Yeah i know, they're all fictional, but some are cooler than others! i rather like prometheus, and baldur, who are not even from the same mythology. (my definition of mythology: "someone else's religion." ) i also like the god of chassidic folklore, who is a bit wishy-washy, well-meaning but easily influenced by both man and (equally fictional) devil (which, by the way, is a pagan concept that the christians coopted but which is not part of judaism; it certainly is part of jewish folklore, though).
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I forget his name but there is this one dnd god I always found amusing.
He was originally a Mortal and lived in this city that was built around this gigantic ancient temple. Said temple supposedly housed a great trial that could turn a man into a God if completed. I say supposedly because no one that has ever attempted it survived the trial. Until this one guy got blackout drunk and entered the temple on a dare. And completed the trial. He has no idea what he did in the temple, he just knows that when he sobered up he was a god.
I always liked that one.
Medusa, the Greek goddess with snakes writhing around her head for hair. Quite the fashion statement.
By Athena's curse (for marrying Poseidon), anyone Medusa looked upon turned to stone. Useful.
At 15, I wished I could turn my 12-year-old brother into stone. One scornful glance and BAM! Frozen for eternity. Sweet.
My little brother was my nemesis when I was a teenager.