Post your favorite gods, creatures, whatever.
Mythology was totally a big part of ancient history so, this is cool, right?
>>4952
Care to elaborate?
INCOMING SPOOPY AFRICAN MYTHOLOGY
Which is the best mythology and why is it objectively Greek?
>>5160
To be fair, Western culture is heavily influenced by the Greeks.
>>5160
The Greeks were GOAT. These magnificent bastards actually contemplated about what the world is made of while most of the world was hiding on trees in fear of a boar pack.
Hurakan is best god of storms lads
>>5287
>>5254
>>5160
Fuck the Greeks.
Old Norse reigns supreme.
Who was mithra?
>>5142
What are these called?
>>5585
Some Zoroastrian Deity
>>5513
Yes, but that painting is incorrect. Thor is redhaired.
/thread
>>4952
HAIL BA'AL
>>5160
THANK YOU BASED BROSIEDON
>>5658
I thought there was only azhura mazda in zoroastrian.
Nordic religion best religion
>>5622
>Minganji masqueraders, near Gungu, Congo
>"Although the Minganji face masks make an appearance at a wide variety of occasions (such as the investiture ritual of a local chief, or the construction of a new chief's residence), their primary role is as guardian of the initiation encampment. The Gitenga mask is described as the grandfather or the chief of the Miganji. It serves as a representation of the sun, a symbol of life and regeneration. The Gitenga mask thus stands in diametrical opposition to the other Minganji characters, which embody death, uncertainty, and darkness."
>>4879
>Post your favorite gods, creatures, whatever.
Tyr is pretty based.
>>4952
Out of all the gods and goddesses in the /pol/ pantheon you pick Baal? Really?
Fuck all of you.
>>5676
Thor doesn't exist, he can have any hair colour.
>>5937
>Thor doesn't exist
Don't ruin tis thread with meta-religion
>>5937
Fuck you, Abrahamic filth.
>>4879
Gotta love Thetis from greek mythology. I know this is the history board but I've always thought Thetis, her father and her 50 sisters were the perfect set up for something in fiction.
Thetis is a sea nymph and the mother of Achilles for those of you who don't know. She doesn't seem to have any noteworthy powers but other than the standard Greek God powers like immortality.
![2000px-Faravahar.svg[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/uh6noYe.png "2000px-Faravahar.svg[1].png")
I'm a fan of Zoroastrian stuff
>>5867
I don't remember Tyr crashing a crane in mecca with no survivors
>>6114
No, but i know someone with powers far superior to those of Baal.
>>5821
Not true, in fact there's many deities, also called Divinities (or Yazata) that are similar to gods in other religions. Mithra, for example, is the Divinity of Oath, some sort of Truth God that also served as a judicial figure of sorts.
>>5160
>>5513
>>5823
I don't know man, Hindu mythology is pretty fucking dope if ya ask me.
It's got asskickers like this mofo right here.
>>6047
I am merely saying that him having blonde or red hair doesn't fucking matter really. It is the artists depiction.
If anyone is doing "meta" stuff it's that guy.
>>5829
>non-divine mythological creature in an epic
>it actually helps the main hero of its own accord
>without ulterior motives
Why are there so few?
>>6262
Well, no, the fact of the matter is that certain gods have certain "set in stone" characteristics. Anon here was just saying that one of those characteristics was his hair color. And, sure, of course, he also has a huge thunder hammer.
>>5829
That's fucking awesome. I really love the design, too.
>>6446
There is no real solid "evidence" that Thors hair was in "fact" red.
What if someone dug up some old ass script that predated all current information that says he had freaking green hair? Also, fuck ginger thor. Blonde masterrace for life.
>>6262
>I am merely saying that him having blonde or red hair doesn't fucking matter really.
Um yes, it matters. Fucking writings describe him as redbeard, man of rowan etc so to depict him blonde is just dumb
>>6557
>What if someone dug up some old ass script that predated all current information that says he had freaking green hair?
