Greyhorn Pagans

There is a negative connotation on Trickster deities, that need not be there. The result of this mindset is due to the influence of the devil and Christianity . Trickster deities such as Veles , Hermes , Reynard , Prometheus , Odin , Loki , Puck , and more. They master magic , invent alphabets , find and bring back gifts for the gods and their people. Puck is a romantic and will matchmake lovers who catch his eye, Loki brought back Gullinbursti , Mjolnir and other great gifts that the gods use, Prometheus gave man fire and crafts , Hermes the alphabet and much more.  T he " Trickster " category is a broad and complex one, that is more of a means to simplify a deity than to outright explain it. None of these deities as tricky as they may be, are evil. Most were in fact beloved by their own people and still are. They are teachers , guardians , romantics , and helpfully cunning . To allow " Trickster " to be a negative is to ignore 10's of thousands of a years o...

You don't have be a great thinker or seer to be able to come to the conclusion that the most well known polytheistic beliefs in North and South Europe seem to share a lot of the same gods. The Norse pantheon has Thor , the god of thunder and most powerful of all the gods in Asgard . In Greece they have Zeus who is more a combination of Thor and Odin . He is the god of thunder and at the same time the god all on Mount Olympus answer and listen too. The Ancient Romans called him Jupiter , or Jove . The god of thunder and the king of the gods. But even in the far East in countries as India and China you can find myths and stories similar to the ones we hold so dear here in Europe. In India we have Vishnu who by merely thinking about creation created Brahma from a lotus flower growing from his navel which in turn created the world. A story which shares a lot of similarities with the Greek creation story of the Golden Egg laid by Nyx , or night. Even the Genesis creati...