# Who are your favorite gods? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100 "2005-12-04T23:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/1 "2005-12-04T23:00:57Z")
Inspired by the false gods thread, and my own username, and life in general. I am mostly Buddhist, though I like Hinduism also, mostly because of its pantheism. I have less of a hard time believing in a pantheon of not necessarily divine beings, but of an order of magnitude above humans. I feel I have been corrupted by Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams. I rather like their take on the gods. Not better, just different. Definitely not ones to be worshipped per se, but respected. (Or just acknowledged so that they wont mess with you too much.) So which gods are your favorites? Fictional or mythological (or real, for how can we know?) Here’s my top ten, most definitely not exclusive. 1. Thor - because he’s Thor. 2. Odin One-Eye - proof that gods ain’t omnipotent. 3. Crom - Good enough for Conan, good enough for me. 4. Cthulhu - bumps in the night take on all new meanings. 5. Ishtar - my favorite goddess of love, and very good dancer. 6. Bast - goddesses that can purr are always good. 7. Brahmā/Vishnu/Shiva - whichever incarnation he chooses for the moment. 8. The Devas - just because. 9. Osiris and Isis - true love can never die… 10. Murphy, the one true false god. AP ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/2 "2005-12-04T23:08:12Z")
I always just plain liked the name “ **Lugh, Lord of Light**.” ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/3 "2005-12-04T23:10:42Z")
I’d have to say Gozer, the Gozerian. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/4 "2005-12-04T23:13:52Z")
Loviatar, if anybody remembers the old AD&D _Dieties & Demigods_ Finnish pantheon. **And** her illustration. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/5 "2005-12-04T23:30:01Z")
Bast is my favorite. I have 4 cats and they make me feel close to her. I’ve also always liked Odin and Loki. The whole Ragnarok idea really appeals to me, in a nihilistic sorta way. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/6 "2005-12-05T00:31:24Z")
Thor rules, but let’s face it, the Nordic myths would have been pretty dull without Loki’s zany antics. I mean, he once got Thor to dress up in drag, for Og’s sake! Is Murphy by any chance the god of that guy at the office who can never work the copier and who’s always losing his pen so he has to borrow yours? ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/7 "2005-12-05T00:44:06Z")
Shiva, who walks around pissing off all the other gods by having matted hair and wearing nothing but animal skins and ashes. He always looks like someone out of a metal band. He’s proof that higher powers don’t have to be a bunch of fuddy-duddies. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/8 "2005-12-05T00:45:02Z")
Eru, aka Iluvatar. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/9 "2005-12-05T00:53:49Z")
Oh, give me Zeus and Hera and Aphrodite and Hermes and all the ancients. Great fun. Always having boisterous arguments and playing tricks on each other, sneaking off to earth to dress up as animals and schtup mortals and then turn them into shrubbery. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/10 "2005-12-05T01:00:55Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > Loviatar, if anybody remembers the old AD&D _Dieties & Demigods_ Finnish pantheon. > > **And** her illustration. 😉😃 I’d toss a little something into Tlazolteotl’s collection plate as well. Hubba-hubba. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/11 "2005-12-05T01:13:25Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Oh, give me Zeus and Hera and Aphrodite and Hermes and all the ancients. Great fun. Always having boisterous arguments and playing tricks on each other, sneaking off to earth to dress up as animals and schtup mortals and then turn them into shrubbery. Gotta agree. While there’s a lot to be said for the Norse guys and gals, you just can’t beat gods who like to mess around with us and each other all the time all the time - in all meanings of the word! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/12 "2005-12-05T01:22:05Z")
Ever since middle-school: Hermes - though I don’t really remember why. Maybe it’s because he’s the god of both merchants _and_ theives. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/13 "2005-12-05T01:25:08Z")
I’m very fond of trickster dieties, myself. Loki, especially his antics while he’s just wicked, not evil. (Shaving Sif bald - there has to be more behind that than what we’re told. That’s the action of someone with a _serious_ grudge against the woman.) Coyote. Who’s interesting for being several mutually incompatible dieties of the same name as one looks at the stories of different tribes. But I think my favorite take is that of the Crow. Even without the picture, Loviator is not someone to piss off. Krishna is interesting, too, but I can’t say I know his stories as well as the other two tricksters I’d mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/14 "2005-12-05T01:35:46Z")
Blasphemy. There is no God but Og. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/15 "2005-12-05T01:41:17Z")
I’m gonna have to go with Simon the God of Hairdos and Jeff the God of Biscuits. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/16 "2005-12-05T01:54:24Z")
I believe my name speaks for itself. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/17 "2005-12-05T02:11:43Z")
Another vote for Loki. Of all of the Greek/Roman or Norse gods, he tends to stick in the mind longest. ---
**Author:** ![2centsworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/43a26b/32.png) [@2centsworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2centsworth)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/18 "2005-12-05T02:17:00Z")
Without a doubt Fortuna I pray to her everytime I buy a Lotto ticket ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/19 "2005-12-05T02:26:18Z")
Definitely Eru. I have always liked Slartibartfast. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2005, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100/20 "2005-12-05T02:31:22Z")
Bacchus and Pan. The party gods. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-your-favorite-gods/334100.md?page=2)