Which God kicks the most ass?

[Apotheosis]

Which god, from any religion that you can think of, kicks the most ass?

Personally, I still have to think about this one, but I think the Nordic gods > all others, but anyway.. discuss...

I haven't thought of any particular one at this moment..

[Edited on 4-19-2005 by Yswithe]

[Back]

Mine does. FOR TEH WIN!!

[Asha]

Oleani in plate.
War chicks = Le Hot!

[Arithella]

Cthullu

[Bobmuhthol]

<<I still have to think about this one, but I think the Nordic gods > all others>>

Winner. Between Odin and Thor, it's close.

Good old God. Go Roman Catholics!

- Arkans

[ElanthianSiren]

Heh Yswithe, I was just going to create a similar thread after reading the Pope is a Nazi thread.

My choice is Kali, simply for what she represents.

-Melissa


http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa051202a.htm
Kali's fierce form is strewed with awesome symbols. Her black complexion symbolizes her all-embracing and transcendental nature. Says the Mahanirvana Tantra: "Just as all colors disappear in black, so all names and forms disappear in her". Her nudity is primeval, fundamental, and transparent like Nature — the earth, sea, and sky. Kali is free from the illusory covering, for she is beyond the all maya or "false consciousness." Kali's garland of fifty human heads that stands for the fifty letters in the Sanskrit alphabet, symbolizes infinite knowledge.

Her girdle of severed human hands signifies work and liberation from the cycle of karma. Her white teeth show her inner purity, and her red lolling tongue indicates her omnivorous nature — "her indiscriminate enjoyment of all the world's 'flavors'." Her sword is the destroyer of false consciousness and the eight bonds that bind us.

Her three eyes represent past, present, and future, — the three modes of time — an attribute that lies in the very name Kali ('Kala' in Sanskrit means time). The eminent translator of Tantrik texts, Sir John Woodroffe in Garland of Letters, writes, "Kali is so called because She devours Kala (Time) and then resumes Her own dark formlessness."

Kali's proximity to cremation grounds where the five elements or "Pancha Mahabhuta" come together, and all worldly attachments are absolved, again point to the cycle of birth and death. The reclined Shiva lying prostrate under the feet of Kali suggests that without the power of Kali (Shakti), Shiva is inert.

[Bobmuhthol]

How many (good) metal songs are written to praise God? 0.

But Thor, that guy's a badass.

[AnticorRifling]

V'tull.

[Arithella]

Originally posted by Bobmuhthol
How many (good) metal songs are written to praise God? 0.

But Thor, that guy's a badass. There are some good metal songs about Cthulu...

[Xcalibur]

The roman/grec

[peam]

Originally posted by Arithella
Cthullu

Cthulhu?

Riding around with one of these on your car attracts strange stares:

http://www.lurkerfilms.com/catalog/images/Fishy2.JPG

Me.

[DCSL]

Voodoo gods, i.e. the loa. Especially the Petro loa. And out of them, Marinette-Bwa-Chech, Marinette of the Dry Arms, loa of black magic and werewolves, wife of Don Pedro who is loa of violent revolution. I mean come on. How cool is THAT?

[ElanthianSiren]

Originally posted by Stanley Burrell
Me.

And his followers shall be called: La pacte du Burrell.

-Melissa

[Keller]

There was that time the judeo/christian/muslim god told it's followers to take their enemies infants, smash their heads upon rocks in the river bed, and bathe their feet in blood.

That's pretty wicked. If there is room in badass for wicked, then this god is definately deserving.

[Latrinsorm]

Jesus. What are they going to do, kill him?

[Xcalibur]

Originally posted by ElanthianSiren

Originally posted by Stanley Burrell
Me.

And his followers shall be called: La pacte du Burrell.

-Melissa

LE pacte

Pacte is male gender word

[Warriorbird]

OMG Peam, I want one. A Hastur one would rock too.

[Apotheosis]

My favorite gods are many,

I'll say these are the most interesting ones IMHO:

Kali
Loki
Mercury/Hermes
Aries
Odin

[peam]

Originally posted by Warriorbird
OMG Peam, I want one. A Hastur one would rock too.

:cool:

http://www.lurkerfilms.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=46&osCsid=f741d703e34 e8dbb34538861d688ebe6

That's the best available. All of the others are cheap vinyl stickers.

[Artha]

The muslim/christian/jewish god totally wins. I mean, you can't argue with omnipotence.


