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Angry Gods
« on: March 21, 2019, 12:04:16 pm »
In greek religion, Gods become angry when we perform evil acts. The story of Tantalus killing his son and offering him to the Gods shows that Gods do not take evil actions lightly. They punished Tantalus and brought his son back to life. Gods do not become angry with us over trivial things. Tartara awaits for people who offend the very nature of what we call life.

What about other religions? What makes the Gods angry?

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Re: Angry Gods
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2019, 05:58:44 pm »
In greek religion, Gods become angry when we perform evil acts. The story of Tantalus killing his son and offering him to the Gods shows that Gods do not take evil actions lightly. They punished Tantalus and brought his son back to life. Gods do not become angry with us over trivial things. Tartara awaits for people who offend the very nature of what we call life.

What about other religions? What makes the Gods angry?

Mythology offers some mixed signals about how just or how petty the Gods may be. The relationship between pagan Gods and morality is a complex one, often not explicitly defined in historical sources. There is evidence for combined religious/ legal functions in many societies, which would seem to place the Gods in the role of judges.

Beyond that, deities portrayed in mythology can be said to embody the cultural values of their listeners. If the behavior of Zeus seems wrong today, that’s because the myths are depicting him as the archaic or classical Greeks imagined the ideal king. Not as we would. So there’s always some subjectivity.

I think some of those traditional values remain constant. Respect for family (Within reason.) Loyalty, honesty, courage, hospitality towards the lost and the tired. Etc. You don’t throw a wanderer out of your house or refuse them a morsel when you’re the only one who can offer them shelter. There are many myths of Gods testing mortal hospitality. Some of these values could be applied to modern situations, like refugees for example. (That’s my opinion.)


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Re: Angry Gods
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2019, 03:50:16 am »
What about other religions? What makes the Gods angry?

In Hinduism, the Gods don't get mad very often, but when they do - oh, boy they do - and it's not always for the best reasons. Sometimes, somebody just does something to really tick them off. Shiva in particular is prone to fits of rage, which he often directs at mortals or even other gods.

For example, the reason Ganesha has an elephant head is because Shiva cut his human head off. He decapitated his own son - an act which then made Ganesha's mother quite mad at Shiva, and led her (and Vishnu, in some versions of the story) to force Shiva to find Ganesha a new head. So yeah, the Gods can get a little irate in Hindu mythology as well.
"The worshippers of the gods go to them; to the manes go the ancestor-worshippers; to the Deities who preside over the elements go their worshippers; My devotees come to Me." ... "Whichever devotee desires to adore whatever such Deity with faith, in all such votaries I make that particular faith unshakable. Endowed with that faith, a votary performs the worship of that particular deity and obtains the fruits thereof, these being granted by Me alone." - Sri Krishna

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Re: Angry Gods
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2019, 03:43:49 pm »
Mythology offers some mixed signals about how just or how petty the Gods may be. The relationship between pagan Gods and morality is a complex one, often not explicitly defined in historical sources. There is evidence for combined religious/ legal functions in many societies, which would seem to place the Gods in the role of judges.

Beyond that, deities portrayed in mythology can be said to embody the cultural values of their listeners. If the behavior of Zeus seems wrong today, that’s because the myths are depicting him as the archaic or classical Greeks imagined the ideal king. Not as we would. So there’s always some subjectivity.

I think some of those traditional values remain constant. Respect for family (Within reason.) Loyalty, honesty, courage, hospitality towards the lost and the tired. Etc. You don’t throw a wanderer out of your house or refuse them a morsel when you’re the only one who can offer them shelter. There are many myths of Gods testing mortal hospitality. Some of these values could be applied to modern situations, like refugees for example. (That’s my opinion.)
In Slavic religion, what makes the Gods angry?

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Re: Angry Gods
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2019, 03:46:29 pm »
In Hinduism, the Gods don't get mad very often, but when they do - oh, boy they do - and it's not always for the best reasons. Sometimes, somebody just does something to really tick them off. Shiva in particular is prone to fits of rage, which he often directs at mortals or even other gods.

For example, the reason Ganesha has an elephant head is because Shiva cut his human head off. He decapitated his own son - an act which then made Ganesha's mother quite mad at Shiva, and led her (and Vishnu, in some versions of the story) to force Shiva to find Ganesha a new head. So yeah, the Gods can get a little irate in Hindu mythology as well.
Hindu Gods have feelings like the greek Gods.  ;)

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Re: Angry Gods
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2019, 03:32:04 am »
In Slavic religion, what makes the Gods angry?

Oh, there’s a lot of ritual taboos. Don’t spit on the sacred fire. Don’t do certain tasks on certain days. No field work during Perun’s thunder week, around July. No spinning on the holy day of Mokosh (later transferred to St.Paraskevi, because her name happens to be Greek for “Friday.”) There are stories throughout Eastern Europe about a female spirit who gets downright vicious if you spin or steam flax during her sacred time. Supposedly she’ll steam you instead, and peel off your skin!

I take it all with a grain of salt, but observing certain sacred days or weeks seems to be important.

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