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According to personality, legends, illustrations or whatever, which divinity or mythological figure do you find more similar to you?

Personally, I identify more with the Greek God Hermes: small and swift, the witty thief and translator, the trickster, always on a journey



Note: this idea for this thread was taken from some comments on the Woman Pageant thread, so ther credits aren't mine.

Myself, if you ask the Satanists. :p *

Other than that... I can't think of any.

* Divinity of man and all that.

Myself, if you ask the Satanists. :p *

Other than that... I can't think of any.

* Divinity of man and all that.

Yay, i know Satanism is not worshipping the devil. It's a good choice.

Discordian Eris is another choice, my pineal gland says.

Hades, the cold impartial judge that even the gods themselves have an aversion of

Sisyphus, though more for the punishment than for why he got it. A friend actually pointed that one out, that I tend to work my ass off to get to a point only to have it shatter and I have to start all over again and I just seem to go about it like I was resigned to it. I kinda am, but I wouldn't complain if that rock would stick up there for a least a minute...

Hmm.. Most deities are a bit too stereotypical, I think. But possibly Loki.

According to personality, legends, illustrations or whatever, which divinity or mythological figure do you find more similar to you?

Personally, I identify more with the Greek God Hermes: small and swift, the witty thief and translator, the trickster, always on a journey



Note: this idea for this thread was taken from some comments on the Woman Pageant thread, so ther credits aren't mine.
You know, of course, Assis had a thread about this particular topic regarding me.
I was listening, of course.
To be brief, though, i'd have to probably say what's likely to be quite common ... Loki. With a smidge of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.

You know, of course, Assis had a thread about this particular topic regarding me.
I was listening, of course.
To be brief, though, i'd have to probably say what's likely to be quite common ... Loki. With a smidge of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs.

Long live the Subgenius!

Too many gods to mention. Odin, Thor, Loki sometimes...

bacchus

To be brief, though, i'd have to probably say what's likely to be quite common ... Loki.Are you really that evil?

.. I have misjudged you :(

Are you really that evil?

.. I have misjudged you :(
Positively, i should hope.
Besides, it's more like chaotic neutral with lawful good AND lawful evil tendencies.

Hanuman

Long live the Subgenius!
Well, you really should kill Bob more often than not.

I guess I'd be The Lady (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld_gods)

Isn't there some quiz on the Internet I can take to find out? I don't feel like researching every single divinity and mythological figures.

Isn't there some quiz on the Internet I can take to find out? I don't feel like researching every single divinity and mythological figures.

But it's much more fun this way. The Lady certainly isn't mentioned in any of those quizzes... :(

Positively, i should hope.
Besides, it's more like chaotic neutral with lawful good AND lawful evil tendencies.Heh, I don't know about that. I think most would agree Loki's mostly a complete rotter, with the rare good deed thrown in just to add confusion. He's a pretty classic CN, I'd say. Keeps all sides off balance through vicious self-serving arrogance.

You've always struck me as the CG type.

Well, you really should kill Bob more often than not.

the longer he lives, the more I can kill him

(it sounds awful)

the longer he lives, the more I can kill him

(it sounds awful)....but astute. I don't think he'd have it any other way, really. :)

BTW - i should've kept up one of my siglists. Muravyets made a most excellent point about this.

Heh, I don't know about that. I think most would agree Loki's mostly a complete rotter, with the rare good deed thrown in just to add confusion. He's a pretty classic CN, I'd say. Keeps all sides off balance through vicious self-serving arrogance.

You've always struck me as the CG type.It's just about ENTIRELY dependent upon the sacred issue - what they consider extremely remote from ability to violate.
Indeed, i'll have to ponder this a bit more.

It's just about ENTIRELY dependent upon the sacred issue - what they consider extremely remote from ability to violate.
Indeed, i'll have to ponder this a bit more.Booyah! I made Straughn think!

.. Eh.. Not implying that you don't usually do that.. Think.. I think... Damn :confused:

Isn't there some quiz on the Internet I can take to find out? I don't feel like researching every single divinity and mythological figures.
I agree.

So, with apologies to Cabra West, I found this: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=8519992224112523293

Apparently I'm Amun.
Amun was a mysterious God indeed. His very name basically means "what is hidden", "what is not seen", "what cannot be seen".

Never heard of the guy before. Well, there you go .....

I agree.

So, with apologies to Cabra West, I found this: http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=8519992224112523293

Apparently I'm Amun.


Never heard of the guy before. Well, there you go .....

It won't even show me my results... :(

Ah, now. And - Surprise!!! - I'm Amun, too.

