𝖶𝗋𝗂𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖳𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖫𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋𝗌

𝖥𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗂𝖼 𝖡𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗍𝗌 𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖧𝗈𝗐 𝖳𝗈 𝖶𝗋𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗆 (𝖵𝖨)

✎ 𝖦𝗈𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖣𝖾𝗂𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗌
Ever since Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Marvel's Thor became popular, entertainment industries have pounced on
ancient pantheons. From the movie industry to the television industry to even literature,
people have been dishing out all kinds of movies, TV shows, and books that
center around gods and goddesses, whether they be original or borrowed from
pre-existing pantheons.
Like with winged characters, shape-shifters, zombies,
and characters with tails, the influx of people writing about gods and
goddesses makes room for more errors that occur, so that's why I'm giving you
guys these tips on how to write your own deities.

✎ 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲
Like I said before, the media has pounced on gods and goddesses, so that means there are a whole lot of them out there.
This tip mostly applies to people who are borrowing from a pre-existing pantheon, and all I have to say is that it's gonna be
tough. Zeus and Aphrodite and Thor and Ra and all those other people have been
reimagined and copied so many times across film, tv, and literature, so you
have to make sure that your version of a pre-existing deity stands out.
There are four pantheons (two of them are practically identical, but I'm still counting them) that are the most commonly used: Greek,
Roman, Norse, and Egyptian.
Now, I'm not saying that you should avoid using these pantheons, I'm just saying that it's going to be harder to make your version of these deities unique because there have been so many adaptations of them
already.
In order to make your Thor stand apart from all of the other Thors out there, you're going to have to change him up a bit and step
away from the common tropes that are normally associated with Thor.
𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘂𝗽!
✎ Genderswap (down with cis gods/goddesses!)
✎ Sexuality swap (down with straight gods/goddesses!)
✎ Racebend
✎ Change personality they normally have (AKA make Aphrodite casual instead of a wily seductress/ make Zeus chill instead of
uptight and "I am a thunder god you will bow")
✎ Change their powers up

And there's also the option to change up the pantheons altogether. There are more gods out there than just Greek, Roman, Norse, and Egyptian!
**Just a note to be careful when it comes to deities that aren't a part of your culture. Do extensive research and ask people of that culture about their religion. You can't write about gods you know nothing
about!**
Now, for the people writing about unique gods, I have a few questions for you to answer and further develop your original deities:
✎ What are their powers? Do the powers have limits?
✎ Are they immortal? Is there a way that
they can be killed?
✎ What aspect of nature/the universe/people/etc etc do they rule over? How does that affect their character?
✎ What's their personality?
✎ Who worships them and why?
✎ How is the culture of the people that
worship them? How does their worship of this particular deity affect their day-to-day lives?
✎ Where do they live? On Heaven? On Earth?
✎ Do they have family? A husband/wife?
Children?

✎ 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆
You guys will not believe how many gods/goddesses I have seen that have absolutely no character to them whatsoever. They're simply cardboard cutouts that have positions of power and are the Leaders™ . They have the same stagnant emotion and never develop as characters. In fact, sometimes they can hardly pass as characters at all!
If your god/goddess is going to be successful with
readers, they need to be well-developed and well-rounded characters. Just
because they're deities doesn't mean you can suddenly throw all of the rules
about writing characters out the window!
I'm calling for a revolution against one-dimensional deity characters!

✎ 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱?
Different gods from different cultures have a whole host of powers at their disposal, but the question is if a line is ever drawn.
Is your god/goddess like the capital 'G' God in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam? Are they all-knowing and all-powerful like He is?
Or, are they like the Greek and Roman pantheons? Where the gods have limits?
Stories are more focused on limited gods, and for good reason. If you have an all-powerful god as one of your main protagonists that can solve any problem and do anything without breaking a sweat, then your story is going to be pretty boring.