[Cro Dreoilin] Up for Discussion: Do the Gods need worship?

[Corc Hamr]

It seems to me that in the case of most Gods, for example An Daghda, the
Morrighan, and similar deities, worship is something that we give because
it promotes the hospitality relationship between us and them. On the other
hand, Gods that are elevated from Ancestor status, such as (both of these
are arguable, I know) Cu Chulainn or (going into the Greek for a moment)
Arachne, must have a certain amount of power lent to them in the form of
worship or at least veneration of some type in order to maintain that
status. Regardless of that worship, however (and now I'm going into my own
Animist viewpoint), the spirits of Cu Chulainn and Arachne remain, as do
the spirits of the land and spirits of various other entities, including
the Gods; I doubt that our Pagan practices would be as powerful to us as
they are, otherwise. Do they need worship, then? Probably not, but there is
something in worship and/or offering which gifts them with something real,
which is to say it benefits them in some way.

My two bits.
-G

On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Chris and Kelley <
chris.n.kelley at astronomytower.net> wrote:

> In the interest of getting more discussion going on this list, we're going
> to start posting some topics for talk.
>
> Our first topic: Do the Gods need worship?
>
> This is not just a yes or no answer; there are lot of questions in this
> one question. Consider:  Which Gods are we talking about? What do we mean
> by "need"? What do we mean by "worship"?
>
> Have at it.
>
> -- Chris and Kelley.
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