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Are "evil gods" necessary? [THREAD NECRO]
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<blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 8022740" data-attributes="member: 4303"><p>Good thread with some thoughtful comments.</p><p></p><p>I suppose I don't really consider gods, elementals, faeries, spirits, demons or angels as fundamentally <em>different</em> from one another in many ways, so I don't really understand the precision of nomenclature that some people seem to crave. <em>What makes a god a god?</em> is an interesting question, because when you start to analyze any single dimension...well, it's elusive, isn't it?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>We don't see priests, or places of worship in the book. But Varda is called upon on multiple occasions. When Aragorn is crowned Elessar, Gandalf invokes Eru and the Valar. As part of the narrative description of Theoden's wrath, he is likened to Orome who is a "god" - maybe this alludes to the difference in understanding between the Northmen/Rohirrim and the Gondorians. Then there's the Black Numenorians, Easterlings etc. - they regard Sauron as a god. I imagine that Sauron probably likes temples and sacrifices and that sort of thing...</p><p></p><p>But I agree that in general religion is very understated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sepulchrave II, post: 8022740, member: 4303"] Good thread with some thoughtful comments. I suppose I don't really consider gods, elementals, faeries, spirits, demons or angels as fundamentally [I]different[/I] from one another in many ways, so I don't really understand the precision of nomenclature that some people seem to crave. [I]What makes a god a god?[/I] is an interesting question, because when you start to analyze any single dimension...well, it's elusive, isn't it? We don't see priests, or places of worship in the book. But Varda is called upon on multiple occasions. When Aragorn is crowned Elessar, Gandalf invokes Eru and the Valar. As part of the narrative description of Theoden's wrath, he is likened to Orome who is a "god" - maybe this alludes to the difference in understanding between the Northmen/Rohirrim and the Gondorians. Then there's the Black Numenorians, Easterlings etc. - they regard Sauron as a god. I imagine that Sauron probably likes temples and sacrifices and that sort of thing... But I agree that in general religion is very understated. [/QUOTE]
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