Then that'd be his new "set in stone" characteristic, anon.
>>6557
>There is no real solid "evidence" that Thors hair was in "fact" red.
>>6339
So kinda like Gabriel etc?
>>5909
Quetzalcoatl a shit
Aztecs a shit.
Gukumatz is the true feathered serpent lord
anyone /egypt/ here?
i think they had the best gods
>>6768
What the shit are they wearing, though?
>>6695
Yeah, I think that's a pretty good example.
>>6656
I'm just saying, nothing is "set in stone". It is just the current information to go by. I'm not saying that all information should be abolished. I'm only stating that him having this or that hair colour is not really a issue worth debating (which we are doing now)
>>6659
Again, harkening back to what I was saying earlier, evidence that is considered solid today, can be easily refuted by tomorrows findings. And, of course, we're talking about a made up character after all.
>>6211
Into the desktop it goes. Gotta look more into Hindu mythology.
>>6800
not sure
got another one right here it's hard to get good pics though
>>6999
Is that cool and hip? I don't think I want to be cool and hip, anymore.
>>6955
It's freaking sweet. Full of crazy badass figures that beat each other up, ancient spaceships, epic wars and all sorts of other baller stuff.
>>6999
just imagine a 30 meter tall dogman god arising from the desert and making his way to the nearest city preparing to wreak havoc because the citizens angered him
Who /Hermes/ here?
Intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor
>>7375
>son of Zeus
>nihilistic
>>7429
hello newfriend
>>4879
I like Quetzcoatl and Seth
Who is the better Titan, Prometheus or Atlas?
Who Irish Celtic here?
>>7612
Prometheus did nothing wrong.
Did the tuatha actually exist?
>>4879
The kurupi's kinda insane
>>7645
>that one god that is always portrayed as ugly in all media ever.
>hermes
>ugly
u wot m8?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhnZfY0wqs&list=PLSTsK7kbFomCp9yI6w9-aK3SEHaM73daC
you sure you arent thinking of hephaestus?
>>7684
>giving humans Fire
shiggy diggy
ARES X APHRODITE ARE OBJECTIVALLY THE BEST COUPLE
>>7837
Ares is a failed abortion of a god.
>>7739
Is that statue making a Constanza face?
>be misogynistic society that shuns women
>fucking Athena is one of the most popular goddesses and the one predicted to become more powerful than Zeus
Why did the greeks made the deity of wisdom and strategical warfare a female?
>>7910
FUCK YOU HEPHEASTUS.
>>7753
I noticed that in a lot of popular media Hermes is always portrayed as uglier than the other olympians.
From games up to fucking Disney.
Which is strange considering gods are supposed to be unnaturally beautiful.
>>7739
>Kurupi's most distinctive feature, however, was an enormous penis that was ordinarily wound several times around his waist like a belt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurupi
>>7375
Mah nigga
>>8075
>the one predicted to become more powerful than Zeus
Wasn't that the second child of Metis, not the first?
>>7753
>>that one god that is always portrayed as ugly in all media ever.
Books and old vidya portray him as handsome.
>>8298
you're right
>>7375
He was such a homo on god of war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrzMddB9V-o
I love it
Belial, one of King Solomon's demons.
>>8075
>TFW no fanfiction where Athena raises her power level and becomes the new Zeus.
Chronus... 'nuff said.
Primordial vagoo master race. Akasha=everything else>everyone else.
Who /Erebus/ here?
>>8548
>Cronus
ftfy.
Before anyone accidentally confuses Cronus/Kronos with Chronos.
>>8718
I'm more a /Nyx/ myself
/Demeter/ is so underrated. In fiction they always use Gaia instead when they need an earth goddess
>>8477
I had forgotten how good this game looks
HERE WE GO.
SPOOKY
>>8846
Demeter isn't exactly an earth goddess, more like plants and harvest.
