Your favourite 'real world' Pantheons/Mythologies

[Tetsubo]

This was a tough one. I voted Norse. But I also have a great deal of connection to the Celtic and Egyptian pantheons. My Goddess is a fusion of Celtic and Norse elements. And I worship Ptah outright.

I think the Celts and the Norse have the best stories though.

 

[Number47]

I voted for other because I really like the idea of the Chinese Celestial Bureaucracy. An afterlife with a government!

 

[Upper_Krust]

Re: information ...

Hi there!

can some one point to a quick background site for persian mythology ... I'm ok with indian, and pretty good with babylo-sumerian ...

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/persian/articles.html

Hope that helps!?

 

[Apok]

How exactly do you pronounce "Cuchulainn" ?

As much as I am fascinated by all mythologies, I have to vote that the Celtic mythos is, for me, the most fascinating. Partially because of my descent, but also because Celtic history and culture is a favored subject of mine.

 

[Upper_Krust]

Re: How exactly do you pronounce "Cuchulainn" ?

Hi there!

As much as I am fascinated by all mythologies, I have to vote that the Celtic mythos is, for me, the most fascinating. Partially because of my descent, but also because Celtic history and culture is a favored subject of mine.

CuChulhainn is pronounced:

'Coo-who-lin'

 

[mythusmage]

Sumerian here.

A lively bunch with tons of good stories.

BTW, the Sumerian and Babylonian cultures were millennia apart. The Babylonians appropriated a number of the Sumerian gods, but had a culture substantially different from the earlier people.

Personally my ancestry is primarily Celtic, but the neo-pagans have sorta ruined the mythology for me.

 

[beta-ray]

Voted other...
I like Japanese mythology (and legends and fairy tales) and Oceanic (esp. Austraiian)

 

[Apok]

Re: Re: How exactly do you pronounce "Cuchulainn" ?

Hi there!



CuChulhainn is pronounced:

'Coo-who-lin'

Thanks, U_K. I must admit, though, the header was meant to be quasi-facetious. One of gaelic's quaint charms is the fact that it's nigh impossible to pronounce some words at a glance unless you know the phonetics involved.

 

[Gez]

Re: Re: Re: How exactly do you pronounce "Cuchulainn" ?

Thanks, U_K. I must admit, though, the header was meant to be quasi-facetious. One of gaelic's quaint charms is the fact that it's nigh impossible to pronounce some words at a glance unless you know the phonetics involved.

Yeah. Celt is best because it speaks gaelic.

And gaelic can only be the most beautiful language, because my first name is Gaël.



And I don't even speak gaelic ...

 

[Upper_Krust]

Re: How exactly do you pronounce "Cuchulainn" ?

Hey all!

Thanks, U_K.

No problem mate!

I must admit, though, the header was meant to be quasi-facetious. One of gaelic's quaint charms is the fact that it's nigh impossible to pronounce some words at a glance unless you know the phonetics involved.

True. Unless you have heard it in the 'mother tongue' its very difficult to know if your pronounciation is correct.

Yeah. Celt is best because it speaks gaelic.

And gaelic can only be the most beautiful language, because my first name is Gaël.

In Gaelic my name (Craig Cochrane) means 'Crimson Mountain' - which I quite like...

...though I am neither crimson or mountainous by nature.

And I don't even speak gaelic

I can speak a few words (very few); but spelling them is another matter!