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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 4281605" data-attributes="member: 326"><p>Howdy Center-of-All! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>So basically (it sounds like what you're saying is) you could handle the Roman counterparts of all three by using the same stats and simply reversing their alignments. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>If they are originally neutral then they'd be neutral in the other pantheon too.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Janus I'll be using in a non-Roman capacity as one of the Inevitables. I don't like Immortals of Time. I think Time should be above immortals.</p><p></p><p>As for Quirinus...here follows a list of Minor Roman Gods...don't expect to see (stats for) any of them (other than perhaps on a list of quasi-deities/demi-deities) in the Immortals Index...though one or two are likely to show up in Gods & Monsters. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.unrv.com/culture/minor-roman-god-list.php" target="_blank">http://www.unrv.com/culture/minor-roman-god-list.php</a></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>The difference being that all those gods mentioned have their own legends and are clearly distinctive enough to warrant their own entry/stats. Heracles doesn't have different legends than Hercules. Mars may have been held in higher esteem by soldiers than Ares, but there simply isn't enough to make a distinction worthy of a full new suite of stats. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its not about ignorance, its simply about creating a feasible Pantheon, which, taken at face value, you can't have with African Mythology because basically every tribe has its own (name for the) Skyfather: Imana, Chuku, Kaang, Leza, Mawu-Leza, Mlungu, Mwezo, Ruhanga, Unkulunkulu, Wele, Zanahary. Thats a quick list of African Creator/Supreme/Sky deities from a five minute search through one of my mythology books. Its also not like you can say all these gods existed and interacted, because there are no legends (as far as my knowledge of African myth go) of gods from one tribe interacting with gods of another tribe.</p><p></p><p>Theoretically it might be possible to concoct some sort of over-arching African Pantheon from a bunch of tribal Sub-Pantheons, but all the primary deities therein are going to be Creator/Supreme/Sky, which seems compeltely unsatisfactory.</p><p></p><p>So either you have multiple Pantheons for each tribe. Completely self-defeating. Or, we take the main gods with the best legends and characteristics fulfilling a given role and fashion it into a workable Pantheon.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Here is a map of the Middle East as defined by wikipedia. See the biggest country within it, thats Iran. Iran = Persia.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Persia is the very definition OF the Middle East. Classically, Persia was the middle of the trade route between Europe (the west) and China (the east).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 4281605, member: 326"] Howdy Center-of-All! :) So basically (it sounds like what you're saying is) you could handle the Roman counterparts of all three by using the same stats and simply reversing their alignments. ;) If they are originally neutral then they'd be neutral in the other pantheon too. Janus I'll be using in a non-Roman capacity as one of the Inevitables. I don't like Immortals of Time. I think Time should be above immortals. As for Quirinus...here follows a list of Minor Roman Gods...don't expect to see (stats for) any of them (other than perhaps on a list of quasi-deities/demi-deities) in the Immortals Index...though one or two are likely to show up in Gods & Monsters. ;) [url]http://www.unrv.com/culture/minor-roman-god-list.php[/url] The difference being that all those gods mentioned have their own legends and are clearly distinctive enough to warrant their own entry/stats. Heracles doesn't have different legends than Hercules. Mars may have been held in higher esteem by soldiers than Ares, but there simply isn't enough to make a distinction worthy of a full new suite of stats. Its not about ignorance, its simply about creating a feasible Pantheon, which, taken at face value, you can't have with African Mythology because basically every tribe has its own (name for the) Skyfather: Imana, Chuku, Kaang, Leza, Mawu-Leza, Mlungu, Mwezo, Ruhanga, Unkulunkulu, Wele, Zanahary. Thats a quick list of African Creator/Supreme/Sky deities from a five minute search through one of my mythology books. Its also not like you can say all these gods existed and interacted, because there are no legends (as far as my knowledge of African myth go) of gods from one tribe interacting with gods of another tribe. Theoretically it might be possible to concoct some sort of over-arching African Pantheon from a bunch of tribal Sub-Pantheons, but all the primary deities therein are going to be Creator/Supreme/Sky, which seems compeltely unsatisfactory. So either you have multiple Pantheons for each tribe. Completely self-defeating. Or, we take the main gods with the best legends and characteristics fulfilling a given role and fashion it into a workable Pantheon. Here is a map of the Middle East as defined by wikipedia. See the biggest country within it, thats Iran. Iran = Persia. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East[/url] Persia is the very definition OF the Middle East. Classically, Persia was the middle of the trade route between Europe (the west) and China (the east). [/QUOTE]
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