Introduce me to to your favorite deities

Maponos said:

The three in my signature.

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto does not like for my relationship with him to be made public, so I keep that private. He doesn't even like his actual name to be known by most.

Ishtar is the goddess who I am perhaps comfortable speaking about. I worship her as Ishtar-Venus (the Roman Venus actually having been heavily influenced by the Carthaginian/Phoenician Astarte). She is gentle, but fierce. She brings forth beauty, love, eroticism and many other things wherever she treads. She is the Queen of Heaven. She is known is a vast number of Indo-European mythologies and even others outside of that sphere. She is Ishtar/Inanna/Astarte/Aphrodite/Venus/Freja/Turan and many, many others. She is the goddess of justice as well, and the wicked and corrupt cannot stand to be in her presence as she strikes them down.

In Vedic astrology, my Ishta-Devata is the planet Venus, so this suits me perfectly.

Apollon is another, more inscrutable deity, though much has been written about him. Like Ishtar, he is kind, but wrathful. He is youthful, yet wise beyond all years. He has high morals and is highly cultured, so he does not tolerate barbarism (though what is considered barbaric/uncultured may differ for some). If one acts morally and piously, he will be favored by Apollon.

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Guitar's Cry said:

Pan: Arcadian God of Shepards, wild places, and rustic music. Part goat, man, and God. It is said he died when Christ was born, but I see Christ in the Manger as a similar symbol connecting the animal world, humans, and gods.

Pan is an inspiration to me because he represents the woods where I grew up and gleaned most of my early spiritual (as well as sexual) experiences. I am also a musician, and enjoy rough, unrefined music.

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Thirza Fallen said:

Make sure you keep your loin cloth on when playing music in the woods.

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