Make Your Own Made‐Up Mythical God
Do you need to create a mythical god for a book, a school assignment, or just because you're bored? Well, here are the steps.
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Steps
- Decide what the god is about. Athena is the goddess of wisdom, Zeus has power over the sky, along those lines. You can make it for anything you want. It can be the god of trees, mavericks, or even something as simple as fruit. Dionysus is the god of wine!
- Decide the sex of your god. Depending on what the god is of, one gender is usually more appropriate than another. However, this has varied in different old religions, and don't just make the god/goddess's gender be based on a modern version of what is feminine or masculine. Artemis, for example, was the goddess of hunting and dogs.
- Name your god. One way to do it is to combine names of already existing gods in mythology. But don't choose a god everyone knows about like Hades, Horus, Venus, etc. You can also just say something random that sounds cool. There are also other methods to name your god.
- Give your god powers and personality. And don't be afraid to borrow traits from existing gods. Let's say, for example, we have Aperkses, and he is the god of storms.You can give him the power to shoot lightning bolts like Zeus. If we have a god named Sucuel, the god of darkness, and you like Hades' depression, you can give him that trait if you like. Just make sure you aren't ripping off any gods.
- Give your god an appearance(Optional). The appearance should match the god's personality though. If you have a god of fire, you can give him spiky orange hair, (even flaming!) and give him eyes with attitude! But let's say you have a goddess of beauty. Make her exotic and pretty! If you have a goddess of air make her look calm and intelligent, maybe with wings!
Tips
- Make sure you don't steal anything such as names or the look of existing Gods.
- This is just a starting guide. Add as many details as you need!
- If you are making a book, make sure people can figure out what the name says! Readers will throw your book down in disgust if they have a hard time figuring out the names!
- Don't copy an old God.
- Sometimes going to google translate might help. Choose a language, or an origin for your god/goddess, then type in a personality. (Example: Greek goddess of forgiveness- Eléos { mercy in Greek} ).
Warnings
- Don't copy other people's gods. That's plagiarism and you can get in trouble with the law if you do that.
