Gods Word Game

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Simple one this one.

Just name any mythological divine entity from any of the worlds religions. If you can say what nationality/religion and what he actually did, would be cool too!!

To kick it off: Zeus (Greek "King" of the Gods)

[Sue]

Hmmmmmm a game for all you clever ones I think...

My contribution is

Aries God of War hehehe

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[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Loki. Norse God of Luck and Mischief (naughty nasty stuff)

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Awww.. c'mon Sue. I bet you know more than you realise.

[Sue]

Would that be good luck to go with the mischief or bad luck?

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Usually bad, but either, depending (according to the myths) on his whims and moods.

How about Ra (Egyptian God of the Sun??)

[Sue]

Venus~~~ Goddess of Love (methinks)

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Yup....Roman

Aphrodite...Same job with the Greek pantheon

[Sue]

Can I use a life line *rings brother who knows a lot of this stuff, he is the clever one of the family* nope he's out..... Ah well.

Olympia God of games snicker snicker. Useless!!!

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

LOL. okay Sue. Mount Olympia was where the Gods lived....but it counts anyway.

How about Odin? Norse Boss of the Gods.

Hey, you are getting awfully close to that magical 500 mark!!

[Sue]

Hey have you got one of those mythilogical books there that you are cheating from. I dont remember learning any of this stuff at school.

Troll (or something like that) god of Atlanta. Ah dunno...

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

ROTFLMAO. No Sue, I dont have one of those books, I have just been interested in mythology for as long as I can remember....without being a scholar in the subject.

Troll??????? Haven't heard of that one. God of small little ugly critturs, huh?? *grin*.

Will wait for someone else to post one now....otherwise I end up talking to myself.

[Buttonpusher]

Posidon god of the sea

[Sue]

Yay for the sheila's, go Tanya (dont think that is spelled right but)

[Buttonpusher]

Neither do I cant spell anyway

Diana The Huntress

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Mars.

Roman God of War. they pinched him directly from Ares, the Greek God of War.

[Buttonpusher]

my old fav

Thor god of thunder

[Sue]

You go girl, you go girl

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Artemis
Greek Goddess of the Hunt (and a few other jobs that I can't remember off the top of my head). Diana was her Roman counterpart.

[Buttonpusher]

Helena Goddess of beauty

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Hera. Zeus's wife (and probably the original old battleaxe).

[Buttonpusher]

Persius half god sone of odin and mortal

I know it is spelt wrong, so sue me

[Sue]

Dionysos is the god of wine, intoxication, and creative ecstasy.

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[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Heracles. Never heard of him?? How about Hercules??? Same person!!!

Son of Zeus and a mortal woman. Limitless strength.

[Sue]

Persephone is the Queen of the Underworld and the daughter of Demeter.


I am cheating Greg could you tell.. /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/16wink.gif /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/16wink.gif /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/16wink.gif

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

No....REALLY????? I would never have guessed

LOL. don't think it matters, Sue. As long as you have fun...besides, you are learning something!! *grin*

[Sue]

*cough cough* your turn I beleive.... or is anyone else game to have a go.....

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[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Baccus. Now I think he was ALSO the God of Wine, Merry-Making and Song.

[Sue]

Demeter is the giver of grain. She is also known as Ceres (Roman) and sometimes Deo.


This is a great site I am cheating off Greg I shall post the link I am sure you would find it intresting.

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Yes please. Can check up if my memory is as good as I like to pretend it isn't!!!

[Sue]

Myths/Gods (http://web.uvic.ca/grs/bowman/myth/gods/) gets involved inside each one Greg


Hades is the god of the underworld. He is also known as Pluto, Plouton, Dis (Roman), and Aidoneus.

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Apollo. From memory, the god of the sun....he and his chariot were the sun, racing across the sky each day.

hmmm. shall have to look up the site and see, just from the names, which ones I remember.

[Buttonpusher]

If you two don't stop cheating I will get out my theasarus on mythology

[Sue]

According to Hesiod, Rhea gave birth to Zeus in Crete, and the infant god was hidden in a cave of Mount Aegeum

hmmmm wonder why

[Sue]

You better get it out kiddo, cause this one is great. Check out the link Tanya... /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/16bunny.gif /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/16bunny.gif

[Buttonpusher]

Gotta find it first still packed from shifting house only 4yrs ago but I did unpack all the Sci Fi and Fantasy

[Sue]

Well you have your prioties right there. Girl thats the important stuff, *hmm what fantasy* See the link above Tanya Myths/Gods.

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Yeah, what fantasy, Tanya. Scifi/fantasy is my favourite reading material. I have about 600 or so books at home, about 85% would be those two genre.

[Buttonpusher]

Had a quick sticky, now I am really going to find that book.

John Norman the Gor Series
David Eddings:
Anne McCafery:
Joe Devers: Lone wolf series
Doc Smith: Lensman
Weis and Hickman
Julian May
Jean Aul
Peter Valentine Timmet
plus lots of others

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

I have the first four of the Gor series still, got rid of them eventually. They were too sexist, even for me!!!

I don't have all the others..Joe Devers I haven't heard of.

Have you tried David Gemmell yet?? Some of his stuff is really good.

[Buttonpusher]

He was one of the others and as for Gor where is your sense of adventure I have 23 from 25 can't afford the other two yet $100 each [ouch]
Joe Devers is a good writer though not well known his lone wolf series is the one I collect but can be hard to get but worth the effort.
Can't forget Ron Hubbard, Frank Herbert,Nevada Barr or CJ Cherryh

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Oh, I read the lot...just didn't like them really after about the first 6 or so.

Ron Hubbard, ditto. Read the entire Invasion: Earth (I think it was called, from memory) but then got rid of them.

Frank Herbert...love 'em. I have the Dune mini-series on DVD and am about to get Children Of Dune mini-series on VCD.
Also have the prequels to the Dune series as well.

I like Issac Asimov, Gordon Dickson, Larry Niven, people like that for pure sci-fi. You mentioned most of the ones I like for fantasy....although there are dozens more I can't bring to (lack of) mind right now.

[Sue]

Greg did you have a wee look at that site........what did you think if you did? /webboard/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cheers.gif

[Spyone1 (Greg)]

Interesting site. didnt have a good look at it yet, but have bookmarked it for later on.