Gods of Many Hats?

[ragnvaeig]

A particular thread on "the devil you know" v. "the devil who gets the job done" from an earlier post got me wondering

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[ragnvaeig]

That's remarkably polite.

So were it less a personal issue, you'd be more inclined to seek a specialist (or am I reading that incorrectly)?

[ragnvaeig]

...hunh. I would never even have considered that particular eventuality. Thank you for making me think about it.

Hmmm....

[dakiwiboid]

On the one hand, Ishtar, as a syncretic goddess, has most of the bases I need covered taken care of. On the other hand, the Eater of Socks clearly exists, and must be propitiated.

Re: Hmmm....

[wilhelmina_d]

He lives in all our laundry machines. *le sigh*

Re: Hmmm....

[smarriveurr]

He is omnipresent and indwelling throughout the dryers and washing machines of all creation, for ever and ever - awwww man!

[muffinlips146]

I've never come across a problem I didn't feel comfortable working with my Patron with.

I honestly don't know what I would do if I ever came upon an issue She couldn't/wasn't right to deal with.

[ragnvaeig]

Do you think this might be a possibility in the future?

[muffinlips146]

My Goddess is pretty all encompassing. I'm not sure it's really an issue.

[ragnvaeig]

Confidence is good.

And, if I might ask--whence on earth comes your icon? I keep staring at it, thinking it's something I ought to recognise.

[brightlotusmoon]

I'll ask my Matrons for help first, and if they can't, they'll recommend a deity who can. If that one can't help, then I'll risk the *glingleglingle* and hunt down a specialist.
Unfortunately, I don't have Hex, otherwise that might be easier. (My computer's name is Rose, my husband's computer is Tardis. They're nice and all, but they're not Hex)

[ragnvaeig]

Would you go for a specialist built from the ground up, or would you rather adapt an extant one?

[brightlotusmoon]

It depends on what I need. Usually I'd prefer one built from the ground up, but if I find out about an existing one, I'll go with that.

[witchofnovember]

I'm inclined to the Small Gods theory, and go looking for an already existing good aproximation.

[a_quiet_patch]

Depending on how serious and personal it is, I'd ask a 'specialist' within my pantheon for things.
If it was really personal I'd ask my patrons, as I have done in the past.

[ragnvaeig]

Would you ever consider moving outside your particular pantheon?

[a_quiet_patch]

Hmm. I'll say yes.
But I wouldn't simply because they are a 'specialist' in a field. I would only do so if I had started to make contact with them otherwise.

[ragnvaeig]

Interesting. Thank you.