approaches to godhead

<Sophrosyne> The less well constructed an ancient mythology, the more modern people will create a new version of it
<Sophrosyne> And claim it's true
<oblivion> i dunno.. i think at the core... focus comes from shared gods
<Sophrosyne> Gods are nothing without some point of reference
<Sophrosyne> Otherwise they are just names on a tablet
<oblivion> well in practice i think there are a limited number of apporaches that happen irl
<oblivion> so if two people agree on the name and approach
<oblivion> thats as good as you are going to get
<Sophrosyne> http://www.templeofsumer.org/
<oblivion> even within greece forms of worship varied quite widely by time and place
<oblivion> i tend to look at the entire known history of the god in question (as much as i am capible... i do alot of research)
<oblivion> well up to my cut off date anyway
* Sophrosyne nods
<oblivion> in classical cults there was alot of (god) of the (natural phenomenon) where a god had many diffrent aspects
<Sophrosyne> Yes
<Sophrosyne> And many epithets
<Sophrosyne> All of which have been studied
<oblivion> as long as post classical interpritations of the god in question don't fall outside the gods general character i'll take them into consideration