>>9121
Wasn't there this japanese legend of a man with a huge eyeball in his ass?
did Japanese smoke weed back then?
>>9420
yes that one.
>Supreme Tier
Zeus
Hermes
>High Tier
Dyonisus
Hades
Hephaestus
Athena
>Mid Tier
Poseidon
Apollo
>Low Tier
Demeter
Aphrodite
Artemis
Hestia
>Shit Tier
Hera
Ares
>>9554
http://www.luminarium.org/mythology/ireland/
Start here.
>ctrl f
>tiamat
>0 results
fuggin plebs
Echidna + Typhoon OTP
>>5867
>picture of tyr
>2 hands
Ancient Sumerian mythology is in fact pure, secret history.
Who here /Tengri/?
Name a battle more epic than Ragnarök
>Protip: you fucking can't
Best God: Tyr
Best Goddess: Pallas Athena
Best "creature": Centaurs
Prove me wrong
>>4921
>tfw someone else likes Janus
>>9420
Best yokai.
>>12979
Pretty sure he's the two-headed boy in that one neutral milk hotel song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TudLjZ_4VhU
the elder scrolls has a god named xarxes. who is he based on?
>>10015
Mah nigga, yesss.
>tfw being a lonely Mesopotamian pagan
What's you guys favorite places to read your favorite stories?
>>12979
>yukkionna will never be your waifu.
>>12979
what is the source of this picture i want to possess more pictures of this type
>>14932
Shigeru Mizuki
This thread made me think of this image.
Boy, do I love Zeus.
pre-monotheistic Hebrew religion is objectively the best
before it became solely monotheistic the Hebrews worshiped Yahweh as a chief god with lesser dieties as well. This is his wife Asherah
>Yahweh chilling with his bae Asherah
>Yahweh has a massive dong
>looks like JuJu spirit from crash bandicoot
who converting to /HenothiesticbronzeageJudaism/ here?
>>9060
Thanks mr. skeltal
Lilith, the jew demoness (10/10 would bang)
or Eris, goddess of chaos and discord.
Qutzalcoatl because of his name.
I love the mythological trope about the person who leaves the regular world and returns a lot of time later unchanged just to see the whole world order.
Including the history of Oisin, Herla King, Urushima Daro, the plot of Interstellar and Queen's song '39.
I don't even know if that trope has a name, it just fascinates me in all it's incarnations.
I
>>4879
K A L I
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>>5829
African beliefs are definitely my weak point. Sounds like something to read about.
Do you guys believe the theory about pagan gods being great kings/shamans/heroes whose exploits were exaggerated over time?
>>15885
I love the story about an average man who meets a mysterious but beautiful woman who turns out to be some sort of supernatural being.
She marries him and they have children, living in domestic bliss. But all under the condition that he NEVER reveal her nature to anyone.
The husband blurts out her secret and she flees, never to be seen again.
Pretty much every culture has a variant of the tale.
>>16282
Yeah, in an Irish context Nuada certainly was a great king that became more detached from reality over time. He was certainly a great king but his exploits were exaggerated overtime ie him losing his arm and being forged a metal arm like a cyborg by the gods
BASED
I was planning on making a mythology/forklore thread to see if its allowed and ones already up. Man I hope this board succeeds.
>>16417
What are some examples?
>>4879
I want to fuck that gorgon.
>>16282
I also believe that many mythical creatures were based on conquered peoples who took refugee in forests and caverns. Like the Tuatha de Danann being the pre-Gaelic inhabitants of Ireland.
>>4879
Mesopotamian and Canaanite myths.
Ishtar and Hadad
>>16282
I imagine some are, I mean it's not like this kind of thing doesn't happen, Shango and Guan Yu were both people who later went on to be worshiped as Gods.
>>16637
Not that anon, but Yuki-onna comes to mind first. I think their are some Selkie stories that end that way as well. I know I heard an African story with a similar vibe though I don't remember the exact details.
