I can't think of a specific god I like the most, but I always had an interest in the Greek mythology (especially in the mythical creatures being mentioned there).
Oh boy, this topic. I used to be a huge norse and greek mythology nerd. Since you're asking in 2018 though ...
I'm not Catholic but I think their God is super underrated. The bible is pretty metal, and full of twisted things. I wonder sometimes how many christians have actually read the whole thing. All sorts of media reference the bible and the divine comedy (dante's inferno) these days. If I went into specifics I'd spam the whole page
In addition, there's all the badass priests and other holy dudes out there (fictional and non-fictional) that make it even more awesome. If you want to talk video games, look no further than Assassin's Creed 2
Because I enjoy topics like this and because of who the OP is, I'm going to leave something with some amount of detail.
Generally, I like deities that concern chaos, madness, fear, games, trickery, and death, for starters.
Norse: I really do enjoy Loki a lot. Little details like how he turned into a fly to annoy and distract the blacksmith that was creating Mjolnir so the hammer's creation would see sabotage, the hammer was produced as a one-handed hammer when it was originally meant to be a two-handed hammer, I find little bits like this to be fascinating. Shapeshifting was always an ability I thought was cool, and I take to Loki on a mental level, as he is like a snake that means to send you down the wrong road if it means he can further go about his business.
Egyptian: Set and Anubis were always fascinating to me, but I find disorder and violence to be much more interesting/satiating than just Death and the Underworld. Because of this, I enjoy Set much more.
I find Anubis interesting to the point where I decided to involve him in a Hero Card set I created. I feel like this turned out controversially well, which is nice.
Chinese: Xiwangmu seems up my alley, as she is described as a nightmare feels. Yanwang is about my speed, but just like with Set and Anubis, Yanwang feels too much like a one trick pony comparatively.
Japanese: Omoikane, the Deity of Wisdom would be about where my interests lie. I try imparting wisdom where applicable, within reason. You shouldn't be trying to make yourself wise with others at every opportunity, but find where it's most appropriate.
Greek: Apollo, Ares and Hades are all about where I find identity and interest. I feel like I enjoy the idea of Apollo more if I'm identifying with one in this Pantheon, but I really like Ares, considering Ares helps bring a darker side to humanity, as you could consider Ares responsible for the existence of atrocity during wartime. In general though, with Hades, I tend to enjoy the Hell characters often, so why not consider him? Apollo is described by Wikipedia as the "God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery."
Concerning Rome, Rome and Greece practically share a Pantheon, assigning names differently.
There are so many cultures that exist that I'm going to leave it at this.
Lightning (Claire Farron) from the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. She never officially becomes a Goddess, but she practically is by the end of the trilogy, defeating God himself and freeing humanity from the various powers that sought to control their destiny. As Bhunivelze intends for her to become the newest Goddess of Death in Lightning Returns - at least, before she rebels against Him - I would say she technically counts.
(That's right, I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes FF13. If people stopped crying "boo corridor simulator!" for ten seconds and paid attention, they might have realized the narrative tied into the gameplay in a completely logical way. You're being manipulated by a higher power, so of course you would be somewhat railroaded; the game opens up later, when the team takes more charge of their lives. Plus most Final Fantasy games are rather linear: this one just dropped the pretense to maintain control of the story's pacing.)
If you're interested, I've summarized the entire trilogy in the spoiler below:
In Final Fantasy XIII, the "Fal'Cie" are humanity's curators after the Creator (Bhunivelze) falls asleep. Feeling abandoned, the Fal'Cie decide to tear the whole thing down: if they can unleash Ragnarok and destroy the planet, surely the Creator would wake up and save them in time. The Fal'Cie can not kill themselves so they push humanity (via the main cast) to do it for them, manipulating the player like puppets throughout the game. Lightning rejects this directive, searching for a way to save her sister Serah and get out from under the control of the Fal'Cie. The team would eventually destroy the Fal'Cie Eden - as they were being manipulated to do - but manage to save the planet via a loophole in their orders.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 has a lot of time-travel messiness, but the main story revolves around Caius. An immortal guardian of a woman doomed to a cycle of inevitable death and reincarnation, Caius seeks to destroy time itself to save Yeul from her predicament. Lightning is charged by Etro - the Goddess of Death - to become Her knight, defending against Caius in an endless duel within Valhalla. Serah makes her way to Valhalla to help Lightning, but Caius successfully enacts his plan and forces the good guys to kill him. Holding the Heart of Etro within himself, his death releases the contained Chaos so it can consume the universe...basically achieving the scenario desired by the Fal'Cie in the first game.
