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    god or goddess of nonromantic love?

    I'm doing research to find deities for concepts that I care deeply about. Right now I'm looking up love but I've run into a problem. The love I'm thinking of is more the brotherly love/ love for your fellow human beings and the world, but most love deities seem to be exclusively about romance and sex.

    Does anyone know any gods or goddesses that represent a larger view on love? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    Re: god or goddess of nonromantic love?

    Have you looked into the Buddhist pantheon?
    Who comes first to my mind is the deity of compassion (and thus also love) Kuan Yin, who has also been adopted to Chinese folk religion and Taoism. She's usually depicted as a goddess but some branches of Buddhism also know her/him as a male called Avalokiteshvara (Sanskrit) or Chenrezig (Tibetan).
    Tibetan goddess Tara is also somewhat equivalent to Kuan Yin.
    baah.

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      Re: god or goddess of nonromantic love?

      It tends get tied up in the whole issue of dealing with his Father, plans of salvation, etc, etc, etc but honestly

      Love without romantic connotation is one of core portions of Christ's message. I'd argue that it's the best portion actually and well

      Bible Gateway passage: 1 Corinthians 13:4-13 - New International Version
      https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Corinthians%2013:4-13
      Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.


      is still one of the better writings on Love that I've ever seen
      life itself was a lightsaber in his hands; even in the face of treachery and death and hopes gone cold, he burned like a candle in the darkness. Like a star shining in the black eternity of space.

      Yoda: Dark Rendezvous

      "But those men who know anything at all about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun." Suddenly his voice sounded to Will very strong, and very Welsh. "At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else..."

      John Rowlands, The Grey King by Susan Cooper

      "You come from the Lord Adam and the Lady Eve", said Aslan. "And that is both honour enough to erect the head of the poorest beggar, and shame enough to bow the shoulders of the greatest emperor on earth; be content."

      Aslan, Prince Caspian by CS Lewis


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        Re: god or goddess of nonromantic love?

        Originally posted by Silver Lining View Post
        Does anyone know any gods or goddesses that represent a larger view on love? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
        In Classical religion there is a or divinity of affection and friendship. Her name in Greek is Philia and in Latin it is Amicitia or even Gratia. Classical writers reckoned her to be the daughter of Night (Gk. Nyx, L. Nox).

        I hope that's helpful.

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          Re: god or goddess of nonromantic love?

          Originally posted by Vel View Post
          In Classical religion there is a or divinity of affection and friendship. Her name in Greek is Philia and in Latin it is Amicitia or even Gratia. Classical writers reckoned her to be the daughter of Night (Gk. Nyx, L. Nox).

          I hope that's helpful.
          Plato (Platonic love) refers to Philia.

          To Christians, it's "agape," but there is no specific god attached, for obvious reasons, They celebrated with a communal feast.
          Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.

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            Re: god or goddess of nonromantic love?

            Thanks everyone. Y'all gave me lots of good stuff to think about.

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