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    The Dagda. Irish god of many things (famed for "dragging his club on the ground" - make of that what you will), but most importantly; porridge. In the tale surrounding the Battle of Moytura, he is credited with defeating his captors by eating porridge. Really. He also slept with the Morrigan to get her to support his side in battle.
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    we can never know since the earlist humans were not writing this stuff down
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    Quote Originally Posted by dogukan View Post
    we can never know since the earlist humans were not writing this stuff down
    Ah, but the title says "in history". That implies the writing down of stuff.

    Those Aztec bunnies seem fun. I think if people focused more on them and less on Aztec human sacrifices, people would warm up more to Aztec history...



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    Quote Originally Posted by Seleucos of Olympia View Post
    Ah, but the title says "in history". That implies the writing down of stuff.
    ooops, you are right
    "Therefore I am not in favour of raising any dogmatic banner. On the contrary, we must try to help the dogmatists to clarify their propositions for themselves. Thus, communism, in particular, is a dogmatic abstraction; in which connection, however, I am not thinking of some imaginary and possible communism, but actually existing communism as taught by Cabet, Dézamy, Weitling, etc. This communism is itself only a special expression of the humanistic principle, an expression which is still infected by its antithesis – the private system. Hence the abolition of private property and communism are by no means identical, and it is not accidental but inevitable that communism has seen other socialist doctrines – such as those of Fourier, Proudhon, etc. – arising to confront it because it is itself only a special, one-sided realisation of the socialist principle."
    Marx to A.Ruge

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    Quote Originally Posted by Argeus the Paladin View Post
    ^^ Says teh Warhammer 40K addict.

    I'd like to counter by saying that Torm or Tyr of the Forgotten Realms are the most awesome gods of them all without the "ancient civ" restriction. You can look no further than a one-handed God of Justice for pure, undiluted awesomeness. Oh, and they both are patron gods of PALADINS, which you can see I am a big fanatic of.
    Oh, there is a one handed god named tyr in the forgotten realms? How creative .




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    The Great Goddess of all Creation, or whatever she was called goes back to 30,000 BC

    The wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Argeus the Paladin View Post
    I thougth the only god in Medieval Era is the Christian God. Pagan, and they send the Teutonic Knights.
    I think Pagans were still kicking around in Europe right up until the relatively recent witch burning era.
    The wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Helm View Post
    I think Pagans were still kicking around in Europe right up until the relatively recent witch burning era.
    their still around, hiding, binding their time for an age where civilized society collapses and they can freely practice their religion

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruire View Post
    The Dagda. Irish god of many things (famed for "dragging his club on the ground" - make of that what you will), but most importantly; porridge. In the tale surrounding the Battle of Moytura, he is credited with defeating his captors by eating porridge. Really. He also slept with the Morrigan to get her to support his side in battle.

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    Sheela-na-gig





    Make your own mind up on context
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    Glycon, a snake god allegedly invented by Alexander of Abonoteichus.

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    That was the guy Lucian wrote about, right? Who used a tame snake and a puppet head in a dark room to fool gullible believers.



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    Quote Originally Posted by Lordinquisitor View Post
    Oh, there is a one handed god named tyr in the forgotten realms? How creative .
    I know that.

    Forgotten Realms is well known as being the massively multiplayer crossover of each and every mythology ever.

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    Not a god..but there is Kurupi...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurupi


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    Quote Originally Posted by Seleucos of Olympia View Post
    That was the guy Lucian wrote about, right? Who used a tame snake and a puppet head in a dark room to fool gullible believers.
    Yes. Glycon is worshiped today by Alan Moore, the creator of V for Vendetta and Watchmen.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quetzalcoatl View Post
    Sheela-na-gig





    Make your own mind up on context
    Not. A. Goddess.

    The context is that it was carved into the walls of churches and such in medieval times, all over Europe.

    Quote Originally Posted by Jaketh View Post
    their still around, hiding, binding their time for an age where civilized society collapses and they can freely practice their religion
    Because, as we all know, all non-Christian religions seek to destroy civilised society...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dialectical Materialist View Post
    Not a god..but there is Kurupi...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurupi
    More like a serial rapist if you ask me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ruire View Post
    Not. A. Goddess.

    The context is that it was carved into the walls of churches and such in medieval times, all over Europe.
    sheela na gig carved into the walls of churches in order to confuse the evil spirits and keep them away from the praying people. but there are theories that she is an ancient(celts) pagan goddess..
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    Quote Originally Posted by maerd2003 View Post
    sheela na gig carved into the walls of churches in order to confuse the evil spirits and keep them away from the praying people. but there are theories that she is an ancient(celts) pagan goddess..
    No, she wasn't a goddess. If she were the continuation of some Celtic deity, how is that there are Sheela-na-gigs in France and Spain, both long since Romanised and converted to Christianity? If she were a deity, surely there would have to be some evidence of worship?

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhinnamasta

    A goddess that lobs off her own head. Go figure.


    Quote Originally Posted by Ruire View Post
    No, she wasn't a goddess. If she were the continuation of some Celtic deity, how is that there are Sheela-na-gigs in France and Spain, both long since Romanised and converted to Christianity? If she were a deity, surely there would have to be some evidence of worship?
    Figures from fairy tales etc. may well be descended from ancient Pagan gods. The Christians couldn't wholly suppress Pagan customs, so they incorporated some into local Christian culture and tolerated others.

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