In Lightning Returns, Chaos has broken down the universe until only a small area of life remains, the concepts of time and death forcibly dismantled. Bhunivelze/God commands Lightning to become humanity's Savior, postponing the world's destruction whilst collecting the souls of humanity so they can live in the new universe He is making. However over the course of the game, Lightning discovers the truth: Bhunivelze plans to cut out the emotions and memories of the souls she saves, their destiny to become puppets once again. Lightning is to be remade into the newest Goddess of Death, but she rebels against Him. Harnessing the power of the souls she saved (+ reuniting with her friends and sister) Lightning single-handedly defeats Bhunivelze, leaving Him to be consumed by Chaos in the old world while humanity migrates to the new one.
The game/trilogy ends with a casually-dressed Lightning/Claire looking for someone (presumably Serah), having just arrived via train to a French-looking town. It is implied that the "new world" is our world, aka real life.
The XIII trilogy is heavily focused on the theme of fate and whether or not we can escape destiny/fight against it. Combined with Nordic religious elements, the story and characters tickle my fancy and connect with me whilst I try to sort out my own place in the universe. We get to see Lightning's growth as a character (and her escalating Mary Sue power-level lol), while the antagonists are built up well enough that the fights are memorable and appropriately climatic.
It certainly helps that the quality of the trilogy's soundtrack is very high, with booming orchestral music; my absolute favorite genre for boss battles.
Fighting Fate - the three battles against Barthandelus, the primary puppeteer controlling the party throughout Final Fantasy XIII. He is the boss you face when the six individuals finally come together and the truth of their situation is revealed. You face Barthandelus two more times before the end, as he continues to dismantle the false sense of hope and free will the team tries to salvage for themselves.
Born Anew - the end boss of Final Fantasy XIII, against Barthandelus' true form: the Fal'Cie Eden. Having pushed us to this moment from the very beginning, Barthandelus believes he has finally broken down the party's spirit. In doing so he hopes that one of them, in their rage and hopelessness, will assume the role of Ragnarok and finally kill him, dooming the planet.
Invisible Depths - Noel has successfully escorted Serah to Valhalla, to aid Lightning with her eternal battle against Caius. One way or another the duel will come to an end, with Caius the victor: they kill him, inadvertently destroying the Heart of Etro and dooming the universe to be consumed by Chaos; or they die, leaving no one to prevent Caius from destroying time as he originally planned.
Bhunivelze - Lightning Return's end battle against...well, Bhunivelze. A duel between God and His pupil, in the final breaths of a dying universe. With His defeat, the last puppeteer seeking to control humanity would be no more; they would enter the New World truly free of the shackles that once enslaved them. It contains a mixture of previous themes, with heavily-chaotic overtones to emphasize the setting.
Behold, foolish interlopers! I am commanding this mortal to spread the will of the Scourge throughout the interwebs, encouraging you to seek out me, Archlich Kel'Thuzad! Now coming to you as the tenth class of Hearthstone!
I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
I can't think of a specific god I like the most, but I always had an interest in the Greek mythology (especially in the mythical creatures being mentioned there).
