We had a mention of Ursula as a Goddess., that no one believed in anymore much. That sounds familiar with Pan too–wondering what the story is here but I do think there’s a connection with wanting to be immortal, to be believed in and have followers. Curious to see where they go with it all.
This makes me think of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld and the “Small Gods” – in short…
- Gods on the Discworld are believed into existence, i.e. they are anthromorphic representations of things people want to believe in (The Lady is luck, Fate is fate, etc)
- When people stop believing in the god, truly believing, then the god loses its stature and power, eventually becoming a small god – a whisper on the wind
- Small gods can be “rebuilt” into ‘real’ Gods with belief
For more information see Small Gods, which is about Brutha the last prophet of Om.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34484.Small_Gods
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