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Unsolved Mysteries Version II
cass:
How did the RC gain the upper hand and usurp the positions of the (original) Mayan pantheon?
Presumably, they've only become more powerful with time and the power they stole, and...they're still somewhat afraid of what the original Mayan deities could/would do to them if they ever came back. So how in the world did they manage to take over in the first place?!
Ms Duck:
bigger question, if i may..why did the old gods leave???
Not just the mayna, but all of them.
and vis a vis 'last call'..are theyr eturning?
Lash Dresden:
--- Quote from: cass on January 19, 2011, 05:22:33 AM ---How did the RC gain the upper hand and usurp the positions of the (original) Mayan pantheon?
Presumably, they've only become more powerful with time and the power they stole, and...they're still somewhat afraid of what the original Mayan deities could/would do to them if they ever came back. So how in the world did they manage to take over in the first place?!
--- End quote ---
Oblivion war, maybe? Assuming RCVs weren't mortal, their knowledge of those gods wouldn't tie them to reality, and they did a switcheroo so the people believed in and worshiped the Lords of Outer Night, instead of the original old Mayan gods, who were thus consigned to oblivion.
cass:
Hmm, now there's a possibility-- the RC simply stepped in when the post was left vacant, either momentarily or completely abandoned.
I'm not so sure that any of the old gods ever left, though, just went into dormancy/hiding/powersave mode during the (fairly global) rise of the Abrahamic religions. Why they're coming to Chicago of all places, though....I mean, why would Greek minor deities and/or mythical figures up and travel several thousand miles away from their old seats of power (Greece and environs)?
Ms Duck:
the short story says:
"mortlas have forgottoen the gods..they think the white god drove out the many gods. but they are here. I am here, mortal man."- Last call
"Indeed, we withdrew and gave the world into your keeping, and what has become of it.."
Ifshe is being truthfull, the pagan gods withdrew voluntariliy for reasons of their own, as yet unknown, and are now returning because they are not happy with what mortal man has done.
On a side note, I wonder ig the hidnu gods ever left..of all the ancient religions, it is the one that is being practiced today the most by far..over a billion hindus, alst i checked.
Odin? at his absolute top, he had maybe a few million worshippers.
thats a lot of faith magic to throw around..
Kali Shiva: Name to run away from, evry fast.
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