on earth so they can't just retreat into some aethrial plane or some such.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-04-23 08:39pm

One of the sub saharan African ones. The uniting factor in most sub saharan traditional creators is that once they've created the world and everything in it and found out just how noisy and irritating people are they promptly shut up shop and sod off permanently.

Stuart · Post by **Stuart** » 2007-04-24 09:56am

Crossroads Inc. wrote:If you had the ablitiy to make Any ancient god from the countless myths, what or whom would you create? Keeping in mind the god, goddess, demi god, etc, would behave exactly as depicted in the myths written of him/her.

I'd vote for Baal, just out of sheer curiosity as to what the religion of the Baals actually taught and said as opposed to the image that has been handed down through the centuries by its enemies.

If you want a good laugh, next time you're doing an outside BBQ, chant "Oh Great Lord Baal, we reverence you with this sacrifice" before flipping a steak onto the grill. Surprising how many people freak out.

Tanasinn · Post by **Tanasinn** » 2007-04-24 01:06pm

Me, I'm a Yog-Sothoth kind of guy.

Aeolus · Post by **Aeolus** » 2007-04-24 01:35pm

General Zod wrote:Bacchus, god of wine and theater seems like he'd be pretty neat to have around.

He did have a tendancy to drive women to madness and murder...
I think I agree with Baldur. Useful, pretty, wise and killable.

Post by **NecronLord** » 2007-04-24 01:44pm

Slanessh, The Emperor of Man, Aulë, etc aren't exactly 'Ancient' gods.

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » 2007-04-24 01:54pm

NecronLord wrote:Slanessh, The Emperor of Man, Aulë, etc aren't exactly 'Ancient' gods.

Actually, not quite accurate. According to wikipedia, the God-Emperor was born in the 8th Millennium BC, making him at least 9000 years old as of now, and last I heard, he's still a God even if nobody worships him. Aulë, likewise, was around before the Awakening of the Elves in the First Age, which would put him some time in the 20th millennium BC.

darthbob88 · Post by **darthbob88** » 2007-04-24 01:56pm

Ghetto Edit: The earliest date I can find for Aulë is 10,000BC, not 20,000, though he was certainly around for the creation of the world.

Post by **Coyote** » 2007-04-24 01:58pm

Dionysus or Bast.

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