What are your gods and goddesses?

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God to me is simply an anglo saxon word that means whatever an individual associates with that word. I believe in the possibility of the infinite, all that is, has always been, and always will be, though it may change forms throughout "time"... I believe I am simply one being of many in this Universe, and that there are Higher forces than the human race, that of which I do not know, nor have I ever contacted. I believe there are many dimensions and worlds beyond our "physical plane", naked to the human eye, I believe in the possibility of beings existing, if you want to call them god/desses.

[Maria de Luna]

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I don't often invite gods or goddesses around, as I feel like as such deity has better things to do, and I have wights and spirits for magic working. I don't always get to decide who comes by though. The few that have desired my attention however are Mnemosyne, and her daughters, The Morrigna- yes all of them, and Luna- though to a much smaller extent than the others. yep a pair of Titanesses, a few goddesses, and the odd pantheon mix... It just managed to work itself out that way, I think that was possibly just the best way for me to understand their divinity. No, I have not had a god of any sort influence me as of now.

[AL!CE]

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I quite like Herne the hunter too.

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I've just recently decided after years of practice. My matron Goddess is Cerridwen and my patron God Cernnunos. I connect well with Cerridwen and hold her as the Creator of Awen the divine inspiration. Cernunnos I hold as a representation of the natural world, an embodiment of nature.

[ladywhitewolf]

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Sekhmet is one of my favorite Goddesses. Here is my favorite image of her:

[AL!CE]

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My favourites...
Goddesses: Hecate, Freya, Morrigan, Bride, Selene, Persephone, Luna, Hel
Gods: Jupiter, Odin, Pan, Poseidon

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I personally follow what some have called an odd mix.

Pax, Lugh, Brighid, and The Morrigan. Not necessarily in that order....

[DeadJellyfish]

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I saw you post this story in another thread. It seems like a really nice vision. I would love to have a god or goddess present themselves to me

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I would suppose that, sometimes, they take a more anthropic form when projecting themselves to us in order to not scare the piss out of people they're reaching out to. I would figure that, being spiritual entities, they have no intrinsic physical form, and take whatever form either pleases them or one that has become associated with them in the minds of their follows for convenience's sake.

I love this idea. I believe that the gods and goddesses we worship don't really have a form, so I end up associating their looks with what they represent.

[Louisvillian]

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When you say "powerful" do you mean like in terms of build or in terms of aura?

In terms of an imposing aura, yes.

[Gardenia]

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Also I used to think of Hecate as a crone goddess but when this beautiful maiden appeared before my eyes, Hecate? was the only name that came to my lips.

While I'm sure some do experience her as crone, it's a fairly recent way to describe her (thanks to the modern maiden-mother-crone concept, most likely). Historically speaking Hekate was usually shown/described as a young woman, much like Artemis, who she had quite a few ties to.

[AL!CE]

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When you say "powerful" do you mean like in terms of build or in terms of aura? I think she was built a bit like a young Janet Farrar sort of UK dress size 10 - 12, not big but wouldn't blow over in a gail. As for height maybe 5' 7" was hard to tell as I think I was sitting on the floor at the time. But yeah she certainly "felt" powerful, I didn't have any doubts about her being a/the Goddess.

[Louisvillian]

[AL!CE]

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Of course I'm not the only person to see the Goddess Hecate as a blonde in black robes:


Now you might think that I saw what I expected to see but I mostly went searching for pictures after meeting her. Also I used to think of Hecate as a crone goddess but when this beautiful maiden appeared before my eyes, Hecate? was the only name that came to my lips.

[Louisvillian]

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I would suppose that, sometimes, they take a more anthropic form when projecting themselves to us in order to not scare the piss out of people they're reaching out to. I would figure that, being spiritual entities, they have no intrinsic physical form, and take whatever form either pleases them or one that has become associated with them in the minds of their follows for convenience's sake.

[Sarkana night]

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Well obviously she didn't look exactly like Oriana but yes she was pretty human looking, two arms, two legs that kind of thing. Her robes were a little more see through than my bad bit of 'paint' editing, so I could see that she had two legs. Why are your gods less human? Is it because they are based on pictures/statues of "old world" gods (who have extra arms or animal heads or whatever) or is it because you think less human means more real or more god-like? Or were you just making a joke about sex appeal?

What I mean is that my gods are not looking like a human (with arms, legs, and so on). Though they have a human-form, they also are what they represent. So the sun god is the sun (not just looks like the sun, but is the energy in the sun), the rain god is the rain.. ect.
I think they tend to use their human forms in visions mosly, so that they not scare people away...
Well... what I mean by scare people away is that if they looks like the aztecs really portraid them, (which I also portrait as they "real" form) most of them tend to look quite scary.