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Svartalfs = SG-1 Asgard?
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on July 02, 2019, 06:22:06 PM ---(Unsure if "gods" should be capitalized or not).
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I think generally it's only capitalized if you're talking about the Jewish/Christian God.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on July 03, 2019, 01:35:08 PM --- I think generally it's only capitalized if you're talking about the Jewish/Christian God.
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I go with any individual being; the Deity of any monotheistic religion, so in the context of (e.g.) Mithraism I'd talk about God with capitalization.
But also, Thor is an individual, as is Shiva, etc. So I might say, "of course Shiva put the beatdown on a few uppity naagloshii -- he is a God, after all!"
But the Norse pantheon of gods? That I don't capitalize. Unless I suspect they'll be reading what I write, of course. But that's the Archive's schtick, so no worries (she's not a god).
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: g33k on July 03, 2019, 04:42:42 PM ---I go with any individual being; the Deity of any monotheistic religion, so in the context of (e.g.) Mithraism I'd talk about God with capitalization.
But also, Thor is an individual, as is Shiva, etc. So I might say, "of course Shiva put the beatdown on a few uppity naagloshii -- he is a God, after all!"
But the Norse pantheon of gods? That I don't capitalize. Unless I suspect they'll be reading what I write, of course. But that's the Archive's schtick, so no worries (she's not a god).
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I tend toward the journalistic route -- if it's a name, it's capitalized. If it's a title, it's only capitalized if it comes immediately before the name.
I.e., "Judge Hossenfeffer" vs. "the judge" vs. "Judge" as a second reference to Chris Judge.
Plus in pop culture, there's usually a connotative difference (see: Ego in GOTG Vol. 2 insisting he's a "little g" god at most).
That's my take on it, anyway.
Bad Alias:
The general rule is proper nouns are capitalized. Norse being obvious to me, I was uncertain if the capitalization rule carried over to "gods." Apparently it doesn't. At least according to Wikipedia. "Common nouns not used as titles should not be capitalized: the Norse gods, personal god." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters#Religions,_deities,_philosophies,_doctrines,_and_their_adherents (emphasis original). So it looks like Mr. Death got it exactly right.
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