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After the Roman Empire adopted Christianity, emperors would prohibit rituals and the sporting games that once honoured pagan gods.
Source: https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/23959267.yorks-hidden-history-used-celebrate-christmas/?ref=rss
And some emperors moved relatively seamlessly, in death, from being intermediaries to being gods themselves.
Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/07/03/the-divine-comedy-of-roman-emperors-last-words
And then when you look at how they arrive on the island where the game is taking place—they fly in on helicopters like gods coming down from the heavens, which is part of a whole religious motif.
Source: https://www.macleans.ca/culture/squid-game-netflix-university-course-professor/
And you know, in the absence of gods, we have this problem, right?
Source: https://thenextweb.com/news/what-greek-myths-can-teach-about-dangers-of-ai
A tome detailing the names of gods who died and were brought back to life by the Second Sundering.
Both the Greeks and Romans offered an animal sacrifice to their gods, Ares and Mars being no exceptions.
Source: https://greekreporter.com/2023/08/06/ares-mars-greek-roman-gods-war/
But being petty is not a character of gods.
But if the gods have chosen their greatest hero to fight for them, Brunhilde has selected humanity's worst to enter the arena…
Source: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/disney-pixar-manga-turning-red-4town-viz-may-2023-solicits/
Clearly, the gods are trying to tell Yudhishthira something, but he can’t listen.
“Dear Visitor” signs note points of interest and altitudes, a cute balance to the steep road and halting limestone mountains seemingly chiseled by hasty gods.
Depressed, he decided to fly into the sun, but his death led him to the God Quarry, containing the fossils of gods since the beginning of time.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/loki-avenger-prime-powerful-hero/
Despite his close connection to the gods, Loki is said to have caused the death of Odin and Frigg's son, Balder, who was loved by everyone in Asgard.
Source: https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/loki-norse-mythology-49286134
Did the Ugur have sweet-smelling scent to please the gods?
Source: https://www.postcourier.com.pg/identity-crisis-looms-in-paradise-4/
Drink it straight like the gods intended!
Source: https://www.fark.com/comments/12747412?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=comments&utm_campaign=fark
Dr. Luhrmann's is not the only anthropologist theory about how gods are made real.
Source: https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-real-making-changes-Reality-Tv-Show-230816-368.html
Even campaigns that do present gods as foes, such as Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden, tend to have mitigating circumstances weakening the god's powers.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/dnd-5e-vecna-lore-stats-history/
Even in cases when a first draft seems juiced up with nectar from the gods, I do not hit the submit button.
Fallout has a rich history of weird themes, and Bethesda has maintained a strong focus on Fallout's cosmic horror by introducing Lovecraftian gods.
Source: https://www.cbr.com/fallout-ug-qualtoth-cosmic-horror-representation-lovecraft/
Flacco’s addition to Cleveland was like a gift from the football gods to one of the NFL’s most mismanaged franchises.
Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/2023/12/13/mike-preston-column-joe-flacco/
For gods who depend on outright worship for their power and longevity, Eros will always be a threat.
Source: https://screenrant.com/wonder-woman-most-powerful-god-eros-yara-flor/