What are your gods and goddesses?

[Sarkana night]

Well obviously she didn't look exactly like Oriana but yes she was pretty human looking, two arms, two legs that kind of thing. Her robes were a little more see through than my bad bit of 'paint' editing, so I could see that she had two legs. Why are your gods less human? Is it because they are based on pictures/statues of "old world" gods (who have extra arms or animal heads or whatever) or is it because you think less human means more real or more god-like? Or were you just making a joke about sex appeal?

What I mean is that my gods are not looking like a human (with arms, legs, and so on). Though they have a human-form, they also are what they represent. So the sun god is the sun (not just looks like the sun, but is the energy in the sun), the rain god is the rain.. ect.
I think they tend to use their human forms in visions mosly, so that they not scare people away...
Well... what I mean by scare people away is that if they looks like the aztecs really portraid them, (which I also portrait as they "real" form) most of them tend to look quite scary.

[Louisvillian]

I would suppose that, sometimes, they take a more anthropic form when projecting themselves to us in order to not scare the piss out of people they're reaching out to. I would figure that, being spiritual entities, they have no intrinsic physical form, and take whatever form either pleases them or one that has become associated with them in the minds of their follows for convenience's sake.

[AL!CE]

Of course I'm not the only person to see the Goddess Hecate as a blonde in black robes:


Now you might think that I saw what I expected to see but I mostly went searching for pictures after meeting her. Also I used to think of Hecate as a crone goddess but when this beautiful maiden appeared before my eyes, Hecate? was the only name that came to my lips.

[Louisvillian]

The whole crone thing, in my experience, is mostly the fault of history warping descriptions, and the Athenian view of her which turned Hekate into a representation of malignant folk magic. Some evidence is starting to surface that she was viewed quite differently by other Greek cities and regions, particularly ones with a stronger continuation of rustic beliefs retained after the Ionian conquest.

For what it's worth, my fiancée whom has had a few visions and experiences of Hekate says that the goddess in question feels and "looks" more like a powerful young woman.

[AL!CE]

When you say "powerful" do you mean like in terms of build or in terms of aura? I think she was built a bit like a young Janet Farrar sort of UK dress size 10 - 12, not big but wouldn't blow over in a gail. As for height maybe 5' 7" was hard to tell as I think I was sitting on the floor at the time. But yeah she certainly "felt" powerful, I didn't have any doubts about her being a/the Goddess.

[Gardenia]

Also I used to think of Hecate as a crone goddess but when this beautiful maiden appeared before my eyes, Hecate? was the only name that came to my lips.

While I'm sure some do experience her as crone, it's a fairly recent way to describe her (thanks to the modern maiden-mother-crone concept, most likely). Historically speaking Hekate was usually shown/described as a young woman, much like Artemis, who she had quite a few ties to.

[Louisvillian]

When you say "powerful" do you mean like in terms of build or in terms of aura?

In terms of an imposing aura, yes.

[DeadJellyfish]

My Goddess:
I met her once in a vision. If you’ve never had a vision, it’s like having a vivid dream whilst being wide awake. She was a beautiful blonde in black robes. I asked her “Are you Hecate?” She laughed the prettiest laugh and replied “I have many names.”

I saw you post this story in another thread. It seems like a really nice vision. I would love to have a god or goddess present themselves to me

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I would suppose that, sometimes, they take a more anthropic form when projecting themselves to us in order to not scare the piss out of people they're reaching out to. I would figure that, being spiritual entities, they have no intrinsic physical form, and take whatever form either pleases them or one that has become associated with them in the minds of their follows for convenience's sake.

I love this idea. I believe that the gods and goddesses we worship don't really have a form, so I end up associating their looks with what they represent.

[Rowan]

I personally follow what some have called an odd mix.

Pax, Lugh, Brighid, and The Morrigan. Not necessarily in that order....

[AL!CE]

My favourites...
Goddesses: Hecate, Freya, Morrigan, Bride, Selene, Persephone, Luna, Hel
Gods: Jupiter, Odin, Pan, Poseidon