I agree.

So, with apologies to Cabra West, I found this: [URL="http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=8519992224112523293"]

I happened to be Dionysus in that test. Not bad.

Bugger..

Seems I'm not a Loki clone after all.Pan
Indeed, you are 58% erudite, 87% sensual, 87% martial, and 70% saturnine

Loki
Indeed, you are 54% erudite, 50% sensual, 79% martial, and 83% saturnine.
I love it. :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Blut.jpghttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Kettenhemd_klein.jpg
Khorne. Blood for the blood god - and skulls for his throne!

(That said, I don't think I resemble any divine being, except for Him who made me: Genesis 1.26 ;))

I happened to be Dionysus in that test. Not bad.

My mistake. According to that test I resembled North American god Coyote (79% erudite, 70% sensual, 37% martial, and 83% saturnine).

Dionysus was the result to the "Which Greek God Are You?" test, found here:

http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=3111589456939550352

Bugger..

Seems I'm not a Loki clone after all.
I think Pan and Loki occupy very similar evolutionary niches in the pantheon of the gods.

I think Pan and Loki occupy very similar evolutionary niches in the pantheon of the gods.I think you're right. The main differences being that Pan is slightly more horney & slightly less subtle.

Hmm.. Perhaps I really am more of a Pan type of guy.

Took that test, too:

"Dagda
Indeed, you are 79% erudite, 75% sensual, 66% martial, and 66% saturnine.
More properly known as The Dagda, he was the Earth Deity-Father of both Gods and men. In this respect he was the Celtic equivalent to Cronus or Zeus of the ancient Greeks.

Being the Earth God meant that he controlled the orderly passage of seasons. This cycle was maintained through the guiding melodies produced by a magical harp only The Dagda could play. Since an Earth God is sort of a personification of matter and "stuff," The Dagda owned something called the Undry which was a gigantic pot of abundance filled with an infinite supply of "stuff."

One of The Dagda's many names meant "Good God”, but "good" in the sense of being good at doing things. He was a jack-of-all-trades, skilled and accomplished in all his endeavours. Well, for the most part. Apparently his imagination wasn't all that "good" - when his wife bore him three daughters in succession he named each one of them Brigit."

Now, how's that?!?

Body of a god....yeh Budda
Anger of a God...Yeh me...no Yehwah , El , Jehova etc...
so I am a fat wrath god , so what...what ya gonna do about it

I think you're right. The main differences being that Pan is slightly more horney & slightly less subtle.

Hmm.. Perhaps I really am more of a Pan type of guy.
Plus Pan had that whole music and dancing thing going on.

The Dagda is me :)

according to that test anyway. i'm not so sure in some reguards. heck in a lot of reguards. the over all impression seems about right ish though.

Hephaestus.

I work a lot, but never get a reward. And the girl I like (Athena) doesn't want me.

I'm still waiting for an Aphrodite to marry me...

Plus Pan had that whole music and dancing thing going on.Oh right! Almost forgot about that. Alright, that settles it. Pan it is. Dancing's most definitly one of my favorite pasttimes. Almost as good as sex.I'm still waiting for an Aphrodite to marry me...Go for Freya instead. She won't marry you, but she'll prolly skrew your brains out.

the good looking one!

:D

I gots a fat widdle tummy, and a bald widdle head, so I'm going with Bhudda ;)

I'm Amun in that test:
Amun
Indeed, you are 70% erudite, 87% sensual, 33% martial, and 41% saturnine.

If I had to pick for myself, I'd pick Venus, even if it sounds cheesy. But I can be extremely sensual and I've always had a terrible weak spot for this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg/800px-La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg)painting - there's something about that really speaks to me, even though I can't put my finger on it. Funnily enough, I just now read that my first name actually derives from a line that took her as their forebear. Hehe, yay for cheesiness. :p

At the moment and more realistically, though, I resemble Sisyphos more than anything else. :rolleyes:

Artemis :)

this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg/800px-La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg)painting - there's something about that really speaks to me, even though I can't put my finger on it.

I agree totally, there is something about that one, isn't there?

Artemis :)
Cool.

Cool.

Thanks :)

I'm Amun in that test:


If I had to pick for myself, I'd pick Venus, even if it sounds cheesy. But I can be extremely sensual and I've always had a terrible weak spot for this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg/800px-La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg)painting - there's something about that really speaks to me, even though I can't put my finger on it. Funnily enough, I just now read that my first name actually derives from a line that took her as their forebear. Hehe, yay for cheesiness. :p

At the moment and more realistically, though, I resemble Sisyphos more than anything else. :rolleyes:
I'll agree with the Venus pick ;)

I agree totally, there is something about that one, isn't there?
Is it the naked chick?

