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[blackjackrocket]

So anyone who has even vague knowledge of world mythology/religion knows that the creator of the world/universe isn't necessarily all-powerful or even runs anything

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[roll_soul]

Yeah, I think the general opinion of Arceus seems to come from a western perspective of "OMG ONE GOD AND ONE GOD ONLY". Of course, anyone who does any sort of exploring or reading can find out about the polytheistic beliefs in other places, and I'm sure that's filtered into Pokemon. Not everyone will ever get that, but that's just the way it is :\

...You know, I think I need sleep when I start imagining the various more godly Legendaries as the Olympians. >_>;

[blackjackrocket]

Ooh, that should make for an interesting discussion.

Also I'm wondering why people use "Western" to describe it when the "west" is where Greece, Italy, Ireland, and Norway are, not to mention all the various and varied beliefs of the northern and southern American continents.

[roll_soul]

You know? That it would.

I actually thought of that when I was commenting, but couldn't really think of a better term at the time. I guess the best way would probably just be to specify which belief system is being talked about when?

[arremmmdee]

"Western" is the Americas, "East" mostly refers to Asia. Europe is more or less the "Old World" and so everything is relative to it.

[blackjackrocket]

But even in the Americas (and that's a pretty strange and limited way of referencing a direction when the dividing line seems to be more Greece/Turkey) there's a long history of pantheism.