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

[Kelley Forbes]

So, when you say that ancestors-become-Gods need some worship in order 
to "gift them with something real", how does that work, in your opinion?


-- Kelley.


Corc Hamr wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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