[/not nice guy anymore]

Anyways, I'm Amun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun) as well. What a complicated god.

Is it the naked chick?

[/not nice guy anymore]

Anyways, I'm Amun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun) as well. What a complicated god.

No, I think it's the painting's stylistic attributes and skillful use of colour :p

I agree totally, there is something about that one, isn't there?
Yes, absolutely. I was all giddy when I was in Florence and could see it "for real". I bought a print at the Uffizi galleries showing only the figure of Venus from about the thighs upwards and had it framed. It's absolutely stunning. I've had it for 13 years now and I couldn't even think about ever taking it down. :)

I'm Thoth. Apparently.

I'll agree with the Venus pick ;) Er... thanks, I guess. :p Haven't seen you in a while! You still always make me do a double-take with your sig. :p

No, I think it's the painting's stylistic attributes and skillful use of colour :p
That, and the naked chick. *nods* :p

Yes, absolutely. I was all giddy when I was in Florence and could see it "for real". I bought a print at the Uffizi galleries showing only the figure of Venus from about the thighs upwards and had it framed. It's absolutely stunning. I've had it for 13 years now and I couldn't even think about ever taking it down. :)

Ooh! *Jealous*

When I get my own home, I am going to have classic paintings like that adorning all my walls :D

Hm... I'm Frey it seems...

Hm... I'm Frey it seems...
This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr) guy? Whose entry in the German wikipedia ends with "...was zu den Darstellungen Freyrs mit einem riesigen Phallus passen würde"? Oh-kay.... :p

This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr) guy? Whose entry in the German wikipedia ends with "...was zu den Darstellungen Freyrs mit einem riesigen Phallus passen würde"? Oh-kay.... :p*I* didn't give myself that score. And I was being modest in... some of the questions... :p

Anyways, I'm Amun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun) as well. What a complicated god.Tehee, admit it. You're just so much hot air :p

*I* didn't give myself that score. And I was being modest in... some of the questions... :p
Ah, okay, I didn't know that came from the test. I thought you were just being your usual modest self. ;)

Ah, okay, I didn't know that came from the test. I thought you were just being your usual modest self. ;)Ah, I see...
No, the test is the reason why I put the "Hm..." in the beginning of my post. It was meant to articulate my sense of disbelief that I got the right result.

I'm this guy (http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Spa/8412/gregg/IMAGES/XENU.JPG). :p

Re, the sun shines out my arse. I'm that good, and that god.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/extensions/wikihiero/img/hiero_N5.png

I got Frey though I always think that more like Govannon or Weyland personally

I'm Amun in that test:


If I had to pick for myself, I'd pick Venus, even if it sounds cheesy. But I can be extremely sensual and I've always had a terrible weak spot for this (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg/800px-La_naissance_de_V%C3%A9nus.jpg)painting - there's something about that really speaks to me, even though I can't put my finger on it. Funnily enough, I just now read that my first name actually derives from a line that took her as their forebear. Hehe, yay for cheesiness. :p

At the moment and more realistically, though, I resemble Sisyphos more than anything else. :rolleyes:
I know exactly where I'd put my finger in that painting...

Wait, that's not what you meant...

Totally feel the Sisyphus thing (see earlier post)

The test worketh not...

The test had me down as Amun. I can take that, head god and all.

Myself, if you ask the Satanists. :p *

Other than that... I can't think of any.

* Divinity of man and all that.

Got it in one.:D

Actually I look like Lucifer, and act like Kokopelli.

I am most like Tsisdu, the rabbit of Cherokee legend. Brer Rabbit was based on his mythology, as was Bugs Bunny.

I am most like Tsisdu, the rabbit of Cherokee legend. Brer Rabbit was based on his mythology, as was Bugs Bunny.
With Bugs I'd have to say it was based more on Woody Woodpecker and Daffy Duck that had been created a few years earlier and Ben "Bugs" Hardaway (who created Bugs, the name evolving from writing Bugs' Bunny, eventually losing the possesive apostrophe) was said to have also had a hand in creating Woody) and bares a resemblance to Tsisdu less than directly basing it on him. People tend to get carried away with this kind of thing. In a sort of 'collective unconsious' sort of way it works but sometimes it's just not that direct.

