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Having relationships with deities in multiple pantheons.

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Do you relationships with deities from multiple pantheons?
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Loona Wynd

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 7:00 pm


One thing I have noticed is that I have had over my studies in pantheons, worship and paganism had connections with many different deities from different pantheons. I have a relationship with Frigga and Odin and some of the other Germanic Gods like Niord and Nerthus. I also still have a relationship with Pan and Athena. There is also the relationship I have with the Gods and Goddesses in the tradition I am developing (and yes I plan to teach it and pass it on to others).

This is just something I have accepted as true to my nature to understand as much as I can about the different mysteries of the various pantheons out there. I think its also a result of my studies into the recon practices of those various paths. While I research and explore the worship and possibility of continuing to be an active follower I try to the best of my abilities to worship the Gods of each Pantheon as best as I can according to what we know and what is acceptable in modern societies. I do this as I feel it is respectful and one of the best possible ways I could have to understand the worship of them from their cultural perspectives.

I was wondering if anyone else had relationships with deities from multiple pantheons? How do you maintain those relationships? Do you combine worship or do you keep the worship and honoring of those different deities separate?
PostPosted: Mon Dec 02, 2013 8:01 pm


I was wondering if anyone else had relationships with deities from multiple pantheons?
I do. heart Odin, Thor, and Loki. Bast, Sehkmet, Anubis, Thoth. Diana/Artemis, Venus/Aphrodite.

How do you maintain those relationships?
Separate ceremonies, separate offerings, prayers etc.

Do you combine worship or do you keep the worship and honoring of those different deities separate?
I keep them separate, unless it will benefit the outcome, or the two are compatible/similar.

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Morgandria
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:42 am


I think of the gods as individuals, just like people, and so you will meet them along the way if you work with others (at least, that's how I've met gods outside my own household pantheon). Sometimes you maintain a working relationship, stay acquainted, or become friends with those Gods. Other times, not as much.

I personally maintain one rule: 'Don't cross the streams'. I don't mix cultures or pantheons.
PostPosted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:17 am


I'm a Heathen so my primary deities and practice are all Norse/Germanic. However, I've found myself working with some other spirits and beings from a vastly different pantheon of late. I don't see an issue with such, so long as you respect the cultures associated with said deities. For this reason I keep the practices separate and approach them from their particular cultural contexts.

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