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Modern Pantheons

 
 
Quantum
14:48 / 08.09.03
Comedy modern gods for an urban office lifestyle.

Do these count as servitors? People can make offerings to them in return for services (blessings), if there is a difference between these 'Gods' and servitors what is it?

Is it valid to say these gods don't exist because they are a joke, but servitors do because they're serious?
 
 
Saint Keggers
02:35 / 09.09.03
Way back in highschool me and a bunch of friends created Ralph"Thank you Ralph and deliver us not unto your mistress." His mistress being the Porcelain Goddess. Its been a long time since I've suffered from Ralph Rewards.

There's also Joowon Val whose sacred day is anyday that starts with coffee. You exclaim "Thank you Joowon Val days!" and your day is going to be a good day.
 
 
Quantum
10:11 / 10.09.03
"The Pantheon of Modern Gods
The gods are organized into four arcana, or areas of influence, which span the main aspects of life. These are Technology, Bureaucracy, Relationships, and lastly, the banal details and logistics of Modern Living. Intrigues, in-breeding, and insecurities flow through the histories of their lives and shape their personalities. Below is a roll call of the gods we have documented in each of the arcana.

The Memos Arcanum: Gods of Bureaucracy
Awbskur, God of Academic Irrelevance
Nazdak, God of Market Fluctuations
Schreddar, God of Mislaid Paperwork
Myuchual, God of Personal Finance
Plaintoff, God of Litigation
Roolbuke, God of Administrative Intransigence

The Clocks Arcanum: Gods of Daily Life
Todaway, God of Parking Availability
Klynyx, God of Personal Hygiene
Paquette, God of Prepared Food
Maxtawt, God of Credit Card Limits
Katwolque, Goddess of Fashion Whimsy
Spotlysse, Goddess of Domestic Maintenance

The Wine Glasses Arcanum: Gods of Relationships
Kannai, God of Sexual Negotiation
Izzi, God of Sexual Preferences
Tentatoffe, Goddess of Social Touching
Myex, God of Previous Relationship Baggage
Wotchin, God of Unhealthy Obsession and Stalking
Zukkup, God of Office Politics

The Floppies Arcanum: Gods of Technology
Abend, God of System Crashes
Jestaminit, The god of Video Game Addiction
Karrion, God of Airline Travel
Muzak, God of Airport Lounges
Staddak, God of Cellular Telephone Coverage
Tymaut, God of Network Congestion "

You can make a promise of an offering online to any of these gods, GEK style, I wonder if they work..
 
 
cusm
15:59 / 10.09.03
There are some of these in actual circulation, getting to be pretty well known among pagany type folks:

Goddess Caffina and Lord Java - Java being regarding of coffee specificly, Caffina having domain over all things caffinated.

Asphaltia - goddess of parking and good traffic. Asphaltia likes offerings of change scattered on the road, or "carelessly dropped" from your pocket upon entering or leaving the vehicle. She's one I've been known to pay off regularly, with good results. If you think of her and suddenly find a good parking place, be sure to drop some change for her in thanks to stay in her good graces. She's more fond of pennies and dimes than quarters. Those go to the meters, the rest is her cut.
 
  
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