>>6211
Official thread theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuAN2qqKZw
>>17236
>Ishtar
Worst girl
This would be a great question to ask Dante.
>>5829
A SMT set in africa would be the coolest fucking shit.
>>8802
This. Even had Zeus running scared.
>>10320
Me desu.
Ares - God of War
Symbolized brutal, unorganized, bloody, rage filled war.
Rode a chariot with massive war horses.
His war cry sounded like thousands of soldiers screaming as they were running at their enemies.
Married Aphrodite and had Eros and Eris.
He's like the Duke Nukem of mythology.
>>17422
It is a series about the urban realism punk feeling juxtaposed with ancient beliefs. Wouldn't work outside of large cities like Kinshasa or Johannesburg. That then loses the distinction of broken environment because already messed up.
>>9245
It's more like mushrooms than anything and the answer is yes probably.
>>9317
Wat dis?!
>>14672
Yukionna wa doko desu-ka!
>>17632
Umibouzu
>>8802
Fuck off , Strega.
>>14672
Yuki-Jorou
Tr Note: Jorou means whore
I've been interested in Hades ever since I learned he wasn't the evil villain bastard every bit of media makes him out to be. He seems to be a fair, though quite strict, ruler who's pretty content with his lot in life, especially once he gets Persephone.
>>15617
Lilith isn't even a demon. She's supposed to be adam's original wife and she's literally the very first feminist ever. And also immortal and magic apparently. She's sorta human.
>>17797
She fell
>>17576
Why not just set it in detroit or something.
>>17797
Yea she left for Samael I'm pretty sure, and his fallen angel dick made her give birth to succubi
>>17849
Wait so for her disobedience she gets to live forever and have like a trillion kids and fuck random things forever. That's literally not a punishment.
>>4879
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnBJtIssgYs
hitler should of been Pope and Führer tbhlad.
>>17999
Her children always die soon after birth and if she finds a child from someone else cute it dies.
Broseidon is my nigga.
My main nigga Jupes
>>4879
Stheno is a lot cooler than Medusa desu
>>18080
What are lilim?
Best Vala to be honest
>>18574
Mass-production demons that cycle through a lot
>nobody ITT has mentioned Moloch, eater of children
This board isn't edgy enough for me
>gave birth to Orthus, Cerberus, Hydra, Chimera, Sphinx, both dragons that guarded the golden fleece and the golden apples, and the eagle that ate Prometheus's liver
Echidna is best mom and top MILF
>>18645
Wait what? Explain.
>>15048
the fact this joke had to be made from an outside party makes me think the writers knew sweet fa about greek myth when they included marvel herc in that issue.
>>5513
remember when Thor went through a transvestite phase?
http://norse-mythology.org/tales/thor-the-transvestite/
>>17879
Finds a way
>>16637
Jaka Tarub (http://indonesianfolktales.wikia.com/wiki/Jaka_Tarub_and_Seven_Apsaras)
Yuki Onna
>>5161
please elaborate
>>5161
Ultros?
>>5161
>>10329
Mahabarata
Posting for another thread
>>5622
Clowns. Niggas hate clowns
>>22424
We need to go deeper.
>>22568
No, no, I think we're fine here.
>Baal and Molech keep trying to steal your worshipers.
>you reluctantly use your war God powers from your previous job to commit genocide here and there
>having to incarnate Yourself as a mortal just to prove to your children you love them.
>>4879
Tezcatlipoca "Smoking Mirror" is based.
>>4879
Let's see
Greek: Athena > Hades > Hestia > the rest
pegasus and scylla/charybdis
Egypt: Isis > Anubis > Maat > the rest
the sphinxs
Norse: Idunn > Skadi > Tyr
the animals living on the world tree or the tree itself
Indian: Saraswati > Lakshmi > Shiva
don't remember a single creature except nagas, nagas a shit
China: Queen mother of the west > the jade emperor > Chang'e
the rain and weather dragon (shenlong?), the four beasts are cool too
Nips: Okuninushi > Kushinada-hime > Konohanasakuya-hime
tengus, tennin, kitsune (or just the mask maybe)
Celts: only remember by name a few of them
Kelpie and fairies
Levant/Mesopotamia: same with the celts only remember a few of them
Lamassus
Aztecs: fuck them and their bullshit names
Mythical spiders are pretty dope.
