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[Boksi]

Have any of you encountered some unforeseen and amusing consequence of rampant modding? Here's one: A lot of religion spheres equal a lot of gods, rather than a few with a lot of spheres like one might expect. Here's a selection:

  Udar, deity: the weather
  Baros, deity: murder, death, rebirth, birth, creation (huh?)
  Madush, deity: fertility, agriculture, food
  ékim Masteredhero, deity: rulership
  Anriz, deity: the sun
  Nekut, deity: twilight
  Litast, deity: courage
  Thoth the Radiant Flash, deity: the moon
  Tumam, deity: hospitality
  Robek, deity: chaos, war, victory
  Kithçn the Coast of Wind, deity: hunting, the dawn (odd)
  Otik Glitterprincess, deity: light, day, discipline, order
  Mothram, deity: treachery
  Thabost the Branded Warmth, deity: volcanos, fire
  Amug, deity: dusk
  NÜzom, deity: nightmares, dreams, the night, darkness, fate
  Égoth the Taker of Knights, deity: strength
  Arel the Ocean of Splashes, deity: water (this civilization hates it, so I felt it appropriate)
  Soshosh Salutelowness, deity: jealousy
  Zas, deity: metals, peace (lolwut?)
  Dural, deity: truth
  Ilon, deity: loyalty, oaths, laws, justice
  Rasuk, deity: torture, misery, inspiration (true art!)
  Lorbam Kinglegend, deity: duty
  Kalur, deity: thralldom
  Noram Relievedreleases, deity: freedom
  Duthal Stockademirthful, deity: fortresses, sacrifice, charity (not exactly what everyone associates together, do they?)
  Aval Silveryarmors, deity: mercy, gambling, luck, games
  Z†god Scrapedswords, deity: revenge

  Kogsak the Blanketed Clutch, deity: the moon, justice, laws (eh?)
  ìtthat, deity: the sun
  Nåles Pristinelake, deity: hunting
  Enshal the Glitter of Light, deity: the dawn, fertility
  ékim the Princess of Kings, deity: order, discipline
  Atàsh, deity: storms, torture (how're they so bad?)
  An Satinylyrics, deity: inspiration, art
  Kenis, deity: peace
  Sarvesh Hotflickers, deity: volcanos
  Kñbuk, deity: valor
  Bothon, deity: freedom, the night (they like the night)
  Uzol Mountaingranite the Pale Silvers, deity: metals, minerals, jewels
  Ast the Molten Disemboweler, deity: revenge
  Odg£b, deity: jealousy, victory, war
  âlot Lobstersuns, deity: the rain, nature
  Inod Shellcradle, deity: oaths
  Alen, deity: fate
  Nîkor Burytombs, deity: death
  Urem, deity: duty
  Nekut, deity: dusk
  Zefon the Seed of Dawns, deity: creation
  Ud, deity: strength
  Stosàth Speckking the Puppet of Queens, deity: thralldom
  Tumam the Blameless Ward, deity: sacrifice, charity, generosity (that was a lot of single-spheres)
  Zulban Kingmastered, deity: rulership
  Zuden, deity: day, light, loyalty
  Zalstom the Lovely Citadel, deity: mercy, forgiveness
  Duthtish the Fist of Thundering, deity: nightmares, dreams
  Usib, deity: hospitality
  Amug the Labyrinthine Holes, deity: darkness
  Oth Foggyowls, deity: twilight
  Nitig Lightningcombats the Splattered Disembowelment, deity: chaos
  Kerlåg the Nourishing Help, deity: fortresses
  Lñk Truthsaints, deity: truth
  Zes the Sparks of Sweltering, deity: fire
  Edir the Curses of Twilight, deity: treachery, lies
  Disuth Cursedungeon the Skull of Dying, deity: murder


That's a lot of gods for only two civilizations!

[i2amroy]

Something that will cause more gods to be created for a civilization is if their religion tag in the entity.txt is set to [PANTHEON].

[Deon]

I guess this is the only thing to allow them to have multiple gods.

[umiman]

It makes sense. Pantheons are supposed to be filled with gods for every aspect of life. Looking at gods in India for example, thousands there.

[Nonanonymous]

It makes sense. Pantheons are supposed to be filled with gods for every aspect of life. Looking at gods in India for example, thousands there.

Thousands is a bit inaccurate for India.  You might be thinking of Egypt.

[Thassa]

The Egyptians didn't just have tons of gods.. for some things they had several different gods covering the same thing.  Mostly due to regional differences and having a really, really long history.

As for these..

  Baros, deity: murder, death, rebirth, birth, creation (huh?)   -   Not all that uncommon.  Some historical gods are associated with both death and rebirth.
  Zas, deity: metals, peace (lolwut?)   -   swords to plows?  yeah, this ones a bit odd
  Rasuk, deity: torture, misery, inspiration (true art!)   -   (makes a note to avoid this civilizations artists)
  Duthal Stockademirthful, deity: fortresses, sacrifice, charity (not exactly what everyone associates together, do they?)   -   I can see this one.  Being a soldier usually involves sacrificing having a normal life.  Could be seen as "I stand on guard, so you can live safely."

 

[umiman]

I was actually understating. Ever looked at a kuil? Every single one of those statues idolizes a different deity and practically every single temple idolizes different ones.

The Hindu pantheon has, in a famous example of hyperbole, over 330 million deities. In a sense India is God-intoxicated, there is god everywhere, in all things: within/without, above/below, in the six degrees of separation and in the three planes of existence.

http://www.indiayogi.com/content/indgods/

Every home, village, town, forest, river, mountain is believed to have its own patron deity. With the result, the ancients, given their proclivity for figures of astronomical proportions, have said that there are 330 million deities or gods! That is nearly a third of India’s present population.

http://www.knowledgecommission.org/indian-deities.html

Hinduism is generally associated with a  multiplicity of Gods, and it does not advocate the worship of one particular deity. The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism amount to thousands, all representing the many aspects of only one supreme Absolute called “Brahman”.

http://hinduism.about.com/cs/basics/a/aa072103a.htm

[ivegotgoodabs]

I was actually understating. Ever looked at a kuil? Every single one of those statues idolizes a different deity and practically every single temple idolizes different ones.

The Hindu pantheon has, in a famous example of hyperbole, over 330 million deities. In a sense India is God-intoxicated, there is god everywhere, in all things: within/without, above/below, in the six degrees of separation and in the three planes of existence.

http://www.indiayogi.com/content/indgods/

Every home, village, town, forest, river, mountain is believed to have its own patron deity. With the result, the ancients, given their proclivity for figures of astronomical proportions, have said that there are 330 million deities or gods! That is nearly a third of India’s present population.

http://www.knowledgecommission.org/indian-deities.html

Hinduism is generally associated with a  multiplicity of Gods, and it does not advocate the worship of one particular deity. The Gods and Goddesses of Hinduism amount to thousands, all representing the many aspects of only one supreme Absolute called “Brahman”.

http://hinduism.about.com/cs/basics/a/aa072103a.htm

ya, india kind of goes overboard with the gods.

[IndonesiaWarMinister]

Hinduism has a revolution 
In Indonesia, at the Middle Ages (maybe influenced by the Arabs) the Brahmananas erect 3 main god. The Creator-God, The Maintance-God. And the Destroyer-God. So IT is like Trinity.

Now, there is a reformation to the Hindu again to make them Monotheistic. Hindu is like an open-source religion  , so there is many coder for that, in the last 3000 years.

Still, Hindu is an Aryan religion. Monotheistic religion are Semitic.