Foreign Gods

From: Philip Hibbs <PHibbs_at_compuserve.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 13:12:28 -0500

Sandy Petersen
>Heathen travelers would actually figure out which gods in the new land
>were the "same" as in their old one, so that Thoth (I think) was
>considered to be Hermes by the Greeks.

Interesting idea. I don't suppose I'd have any problems with my Humakti going into a foreign temple and praying for help while in a foreign land. If he could find a suitably similar deity to Humakt, he might even have a go for some divine magic, in the same whay that I might go into a Banque Nationale de Paris while on holiday and ask for some cash. Well, maybe not *quite* like that... but I'd find out if the Priests thought their God might be chums with Humakt, and might extend a favour. Now I just have to persuade my referee, Simon to swallow that line.

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