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[LordSlowpoke]

that one human subspecies that developed on high gravity worlds and whose name i have no fucking clue towards?

[Flying Dice]

Squats. Space Dwarfs who were too awesome to live (in canon).

[Descan]

Wait, orks are fungus?

[MaximumZero]

What if we changed it to Battletoads Treasure Tracker?

[Frumple]

Wait, orks are fungus?

The WH40k ones, at least, yes. Think they're more normal in the fantasy battle stuff.

[Sergarr]

Why does Japanese games have so many female creator-type goddesses?

[ShoesandHats]

I don't know a whole lot about Shinto, but I think there're quite a few in there, so it's a cultural thing, I'd wager.

[Frumple]

... why wouldn't they? Mother figures fit creator deities better than most things.

The other reason, put rather bluntly, is A) Japan, and B) Tits.

[Sergarr]

Yeah, but what's reason behind that cultural difference?

Why in Europe, Middle East, India and even China (IIRC) the creator-type god is the father figure, while in Japan, it's the mother figure? What's the reason behind this abnormality?

[TD1]

Christianity and other Western male based religions, I daresay.

[Sergarr]

Christianity and other Western male based religions, I daresay.

Yeah, but what's reason behind that cultural difference?

Why in Europe, Middle East, India and even China (IIRC) the creator-type god is the father figure, while in Japan, it's the mother figure? What's the reason behind this abnormality?

Christianity and other Western male based religions, I daresay.

I daresay it's not as simple as that.

[TD1]

Hindu belief: The universe comes from a flower from Lord Vishnu. China, a case of cultural osmosis and/or considering the market they're selling to.

[Frumple]

If by india and china, you mean hinduism, things are weird there regarding genders. If by the rest of it, you mean ignoring vast swaths of religious history (i.e. basically everything not abrahamic), then. Whatever. Grecian/roman stuff coming from gaia, great hordes of african and native american stuff, all sorts of all sorts. There's absolutely nothing abnormal about a female creator deity. That it's not the primary trend in certain areas at this time is more than a little meaningless.

It's worth noting it's not exactly uncommon for western derived media involving a created pantheon, game related or not, to also have female creator deities. If they're common in games in particular, that has considerably more to do with fanservice than anything notably cultural.

[TD1]

True. A lot of games have female creator deities, whether Japanese or not.

[Sergarr]

Funny thing: In Greece, while Gaia is a creator-type and female, she was de-powered and the dominant position was eventually taken up by Zeus, who is very much male.

The same could really be said of the way the male creator-type religions spread across the world, while the female creator-types are struggling to survive.

Which is an interesting tendency.