Tyche. Someone who can control luck. You can know her under the name of "Fortune". She never ask anything from you, and never promise you anything. No afterlife, no fancy miracles - nothing. Although, sometimes, if you happen to do something interesting - she may look at you with approval and joy, and help you a bit - or may not. No promises, remember? IMHO, If you chose to believe in any god, at least let it be someone who you d like to hang out with. So yeah, her. Sadly, there is not many info left about Tyche - maybe, for better, because if you ever read some of the Greek mythos - gods were kind of a dicks. Not all, not all by far but many - and since luck is her schtick - I imagine she screwed up a loooot of people, deserve they so or not.
Anyway, let the lady look at you with joy, cos you dont want her to look at you another way.
Wow guys, such great picks. Honestly i did not expect anyone to know about them. Prometheus in particular is my favourite Immortal (even though he was a Titan=/=god) in all greek/roman mythos. The creator of man, giver of fire and civilization and was punished for all eternity for it by Zeus/Jupiter until he was rescued by Hercules. He is basically the Jesus of Greek mythology.
Because I enjoy topics like this and because of who the OP is, I'm going to leave something with some amount of detail.
Generally, I like deities that concern chaos, madness, fear, games, trickery, and death, for starters.
Norse: I really do enjoy Loki a lot. Little details like how he turned into a fly to annoy and distract the blacksmith that was creating Mjolnir so the hammer's creation would see sabotage, the hammer was produced as a one-handed hammer when it was originally meant to be a two-handed hammer, I find little bits like this to be fascinating. Shapeshifting was always an ability I thought was cool, and I take to Loki on a mental level, as he is like a snake that means to send you down the wrong road if it means he can further go about his business.
Egyptian: Set and Anubis were always fascinating to me, but I find disorder and violence to be much more interesting/satiating than just Death and the Underworld. Because of this, I enjoy Set much more.
I find Anubis interesting to the point where I decided to involve him in a Hero Card set I created. I feel like this turned out controversially well, which is nice.
Chinese: Xiwangmu seems up my alley, as she is described as a nightmare feels. Yanwang is about my speed, but just like with Set and Anubis, Yanwang feels too much like a one trick pony comparatively.
Japanese: Omoikane, the Deity of Wisdom would be about where my interests lie. I try imparting wisdom where applicable, within reason. You shouldn't be trying to make yourself wise with others at every opportunity, but find where it's most appropriate.
Greek: Apollo, Ares and Hades are all about where I find identity and interest. I feel like I enjoy the idea of Apollo more if I'm identifying with one in this Pantheon, but I really like Ares, considering Ares helps bring a darker side to humanity, as you could consider Ares responsible for the existence of atrocity during wartime. In general though, with Hades, I tend to enjoy the Hell characters often, so why not consider him? Apollo is described by Wikipedia as the "God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery."
Concerning Rome, Rome and Greece practically share a Pantheon, assigning names differently.
There are so many cultures that exist that I'm going to leave it at this.
A quality post once more, i had such a ball reading it (and wiking it :P). I would upvote you twice!
The kind of God i like is the God who can Discuss and Arguing with me to make me Believe in Him .....
I like This Native American God / Goddess ( Apikunni ) the inventor of tobacco !
Honorable mention The ( Maho Shogu Site ) Manga / Anime has A Really Twisted God that control the unfortunate Fate and Bad Luck .. I mean why the hell she has Sperms wandering in her Eye balls 😱 ?
Loki, no explanation.
I can't think of a specific god I like the most, but I always had an interest in the Greek mythology (especially in the mythical creatures being mentioned there).
Maybe Prometheus?
Oh boy, this topic. I used to be a huge norse and greek mythology nerd. Since you're asking in 2018 though ...
I'm not Catholic but I think their God is super underrated. The bible is pretty metal, and full of twisted things. I wonder sometimes how many christians have actually read the whole thing. All sorts of media reference the bible and the divine comedy (dante's inferno) these days. If I went into specifics I'd spam the whole page
In addition, there's all the badass priests and other holy dudes out there (fictional and non-fictional) that make it even more awesome. If you want to talk video games, look no further than Assassin's Creed 2
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I'd say Mars. War will be around forever so he is the first choice... :P
Always expect the unexpectable!