Hades
Indeed, you are 79% erudite, 62% sensual, 70% martial, and 95% saturnine.
Simply put, Hades was a God of the Underworld, comparable to Midir of the Celts. After dying, a person entered the Underworld by first travelling through the groves of Persephone, onto the gates of Hades which were guarded by the three-headed dog Cerberus, a lot like the Norse "watchdog of hell", Garm.
Being the ruler of the Underworld, Hades was naturally the God of Death, but he was also the God of prosperity and wealth. He could be terrifying or generous depending on where one stood in his favour. The way one kept on his good side was by offering him black sheep.

Hades didn't get around much, preferring to stay home in the Underworld, a vast underground kingdom of caves and tunnels, with his wife Persephone to whom he was faithful.


Not overly surprising actually....

Buddha with Jesus' hair and beard and Poseidon's feet

According to personality, legends, illustrations or whatever, which divinity or mythological figure do you find more similar to you?

Personally, I identify more with the Greek God Hermes: small and swift, the witty thief and translator, the trickster, always on a journey



Note: this idea for this thread was taken from some comments on the Woman Pageant thread, so ther credits aren't mine.Buddha!

Rub my belly and watch me smile!

after taking the test, I was Toth.

Thoth
Indeed, you are 75% erudite, 58% sensual, 25% martial, and 54% saturnine.
Thoth, the Egyptian God of secret wisdom, intellect, geometry and other forms of higher mathematics, was also the God of books and learning, of writing and numbers. And above all, he was the God of Magic. Indeed, he was the first and greatest of all magicians, said to create miracles from nothing by the mere vibrations of his voice alone.
Within his main temple were said to be stored his books of magic which were open for the edification of all, providing those absorbing this magic understood its sacred content. Over the centuries, these books were said to have been carefully translated by various priests of secret orders until finally, the Greeks compiled them as the works of Hermes Trismegistus.

One book most everyone is familiar with which is attributed to the mysteries of the God Thoth is the Tarot, considered to be an unbound book of symbols that may be read in an endless variety of sequences imitating the random nature of existence itself.

I resemble Yamantaka, literally, the "Destroyer of Yama".

I am an incarnation of the Ahksobyha, a spiritual emanation of "Buddha-consciousness" into the world, according to Tibetan Buddhist-Lamaist mysticism.
I destroy the psychic and spiritual enemies of both the Dalai Lama in his current physical form, and the philosophic and mental opposition of the true Way of Buddhist Mysticism as a whole. In this respect, I am a Dharmapala, a wrathful "guardian of Correct Fate".

MORE IMPORTANTLY-

I can, through the focus of a true devotee, manifest physically as a terrifying figure with thirty-two pulverizing arms to strike at enemies, and sixteen legs with which to trample both demon and man. I often have a fire-breathing bull's head, symbolic of my triumph over Yama, the Lord of the Wheel of Life and Death (his vahana, or holy steed and symbol, was a bull).

Seriously, if you aimed a webcam at me, that's what you would see. And my job, when not working in the CPS, is "Destroyer of Yama".

I get about $7.50 an hour for that, and no dental coverage. It's rough.

Obviously I resemble myself the most.

It's well known that I'm a goddess, you should really all be worshiping me about now.

Obviously I resemble myself the most.

It's well known that I'm a goddess, you should really all be worshiping me about now.
Nice threads!:eek:

http://www.dakini.demon.co.uk/whitedak.jpg

Obviously I resemble myself the most.

It's well known that I'm a goddess, you should really all be worshiping me about now.Well, since you're the first deity whose deigned to write anything in my general direction, you've got a deal.

Don't get your expectation up though. I tend to forget minor details, so I'll prolly only worship you for the next half hour or so.

Obviously I resemble myself the most.

It's well known that I'm a goddess, you should really all be worshiping me about now.

Just like me. FD caught onto the program.

Yes, absolutely. I was all giddy when I was in Florence and could see it "for real". I bought a print at the Uffizi galleries showing only the figure of Venus from about the thighs upwards and had it framed. It's absolutely stunning. I've had it for 13 years now and I couldn't even think about ever taking it down. :)

I agree and I'd LOVE to see the original. Can I come next time you go? I'll even by the tickets. :)

Oh, I'm Amun. I scored 99% on all of them.

Ooh! *Jealous*

When I get my own home, I am going to have classic paintings like that adorning all my walls :D

Hi TBD! :fluffle: Aren't you the goddess of fluffling and chocolate?

Well, since you're the first deity whose deigned to write anything in my general direction, you've got a deal.

Don't get your expectation up though. I tend to forget minor details, so I'll prolly only worship you for the next half hour or so.
Oh no, I've learned not to expect much from men anymore.