I wish there were more.
>>4879
Time for chaos desu sempai.
>not posting the myth of sculpting you're waifu
>>5909
Came here to post this
>>6768
Yeah, the Pesedjet is based. Classy design.
>>7676
Yeah, they are nice.
They got heavily btfo, though.
>>8846
Demeter is the goddess of agriculture and other things, Gaia is 'the' earth, really not the same thing.
I love mythological creatures that interacting with modern technology.
>The Skogsra could be found by soldiers in the scandinavian forests, and could bless their muskets to make sure their first shot would never miss
Any recommended media and entertainment about mythological dieties and figures?
Preferably non Greek, I have already had a fair bit of that.
>>17535
He is not married to Aphrodite (who is unironically and by far more badass than him), though he fucked her silly (like many people, not that there should be anything wrong with that)
>>18399
Seen this painting last month. Pretty fucking amazing.
>>25576
Fuck him.
Praise Quetzalcoatl.
Apollo is my guardian god
>nobody cares about Mesopotamian religion, that was forefather of Egyptian, Greek, Judaism and by extension Christianity and Islam
Its funny how i can be reading their myths and see all those motives there, the Paradise and expulsion from it, the Tree of wisdom, the flood, the chaos before creation etc. Myths so deep down in people that they survived over five thousand years.
>>29003
are you gay?
>>29048
no
>>29064
bisex?
>>29084
ουχί
>>29099
then you must be a girl
Enki a best.
>you won't ever have a daughter with your own daughter, which is your daughters and yours daughter
>you won't ever fill riverbanks, fields, forests and cities with your semen
>you won't ever get drunk with your mom and create crippled humans for fun
>>29116
nein
>>29003
Fuck you cruel snob pretentious dick of a god.
Dionysos all the way.
>>4879
I like the good old fashion bible, but the little things.
Ie, the 7 plagues representing the abrahamic god overpowering the 7 main Egyptian gods (ie blocking out the sun = showing Ra a shit).
That symbolism in the bible is top tier
>>29163
Dionysos is a cool guy tho
>>29154
>liking a sissy fucboi god
>>29206
Mfw
>>29199
Yup, Dionysos is best God.
Don't get me started on "Bacchus", though
>>29184
oh shit i didn't even think about that
that's pretty rad
Post your favorite temples, norse, roman, celtic zoroastrian whatever
Heres mine
>>29003
Hermes was here. Apollo is a loser.
>>29270
Newgrange, Ireland, 3000 BC
>>29387
Goddammit forgot pic
>>29270
Etruscan temples looked cool
>>15885
>Urushima Daro
Urashima Taro
There's also a Romanian version if you're interested, it would to scare the crap out of me as a kid
http://www.floarea-vietii.ro/site/php/romania.php?article_id=1026&lang=en
greek sphinx > egyptian sphinx
>>16637
Kuzunoha from Japanse mythology.
>>10329
Dagor Dagorath :^)
Now it seems like a good time to ask: do you guys know any good source material on mythology in general?
Maybe culture-specific books, or even comparisons of different culture's myths, like you're doing in this thread.
I love this topic, but I know almost nothing besides some very basic stuff.
>>8548
My nigga.
Saturn is da boss.
Dionysus and Apollo are pretty cool too.
>An Aswang (or Asuwang) is a vampire-like witch ghoul in Filipino folklore and is the subject of a wide variety of myths and stories.
>Spanish colonists noted that the Aswang was the most feared among the mythical creatures of the Philippines, even in the 16th century.
