This section of chapter 2, “Creating Gods,” from Creating Life, discusses other traits your gods might have.
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How to Invent Characteristics of Gods
Alignment Anyone who’s played role playing games is familiar with the concept of alignment, or good vs. evil. This oversimplified way of viewing gods helps classify, organize, and balance them so we don’t have too many evil ones, for example. Read More …
How to Invent End of Time Myths
This section of chapter 2, “Creating Gods,” from Creating Life, discusses how to invent end-of-time myths and using Earth analogues to do so. Other Stories We can also mirror Earth mythologies of gods doing things to each other and mortals. Read More …
How To Invent Creation Myths
A pantheon will have a mythology, whether it’s featured heavily in stories or just mentioned by characters or in narration. To avoid exposition, incorporating the myths into a tale is the best way to mention them. This is one area Read More …
Are Your Gods Vulnerable?
This section of chapter 2, “Creating Gods,” from Creating Life, discusses how and when to make your gods vulnerable to each other or the species, and what the consequences can be for everyone.
Where and How Long the Gods Live
Relationships We can create relationships, familial or not, based on god traits. A god of love and a god of hate can be twins, as can the gods of life and death. The god of winter and demigod of snow Read More …
Power Among the Gods
This section of chapter 2, “Creating Gods,” from Creating Life, discusses how to create different power levels among the gods of a pantheon. Various means can be used to achieve this in a sensible manner.
How to Create a Pantheon
Pantheons A pantheon is a mythological collection of gods. They are often related by familial ties and recognized by the culture that invented them but not usually by others. While creating multiple gods is more work, dynamic relationships among deities Read More …
Creating Gods in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Chapter 2 – Creating Gods Whether we write fantasy or science fiction, chances are sooner or later we’ll need a god or gods. At the least, our characters might want to pray, swear, threaten damnation, or utter thanks. And when Read More …
The Problem of Exposition
The Problem of Exposition The objection to exposition is that authors cause a loss of momentum when they stop the story to explain a setting or even a character, then resume on the other side. Authors of older books sometimes Read More …