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Most human mythology is human-scale and not very alien. Pretty much all "gods" act like people, just with extra magical power.
by SAI_Peregrinus 3y ago
Most human mythology is human-scale and not very alien. Pretty much all "gods" act like people, just with extra magical power.
- 127361 3y agoSpot on, and one god has been described as having symptoms of mental illness too. I also wonder how many "prophets" in religion were actually suffering from paranoid schizophrenia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_of_Jesus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_health_of_Jesus And if you criticized this ridiculous mythology, you were persecuted and shunned.
- gloryjulio 3y agoNice summary, I will steal this quote
- deadbolt 3y agoI'm trying to think of any mythology which wouldn't be considered human-scale, like you describe, and can't really think of any at all. Do you have any thoughts on some outliers as far as mythology goes?
- DANmode 3y agoOlympus et al are mildly set apart as being larger-scale. Still lots of people-sized interactions.
- fragmede 3y agoCthulhu?
- viraptor 3y agoThat's the usual idea of "mix some animal features and make it bigger". It's as down to earth as it gets with monsters.
- viraptor 3y agoHindu cosmology maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_cosmology I'd love to see a better example as well.