Oh no, I've learned not to expect much from men anymore.
That's why you should stick to women! :D :fluffle:
"All hail Dakini! Goddess of ..... felines." :D

I resemble this one.
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/

That's why you should stick to women! :D :fluffle:
"All hail Dakini! Goddess of ..... felines." :D
Yeah, too bad I'm not attracted to too many women and those I am attracted to wouldn't be interested. Plus I'm sure that women are probably just as bad as men when it comes to being able to count on them.

I agree and I'd LOVE to see the original. Can I come next time you go? I'll even by the tickets. :)
You got yourself a deal. :)

You got yourself a deal. :)
Yay! I've got plenty of vacation time,when do you want to go?
And do you need your own room at the hotel? Or would a 2 bedroom suite do?:D

Odin
Indeed, you are 83% erudite, 45% sensual, 66% martial, and 50% saturnine.
King of the Gods and leader of the Aesir family, Odin was all wise, all seeing, and almighty. He was the very personification of authority, skilled in battle, and swift in administering justice, but also prone to unpredictable bouts of extreme wrath.
Along with his wife Frigg (yes, that was her name), Odin ruled from his magnificent hall of "Valhalla" located within the realm of Asgard, home to the deities. Valhalla was also the afterlife destination of brave and valiant mortal heroes who had fallen in battle. These dead heroes were whisked away from the bloody battlefield by Odin's elite force of armour clad female warriors called the Valkyries, charging through the sky upon flying horses.

Valkyries were originally fierce spirits of slaughter who soared over the battlefields like birds of pray, though in later Norse myth, they were romanticized as Odin's Shield-Maidens, virgins with golden hair and snowy arms who served the chosen heroes everlasting mead and meat in the great hall of Valhalla. And isn’t that just any man's dream?

The Fifteen Gods

These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in …

…all or none of the four variables: Dagda. … Erudite: Thoth. … Sensual: Frey. … Martial: Mars. … Saturnine: Mictlantecuhtli. … Erudite & Sensual: Amun. … Erudite & Martial: Odin. … Erudite & Saturnine: Anubis. … Sensual & Martial: Zeus. … Sensual & Saturnine: Cernunnos. … Martial & Saturnine: Loki. … Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Lug. … Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Coyote. … Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Hades. … Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Pan.





My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:

You scored higher than 99% on erudite

You scored higher than 99% on sensual

You scored higher than 99% on martial

You scored higher than 99% on saturnine

This is just weird. I'm female and I'm Odin.

Well, I always liked Ares/Mars, but he's an idiot.
I'd have to go with Hephestus/Vulcan.

Apollo...vain, rational, in pursuit of intellectual and artistic activities, and a lover of men. ^^

My results:
Thoth
Indeed, you are 79% erudite, 12% sensual, 45% martial, and 50% saturnine.
Thoth, the Egyptian God of secret wisdom, intellect, geometry and other forms of higher mathematics, was also the God of books and learning, of writing and numbers. And above all, he was the God of Magic. Indeed, he was the first and greatest of all magicians, said to create miracles from nothing by the mere vibrations of his voice alone.
Within his main temple were said to be stored his books of magic which were open for the edification of all, providing those absorbing this magic understood its sacred content. Over the centuries, these books were said to have been carefully translated by various priests of secret orders until finally, the Greeks compiled them as the works of Hermes Trismegistus.

One book most everyone is familiar with which is attributed to the mysteries of the God Thoth is the Tarot, considered to be an unbound book of symbols that may be read in an endless variety of sequences imitating the random nature of existence itself.

The Fifteen Gods

These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in …

…all or none of the four variables: Dagda. … Erudite: Thoth. … Sensual: Frey. … Martial: Mars. … Saturnine: Mictlantecuhtli. … Erudite & Sensual: Amun. … Erudite & Martial: Odin. … Erudite & Saturnine: Anubis. … Sensual & Martial: Zeus. … Sensual & Saturnine: Cernunnos. … Martial & Saturnine: Loki. … Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Lug. … Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Coyote. … Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Hades. … Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Pan.

According to personality, legends, illustrations or whatever, which divinity or mythological figure do you find more similar to you?

Personally, I identify more with the Greek God Hermes: small and swift, the witty thief and translator, the trickster, always on a journey

Note: this idea for this thread was taken from some comments on the Woman Pageant thread, so ther credits aren't mine.

deity?

Booyah! I made Straughn think!

.. Eh.. Not implying that you don't usually do that.. Think.. I think... Damn :confused:
That's a good point. I don't come here to think ... :p

That's a good point. I don't come here to think ... :p
Me either I do enough thinking at work
I come here for fun and to flirt with women. :)