>When they are in their human form, you can identifying, just look at their eyes, they are bloodshot, and the reflection in them would appear inverted.
>They are also know for taking any chance to break into funeral homes to steal corpses, replacing them with bananas trunks.
>>28882
Try the Shin Megami Tensei games if you're into that. Chock full of mythology and smart references.
>>30044
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23522.Mythology maybe? I've seen it praised around so maybe it's good.
Oh and read this one a while ago, it's ok. Doesn't compare anything but it's ok.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2428103.Myths_Legends_of_India_Egypt_China_Japan
I personally prefer reading the myths directly.
>>30044
I don't know about any books but this is a really good podcast http://mythandhistory.podbean.com/page/3/
First half goes into Greek mythology and 2nd half goes into greco-roman history
Anyone /balt/ here?
>>18791
Why has no one cropped the "wtf is this shit" babby into a reaction image
>>30238
>>30291
I'll check those, thanks.
>I personally prefer reading the myths directly.
Well, yeah, that's part of the problem. What about cultures from like random American or African tribes that I've never even heard of? It'd be hard to search for stuff like that, so that's why I was looking for something more general like that.
Susanoo
>born from his dad's nose
>threw shit and a dead horse at his sister's house killing one of her handmaidens and making her retreat in a cave aka leaving the world with no sun
>banished from Takamagahara
>turned waifu into comb
>fought huge dragon, acquired mythical sword, had to give it away afterwards
>missed mummy, became ruler of the underworld
>got fooled by fucking Okuninushi into giving up his daughter for marriage even though the former was already married
Such is the life of Susanoo.
>>30366
Try this
https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Children's_Myths,_Fairy_Tales,_etc._(Bookshelf)
>>17535
> Married
Ha, no. He's fucking his crippled brother's wife. Fuck that guy, like Hep didn't have enough shit going against him already.
Is Hephaestus the original C U C K?
>>31549
He was definitely screwed over by the universe
>>31549
>bypassing the filter
Faggot.
>>31549
>ties down his wife and her lover while they're fucking
>gets all the other gods to come and watch
Sounds like it.
Leshy/Miškinis is probably the coolest to me, because it's based on real people that exist even now.
Ninny Ninny Not
Your name is Tom Tit Tot
I've heard someone say elsewhere that the Greeks respected the existence of the Egyptian religion and didn't deny their gods.
How much truth is there to that? And are there any real cases of two different faiths acknowledging and generally respecting each other?
>>31834
Afaik in hellenistic egypt the greeks would merge their gods through syncretism. For instance, the greek Hermes and the egyptian Toth had similarities and were therefore conflated into Hermes Trismegistus
>>31941
Ah, that's pretty interesting.
Who /AngraMainyu/ here?
>>5513
I dunno. Greek and Norse mythology share a lot of elements. They bo have the sisters of fate and the celestial bodies being dragged by chariots.
I rather enjoy the idea of Lucifer as a promethian character that grants humans the power to rule their own destiny.
>>32467
*tips fedora*
you probably also like loki, hermes, anubis and susanoo
>>32518
I like all promethian figures in mythology.
>>31834
Romans generally didnt care who their subjects worshipped as long as they also acknowledged the divinity of the Emperor as Ordained by Roman gods. They also liked to adopt any gods they thought were cool like Mithra.
This was why they didnt like monotheism. Too rigid and stubborn.
>>31716
>Because of his propensity to lead travelers astray and abduct children, which he shares with Chort, or "The Black One," the Leshy is believed by some to be evil. Others view him as more of a temperamental being like a fairy
He's a cool dude eh
I really like Sylphs for some reason.
>>32518
how is hermes edgy?
>>32804
it's a meme senpai
>>32804
le witty trickster god, patron of thieves
*tips petasos*
Is there any teacher better than Scathach?
Favorite mythical hero?
>>32896
>no THIGHS
I want to learn more about Japanese mythology.
