greeks and writing again, straight to the point

 i think the greek pantheon as it's commonly thought of is an accident of writing

something that came about because of how the earliest greek writing was deployed

they didn't understand what they were doing

the rural cults were a lot closer to how you actually do polytheism in a potent manner

they'd worship like, a handful of deities in their local expressions... like 3 or so, not necessarily on any logical scheme to relate them to each other, but whatever emerged would be immediate and meaningful and beyond tired exhortations about morality