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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
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 Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 00:34:25
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I was just thinking through pantheon stuff, and was wondering just how many different sun gods there are now. There's Amaunator, Lathander, and Re as the big three. There's also At'ar who may be Amaunator (though the stories of him are very dissimilar) and who may have been gone after the spellplague. There's also Tezca in Maztica (who ironically sounds more like At'ar just because he's evil).
Of these, it would appear that 3 of them all would have returned with the Sundering (Lathander, Re, and Tezca). So, at least 4 sun deities. Not sure what to do with this, but thought it was worth noting.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 12:13:16
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| This is also part of why I've never liked the idea of gods of different times of daylight. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 13:32:10
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Re and Tezca are from none Faerun Pantheons, Re is of Mulhorand Pantheon and is incarnated in flesh and Tezca would be Matizican.
Of interesting note is that Re and Horus are seperate again, I'll have to check if Horus is rated to the Sun on his own.
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 14:12:47
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| I couldn't find his pre Horus Re domain, but I believe he was a God of the Sun, Sky, Moon, Falcons, War, Hunting, and homosexuality. |
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sleyvas
Skilled Spell Strategist
USA
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Posted - 05 Aug 2016 : 16:35:06
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| Yeah, I know they're different pantheons. I just thought it was interesting that 3 sun gods disappeared during the spellplague (though granted, it was Horus-Re that disappeared and it was Re that came back), seemingly replaced by Amaunator, and 3 have come back, and Amauanator is "fading". Given that the original sundering of the two worlds also coincided with the death of the crystal sphere's first sun (and apparently the self sacrifice of a primordial <Arambar> on the Abeir side to create the steelsky) |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 06 Aug 2016 : 01:49:07
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Horus came back too, he is a Sun God on his own right.
In FR I'd give him the Portfioloes of Sky, Falcons, the Hunt, and Homosexuality, and leave the Sun, Rulership, Law and so on to Ra.
I say homosexuality, because I came across an interesting Myth (historical not realmsian) where Set tried to prove his dominance by seducing Horus, but Horus cause Set semen and tossed it into the river. Horus then slipped his semen into Set's food.
They went before the Gods to see who should rule Egypt and the Gods called out to Set's sperm, which answered from the river, disproving Sets statement of sexual dominance, and then they called on Horus' sperm and it issued forth from Set's mouth.
I don't suggest that Myth actual gets added to FR, but I see no reason why Horus can't be the God of gay men. |
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Green Giant
Seeker
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Posted - 06 Aug 2016 : 02:25:58
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Lilianviaten
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Posted - 06 Aug 2016 : 04:02:50
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Originally posted by Gyor
Horus came back too, he is a Sun God on his own right.
In FR I'd give him the Portfioloes of Sky, Falcons, the Hunt, and Homosexuality, and leave the Sun, Rulership, Law and so on to Ra.
I say homosexuality, because I came across an interesting Myth (historical not realmsian) where Set tried to prove his dominance by seducing Horus, but Horus cause Set semen and tossed it into the river. Horus then slipped his semen into Set's food.
They went before the Gods to see who should rule Egypt and the Gods called out to Set's sperm, which answered from the river, disproving Sets statement of sexual dominance, and then they called on Horus' sperm and it issued forth from Set's mouth.
I don't suggest that Myth actual gets added to FR, but I see no reason why Horus can't be the God of gay men.
That's certainly an interesting myth, although I'm not sure how to make sense of it. Why though, would it seem natural for homosexuality to have a distinct god separate from heterosexuality? I can't parse out the reasoning. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 06 Aug 2016 : 14:52:06
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Its simply in some cultures the "top" is concidered dominant, manly, compared to the bottoms, and so more "fit" to rule from that cultural perpective.
So it that myth is about establishing sexual dominance between Set and Horus and with it lthe right to rule. |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 07 Aug 2016 : 18:24:50
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| @Green Giant: Myrkul had that portfolio but I'm unsure if he retains that area of influence in 5e. The 5e PH just notes Death (as do other deities such as Bhaal and Kelemvor). |
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Irennan
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Aug 2016 : 18:30:52
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Originally posted by The Arcanamach
@Green Giant: Myrkul had that portfolio but I'm unsure if he retains that area of influence in 5e. The 5e PH just notes Death (as do other deities such as Bhaal and Kelemvor).
His ''writeup'' in the SCAG still lists dusk as part of his portfolio. |
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Gyor
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 08 Aug 2016 : 18:57:32
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| I'll note that they call Cyric the Black Sun, not sure if that counts. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 09 Aug 2016 : 03:27:12
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Originally posted by Gyor
I'll note that they call Cyric the Black Sun, not sure if that counts.
That's just his symbol. |
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Sun Deities that may exist now
