Why don't we have a section for BOS type things?
I'mm'a gonna start a series of threads for projects that can go into a BOS. These are specific, research oriented tasks/projects. If everyone completes the task, the combined information should be enough to form a section in your own BOS and eventually all of the projects will add up to an impressive collection. If it works out as planned. I'm asking that everyone who participates complete at least one full task. So one deity with all the info. But you are more than welcome to do as many as you would like. Try to stick to the provided format. This will allow for some flow as we share and combine information. Don't come in here and critique someone's work or the thread itself without at least having contributed to your portion of the project.
This particular project is going to focus on the deity/ies. The goal here is to do some in depth research on a particular deity. We've done something like this before so it might sound familiar. First you choose a diet, and share who you've chosen. This will work best if everyone choses a different deity, but it's not a requirement. Then you answer a series of questions about them that I'll provide here shortly. Once everyone has done their piece and shared their info, you take everyone's information, go through what they've said, filter it to fit into your own BOS and voila, a whole section on various deities started and you've only had to research one. The same will work for other topics as well. Rituals for the various holidays/events, divination techniques, etc.
So for deities.
Name
Pantheon
Location of origin
Art/images related to deity.
A general overview of the original culture/people to worship them.
Where did they come from? Were they born of other gods, have they always existed?
Family if there is one.
A basic overview of their life.
Physical appearance.
Any holidays of celebrations associated with them.
Whether they had temples and/or an order of monastic followers.
The practices of monastic and/or lay followers in the worship of the deity.
Three stories/myths in which the deity played a major role
Three more stories/myths in which the deity was at least mentioned.
Any further information you would like to share.
Sources to locate more information on said deity to include at least two primary sources (original texts) and at least three more secondary sources, only one of which can be a website. (Sorry, I had strict college teachers, it may sound difficult, but once you get used to it finding sources becomes a little easier.) The purpose of this is to give people a reliable place to go to in order to find more information, you don't have to actually read the whole source if you don't want to.
I'mm'a gonna start a series of threads for projects that can go into a BOS. These are specific, research oriented tasks/projects. If everyone completes the task, the combined information should be enough to form a section in your own BOS and eventually all of the projects will add up to an impressive collection. If it works out as planned. I'm asking that everyone who participates complete at least one full task. So one deity with all the info. But you are more than welcome to do as many as you would like. Try to stick to the provided format. This will allow for some flow as we share and combine information. Don't come in here and critique someone's work or the thread itself without at least having contributed to your portion of the project.
This particular project is going to focus on the deity/ies. The goal here is to do some in depth research on a particular deity. We've done something like this before so it might sound familiar. First you choose a diet, and share who you've chosen. This will work best if everyone choses a different deity, but it's not a requirement. Then you answer a series of questions about them that I'll provide here shortly. Once everyone has done their piece and shared their info, you take everyone's information, go through what they've said, filter it to fit into your own BOS and voila, a whole section on various deities started and you've only had to research one. The same will work for other topics as well. Rituals for the various holidays/events, divination techniques, etc.
So for deities.
Name
Pantheon
Location of origin
Art/images related to deity.
A general overview of the original culture/people to worship them.
Where did they come from? Were they born of other gods, have they always existed?
Family if there is one.
A basic overview of their life.
Physical appearance.
Any holidays of celebrations associated with them.
Whether they had temples and/or an order of monastic followers.
The practices of monastic and/or lay followers in the worship of the deity.
Three stories/myths in which the deity played a major role
Three more stories/myths in which the deity was at least mentioned.
Any further information you would like to share.
Sources to locate more information on said deity to include at least two primary sources (original texts) and at least three more secondary sources, only one of which can be a website. (Sorry, I had strict college teachers, it may sound difficult, but once you get used to it finding sources becomes a little easier.) The purpose of this is to give people a reliable place to go to in order to find more information, you don't have to actually read the whole source if you don't want to.
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