The god of staying in puberty for eternity?
On topic, I have always liked Anubis too. He fasinates me.
Because I enjoy topics like this and because of who the OP is, I'm going to leave something with some amount of detail.
Generally, I like deities that concern chaos, madness, fear, games, trickery, and death, for starters.
Norse: I really do enjoy Loki a lot. Little details like how he turned into a fly to annoy and distract the blacksmith that was creating Mjolnir so the hammer's creation would see sabotage, the hammer was produced as a one-handed hammer when it was originally meant to be a two-handed hammer, I find little bits like this to be fascinating. Shapeshifting was always an ability I thought was cool, and I take to Loki on a mental level, as he is like a snake that means to send you down the wrong road if it means he can further go about his business.
Egyptian: Set and Anubis were always fascinating to me, but I find disorder and violence to be much more interesting/satiating than just Death and the Underworld. Because of this, I enjoy Set much more.
I find Anubis interesting to the point where I decided to involve him in a Hero Card set I created. I feel like this turned out controversially well, which is nice.
Chinese: Xiwangmu seems up my alley, as she is described as a nightmare feels. Yanwang is about my speed, but just like with Set and Anubis, Yanwang feels too much like a one trick pony comparatively.
Japanese: Omoikane, the Deity of Wisdom would be about where my interests lie. I try imparting wisdom where applicable, within reason. You shouldn't be trying to make yourself wise with others at every opportunity, but find where it's most appropriate.
Greek: Apollo, Ares and Hades are all about where I find identity and interest. I feel like I enjoy the idea of Apollo more if I'm identifying with one in this Pantheon, but I really like Ares, considering Ares helps bring a darker side to humanity, as you could consider Ares responsible for the existence of atrocity during wartime. In general though, with Hades, I tend to enjoy the Hell characters often, so why not consider him? Apollo is described by Wikipedia as the "God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery."
Concerning Rome, Rome and Greece practically share a Pantheon, assigning names differently.
There are so many cultures that exist that I'm going to leave it at this.
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Lightning (Claire Farron) from the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy. She never officially becomes a Goddess, but she practically is by the end of the trilogy, defeating God himself and freeing humanity from the various powers that sought to control their destiny. As Bhunivelze intends for her to become the newest Goddess of Death in Lightning Returns - at least, before she rebels against Him - I would say she technically counts.
(That's right, I'm one of those weirdos who actually likes FF13. If people stopped crying "boo corridor simulator!" for ten seconds and paid attention, they might have realized the narrative tied into the gameplay in a completely logical way. You're being manipulated by a higher power, so of course you would be somewhat railroaded; the game opens up later, when the team takes more charge of their lives. Plus most Final Fantasy games are rather linear: this one just dropped the pretense to maintain control of the story's pacing.)
If you're interested, I've summarized the entire trilogy in the spoiler below:
In Final Fantasy XIII, the "Fal'Cie" are humanity's curators after the Creator (Bhunivelze) falls asleep. Feeling abandoned, the Fal'Cie decide to tear the whole thing down: if they can unleash Ragnarok and destroy the planet, surely the Creator would wake up and save them in time. The Fal'Cie can not kill themselves so they push humanity (via the main cast) to do it for them, manipulating the player like puppets throughout the game. Lightning rejects this directive, searching for a way to save her sister Serah and get out from under the control of the Fal'Cie. The team would eventually destroy the Fal'Cie Eden - as they were being manipulated to do - but manage to save the planet via a loophole in their orders.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 has a lot of time-travel messiness, but the main story revolves around Caius. An immortal guardian of a woman doomed to a cycle of inevitable death and reincarnation, Caius seeks to destroy time itself to save Yeul from her predicament. Lightning is charged by Etro - the Goddess of Death - to become Her knight, defending against Caius in an endless duel within Valhalla. Serah makes her way to Valhalla to help Lightning, but Caius successfully enacts his plan and forces the good guys to kill him. Holding the Heart of Etro within himself, his death releases the contained Chaos so it can consume the universe...basically achieving the scenario desired by the Fal'Cie in the first game.
