Fantasy Pantheon: Difference between revisions

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* It gives you a convenient [[Hand Wave]] device that's one step above [[A Wizard Did It]].

Roughly 9 times out of 10 [[hottip:*:[[Lies Damned Lies and Statistics|and remember, 68% of all statistics are made up on the spot]], the [[Fantasy Pantheon]] will be polytheistic and each god and goddess will have an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]. Being a [[Flat Earth Atheist]] is a potentially dangerous prospect. Non-godly spirits, demons and ordinary magical beings don't count, but various lesser gods, demigods and [[Odd Job Gods]] do. Note that while the title says "pantheon", single Gods count too, but they are rarer.

Roughly 9 times out of 10 [[hottip:*:[[Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics|and remember, 68% of all statistics are made up on the spot]], the [[Fantasy Pantheon]] will be polytheistic and each god and goddess will have an [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]. Being a [[Flat Earth Atheist]] is a potentially dangerous prospect. Non-godly spirits, demons and ordinary magical beings don't count, but various lesser gods, demigods and [[Odd Job Gods]] do. Note that while the title says "pantheon", single Gods count too, but they are rarer.

Interestingly, and possibly because of the non-polytheistic background of most sci-fi and fantasy writers, fantasy religions tend to be far more inclined to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henotheism Henotheism] than most real-world polytheisms. Expect fantasy characters to pick one deity and stick to them rather than worship whichever holds the portfolio most appropriate to the business of the moment.

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Expect some incidence of [[Physical Religion]].

== Anime And Manga ==

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* In Kevin J. Anderson's ''Terra Incognita'' series, the supreme god, Ondun has three sons, Jorun, who stayed to rule the literal Heaven on Earth, Terravitae, and his other two sons Aiden and Urec who he sent out to explore the world and whose later quarrel formed the basis for the two religions in conflict in the story.

* In Brandon Sanderson's [[Warbreaker]], the Returned have a pantheon in T'Telir, including their ruler, The God King. Played with, because the Returned [[Was Once a Man|were human once]].

** Also, in a strange twist on this Trope, all of [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s books (except for Wheel of Time, because he took over for [[Author Existence Failure|Robert Jordan]]), despite their very different settings, exist in the same multiverse, with the [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Shards of Adonalasium]] driving each [[Magic a Is Magic A|unique magic system]].

** Also, in a strange twist on this Trope, all of [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s books (except for Wheel of Time, because he took over for [[Author Existence Failure|Robert Jordan]]), despite their very different settings, exist in the same multiverse, with the [[Anthropomorphic Personification|Shards of Adonalasium]] driving each [[Magic A Is Magic A|unique magic system]].

** Named Shards include Ruin and Preservation (''[[Mistborn]]''), Endowment (''[[Warbreaker]]''), and Honor, Cultivation, and Odium (''[[The Stormlight Archive]]''). At least two Shards have been present on the world of ''[[Elantris]]'' as well, though what their aspects are is unknown, and [[Word of God]] is that there are 16 Shards total. {{spoiler|As of the end of ''[[Mistborn]]'', Ruin and Preservation have been effectively combined into one entity, Harmony}}.

* The ''[[The War Gods]]'' series by [[David Weber]] has both good and evil pantheons.

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== Web Original ==

* [[~~Trope Pantheons/~~Trope Pantheons|We have one now.]]

* [[Trope Pantheons|We have one now.]]

* •[[The Monster Girl Encyclopedia]] mention few deities in some of [[Cute Monster Girl]] entries. So far, we have [[God]] who seem to based on Judeo-Christian-Islamic one. [[Classical Mythology|Poseidon]] who govern the ocean. And the [[Satan|Fallen God]] who reside in Pandemonium. The profile of Cyclope suggest that there are more, with Cyclopes themselves were ones until other deities cursed them to become monsters.

* In [[The Movolreilen Saga (Literature)|The Movolreilen Saga]], each of the nations has one of its own, though so far only Nilenira's has been fleshed out.