what god would you pray to?

[master of the puppets]

of all the greek/norse/egyptian/roman/other gods ever invented which would yoyu pray too?

most of you know me and are not surprised when i say i wouldpay homage to nemesis who is goddess of vengence, Set who is of chaos, and tyr who weilds his sword in rightous war.

now who would you pray to?

[Craterus]

If I lived then, then I would worship gods of war and prosperity.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

Týr

[Dâriûsh]

Ahuramazda, the ancient God of Iran.

[Reverend Joe]

As soon as I find out enough about them, the Hiberno-celtic gods. Until then, I will stick with the Norse- Odin Allfather and such.

Edit: I thought you said who do you pray to. Well, I would pray to/ show reverence to the Celtic gods.

[rasoforos]

Invented? Hmm...

...are you saying that all gods are invented including the Monotheists' god?

By the way this 'vengeance and revenge' is not terribly accurate , despite being re produces allover the internet/tv/games industry.

Nemesis in ancient greek mythology is the divine or not action that follows 'hybris' . Hybris is an act of arrogance, of self pride above someone's virtues, an act that insults the 'fair and the just' , an insult to something sacred.

When someone commits Hybris usually a God is insulted and Nemessis occurs to bring things back to order and correct the insult or injustice that happened. As a result the goddes Nemessis is not a goddess of revenge or vengeance but a goddess of order, restoring order and correcting the unfair and bringing someone who overestimated his virtues back to his rightfull place, to be more exact.

...Now claiming that the gods were 'invented' IS a hybris...very good case of Hybris...

[Viking]

Thor, the thunder god.

[King Henry V]

Woden.

[Louis VI the Fat]

Dyonysos.

[ShadesPanther]

Andraste
The Warrior Goddess of Victory

or Belatucadros
The God of War and Destruction (The Romans equated him with Mars)

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

I'm quite partial to a bit of Odin (I like the eddas and sagas too much no to).

[Aurelian]

I would not pray to Crom
because Crom does not answer prayers
and he laughs at those weak enough to require his help

paraphrasing Conan


I am partial to Apollo and Aphrodite.

I would make sure to give all the appropriate sacrifices however so none of the other gods felt left out. You don't want vengeful Hera or Poseidon problems.

[Steppe Merc]

Ahuramazda, the ancient God of Iran.

Ahuramazda seems interesting, but I think I'd go with the Sarmatian sword in the ground.

[Byzantine Prince]

I would pray only to a god that knows how to dance.

Like Dionysus. He's my favorite. I wish I was him. Then beer and wine would flow through me and I would make everyone happy.

[Steppe Merc]

I would pray only to a god that knows how to dance.

Like Dionysus. He's my favorite. I wish I was him. Then beer and wine would flow through me and I would make everyone happy.

Hmm, he seems interesting too.

[Marcellus]

It would be Zeus for me (or Juppiter if you prefer his Roman name). He's got thunderbolts. What else could one possibly want?

[master of the puppets]

It would be Zeus for me (or Juppiter if you prefer his Roman name). He's got thunderbolts. What else could one possibly want?

plus all he did was sleep around with mortal women.

and yes all gods were invented, if they had not benn than all these gods we speak of would not have become...obsolete as one would say in inventors terms.

plus Nemisis's name literally means rightous anger, and she kept order by killing those who had done massive wrongs, she was sister of the furies and sent many to them.

[AntiochusIII]

Hmm...I'm surprised nobody mentioned Aphrodite.

She's such a magnificent goddess.

[Samurai Waki]

who can say they wouldn't want Odin be their wingman?

[rasoforos]

plus Nemisis's name literally means rightous anger, and she kept order by killing those who had done massive wrongs, she was sister of the furies and sent many to them.

'Literally' it doesnt mean anything near

righteous = in ancient greek it should be something like: ithikos ? ethical
anger = thimos or orgi=rage

Literally Nemesis means nothing else than 'distribution' , Nemein= I allocate/distribute. -sis = denotes property/condition.


Nemesis is a distributor. A goddess of Order. And she is associated with Hybris and not with being an Ancient form of the X-Men. Nemesis would make things equal and just again and restore the hybris related actions. She wouldnt go around killing everyone who commited a serious crime.

Surely the medieval years and now Hollywood do not help in giving the Goddess her real identity since she has been associated with the things you mention for far too long.

I doubt it will convince you because you seem determined about it but it doesnt do harm to correct some things.

[jimmyM]

Meshugga ;)

hmm...prolly Mithras...

[Kagemusha]

I would pray for Ukko,Tapio and Ahti.

[The_Mark]

Ukko Ylijumala & co. for me also.

[The Stranger]

Elvis

[Soulforged]

None. But if I was forced then the chocolate.

[edyzmedieval]

Baal

He's my god. I pray to him every day.

[Craterus]

It depends on where and when I was living.

[GoreBag]

I wouldn't pray. Prayer isn't the way to revere most of the deities you list.

However, for the point of the exercise, there are quite a few badass gods out there: Donn, lord of the Celtic otherworld; Tyr, who was badass enough to Fenrir eat his damn hand right off of his arm; Nzambi, a North-West African python god after whom the word "zombie" is taken; Nergal, Assyrian god of war and pestilence...

Set still has a cult today, but it's not of the "bow and thank him for stuff" kind. The Temple of Set is an offshoot of the Church of Satan.

[Zalmoxis]

Why, Zalmoxis of course!

[English assassin]

Dunno about praying, but I'd have a beer with Loki any day. They we'd put a sign saying "kick me" on Thor's back and pop up to Sessrumnir to see if Freya was up for some action.