In Lightning Returns, Chaos has broken down the universe until only a small area of life remains, the concepts of time and death forcibly dismantled. Bhunivelze/God commands Lightning to become humanity's Savior, postponing the world's destruction whilst collecting the souls of humanity so they can live in the new universe He is making. However over the course of the game, Lightning discovers the truth: Bhunivelze plans to cut out the emotions and memories of the souls she saves, their destiny to become puppets once again. Lightning is to be remade into the newest Goddess of Death, but she rebels against Him. Harnessing the power of the souls she saved (+ reuniting with her friends and sister) Lightning single-handedly defeats Bhunivelze, leaving Him to be consumed by Chaos in the old world while humanity migrates to the new one.
The game/trilogy ends with a casually-dressed Lightning/Claire looking for someone (presumably Serah), having just arrived via train to a French-looking town. It is implied that the "new world" is our world, aka real life.
The XIII trilogy is heavily focused on the theme of fate and whether or not we can escape destiny/fight against it. Combined with Nordic religious elements, the story and characters tickle my fancy and connect with me whilst I try to sort out my own place in the universe. We get to see Lightning's growth as a character (and her escalating Mary Sue power-level lol), while the antagonists are built up well enough that the fights are memorable and appropriately climatic.
It certainly helps that the quality of the trilogy's soundtrack is very high, with booming orchestral music; my absolute favorite genre for boss battles.
Fighting Fate - the three battles against Barthandelus, the primary puppeteer controlling the party throughout Final Fantasy XIII. He is the boss you face when the six individuals finally come together and the truth of their situation is revealed. You face Barthandelus two more times before the end, as he continues to dismantle the false sense of hope and free will the team tries to salvage for themselves.
Born Anew - the end boss of Final Fantasy XIII, against Barthandelus' true form: the Fal'Cie Eden. Having pushed us to this moment from the very beginning, Barthandelus believes he has finally broken down the party's spirit. In doing so he hopes that one of them, in their rage and hopelessness, will assume the role of Ragnarok and finally kill him, dooming the planet.
Invisible Depths - Noel has successfully escorted Serah to Valhalla, to aid Lightning with her eternal battle against Caius. One way or another the duel will come to an end, with Caius the victor: they kill him, inadvertently destroying the Heart of Etro and dooming the universe to be consumed by Chaos; or they die, leaving no one to prevent Caius from destroying time as he originally planned.
Bhunivelze - Lightning Return's end battle against...well, Bhunivelze. A duel between God and His pupil, in the final breaths of a dying universe. With His defeat, the last puppeteer seeking to control humanity would be no more; they would enter the New World truly free of the shackles that once enslaved them. It contains a mixture of previous themes, with heavily-chaotic overtones to emphasize the setting.
Behold, foolish interlopers! I am commanding this mortal to spread the will of the Scourge throughout the interwebs, encouraging you to seek out me, Archlich Kel'Thuzad! Now coming to you as the tenth class of Hearthstone!
I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
Wow guys, such great picks. Honestly i did not expect anyone to know about them. Prometheus in particular is my favourite Immortal (even though he was a Titan=/=god) in all greek/roman mythos. The creator of man, giver of fire and civilization and was punished for all eternity for it by Zeus/Jupiter until he was rescued by Hercules. He is basically the Jesus of Greek mythology.
A quality post once more, i had such a ball reading it (and wiking it :P). I would upvote you twice!
Whoops, my bad.
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The kind of God i like is the God who can Discuss and Arguing with me to make me Believe in Him .....
I like This Native American God / Goddess ( Apikunni ) the inventor of tobacco !
Honorable mention The ( Maho Shogu Site ) Manga / Anime has A Really Twisted God that control the unfortunate Fate and Bad Luck .. I mean why the hell she has Sperms wandering in her Eye balls 😱 ?