How many (good) metal songs [have ever been] written? 0.
Fixed.

[Betheny]

I was going to say Mularos, but damn, you aren't even talking about gaming gods, are you?

[Apotheosis]

gaming gods have feelings too

so choose one or two ;)

[Edited on 4-19-2005 by Yswithe]

[ElanthianSiren]

Originally posted by Yswithe
gaming gods have feelings too

so choose one or two ;)

[Edited on 4-19-2005 by Yswithe]

Oh sweet -- we can pick gaming gods/goddesses too.

I have to say then Goseana. She's always been my favorite GS Goddess -- she doesn't bother to suck up to the other pantheons, just does what she feels is appropriate.


Second on the list would be Yin'Wan, a UL goddess that could sort of correlate to The Huntress -- from the site:


from www.unwritten.net

Yin'wan - Goddess of War, "The She-Devil", "The Vengeful One"
Areas of Interest - War, Wanton Destruction, Revenge, Hatred, Plants, Night, Darkness, Torture, Pain, Dark Creatures, Control of the Darker Forces of the Undead, Prophesy


Details-The being who was destined to become Yin'wan was the spirit of the largest tree ever to have existed. The roots of this tree covered an entire continent while its branches stretched miles up into the air. None had ever reached its top.


When the giants ruled the land, a great warrior-king among them wanted his throne fashioned from this tree, proving his might by felling the oldest living thing. Giants labored for ages cutting at the tree and eventually managed to do enough damage to the trunk that the majestic tree was felled. The spirit of the tree went before the judgement of the underworld. She managed to avoid Arani'vait's will and went before Chi'ni, furious and full of hate demanding retribution upon all beings that harmed others for greed. Chi'ni studied Yin'wan and decreed that she would henceforth take the place of the former deity of war and destruction, an incompetent deity whose name has been lost to time, and to counter Tsenshuken, who had become too strong.


Yin'wan immediately used her authority to break the giants, pitting them against each other as well as pushing the dragyns to expand into the giants' territory. Her hate spurring her on, she used all her powers in order to prevent any plans the giants had from reaching fruition. Destroyed, the society of the giants dissolved, leaving only hulking brutes rampaging occasionally through the world.

Finding no succor to her Mahata, Yin'wan turned her attention to the developing races, using guile and any other means at her disposal to bring senseless wars to the world, reveling in the pain and destruction that resulted. Having perfected the ability to circumvent Arani'vait, she learned to control and pervert the undead, suing them for her dark purposes and releasing them to haunt the night.



-Melissa

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by ElanthianSiren
I have to say then Goseana.OMG yes!! Gosaena is so hot. I always used to spell (and still pronounce) it Goseana too. :)

[4a6c1]

I pick Simargl because thats the one I'm researching right now. Amida is one of my favorites, from Japan. I also enjoyed that book about Tiamat, which kinda won me over to her creation story. Yaweh rocks because he has staying power. And then definately Mularos.....I'm not explaining that one. :D

[Apotheosis]

if I had to pick some GS gods, I'd have to say the following:

Sheer Hawt:
Gosaena (however you spell it)

Badass:
Marlu (teh 3v1l)

Teh sex0r:
Ivas (although you'd want to wear protection)

One that would be hot to bring to the dark side:
Oleani

[DCSL]

Ooo, yeah, from Japan. From there I pick Izanami, the goddess of the underworld. Izanagi was a fucktard.

[4a6c1]

:yeahthat:

[Back]

If we are talking mythology... the Egyptians had some heavies, and they dressed up real cool.

Of them Thoth was pretty awesome. Ibis headed knowledge giver.

Anubis, watcher of the underworld.

Bast, not sure what her function was but she had a cat head so thats cool.

Orion... I dunno, same old hero/light story...

Ptah, the elder, the one who came before, the mysterious.

Plus they had all those cool ankhs and caduceuses (caducei?) made out of gold.

[ElanthianSiren]

Holy shit... I've been spelling Gosaena wrong all this time. Oops, my bad.

Any mythological base whose lead priests and priestesses worship cats is totally fine by me :)

-Melissa

[Vestarr]

In GS I'd go with Zelia

In Mythology I'd have to go with Ares ,Hades ,or Loki

--Vest

[Apathy]

Shiva appeals the most to me.

But the god of the big 3 is probably responsible for more destruction, so go God go!

[Divinity]

Shiva and Kali

Mmm, destruction. :master:

[Edited on 4-20-2005 by Divinity]