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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 9002770" data-attributes="member: 6877472"><p>And many Gods are actually other Gods in disguise, due to syncretism or outright theft. You can draw a line from Inanna to Ishtar to Tanith to Ashtoreth to Aphrodite to Venus to all of D&D's unique "Love Goddesses" like Sune Firehair or Hanali Celanil. (Wondering if Zeus ever realized he had a powerful Elder Greater Goddess of Love and War just chilling in his pantheon).</p><p></p><p>But by the same token, there are differences as well. Takhisis was a lot like Tiamat, but not identical. Talos was apparently Gruumsh all along! But Tyr in 2e's Legends & Lore is very different from Tyr in Faiths & Avatars- one being an Intermediate Power and the other being a Greater Power, for example, with differences in dogma, worship, and specialty priests.</p><p></p><p>All of which is to say that just because God A seems an awful lot like God B doesn't necessarily mean they are one and the same across all planes. In fact, the God you think you are worshiping could be a usurper who has taken on the name and identity of another God, like Cyric or Horus-Re!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 9002770, member: 6877472"] And many Gods are actually other Gods in disguise, due to syncretism or outright theft. You can draw a line from Inanna to Ishtar to Tanith to Ashtoreth to Aphrodite to Venus to all of D&D's unique "Love Goddesses" like Sune Firehair or Hanali Celanil. (Wondering if Zeus ever realized he had a powerful Elder Greater Goddess of Love and War just chilling in his pantheon). But by the same token, there are differences as well. Takhisis was a lot like Tiamat, but not identical. Talos was apparently Gruumsh all along! But Tyr in 2e's Legends & Lore is very different from Tyr in Faiths & Avatars- one being an Intermediate Power and the other being a Greater Power, for example, with differences in dogma, worship, and specialty priests. All of which is to say that just because God A seems an awful lot like God B doesn't necessarily mean they are one and the same across all planes. In fact, the God you think you are worshiping could be a usurper who has taken on the name and identity of another God, like Cyric or Horus-Re! [/QUOTE]
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