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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AncientSpirits" data-source="post: 6180160" data-attributes="member: 55778">Okay, I can see this is more balanced yes.Not sure how many pantheons there might be: dragons, elementals, chaos, evil, good, law, battle, mysticism (magic, mind, etc), and civilization.   Except for good and evil ones, they'd all be morally neutral.Thinking about 19th century European culture, there are several major religious streams: nature paganism (druidic/norse), spiritualism/theosophy, demon/devil worship (presumably), mainstream church (generically good), fundamentalism (lawful, with good tendencies), and ancient classical religions (greek/roman). I mention these because I wonder what needs they met for people. The mainstream church is easy to see: A binding institution act as a shepherd. The demon/devil worship was to gain power, money, etc. Fundamentalism is a reaction against agnosticism, science, and change in general. Spiritualism/theosophy felt like a bridge or syncretic compromise between old and new without being too demanding or threatening. At times these streams run into each other. E.g. Someone called a witch might be druidic but is called a devil worshiper. I would probably add a technology/science pantheon. And in a world with nations, there may be an element of nationalism that would have battle and home.Anyway, I'd want the pantheons to generate dramatic tension and story lines.</blockquote>