Why P’tah Exists In This Fantasy World: Some Standalone Lore About The Gods

He DOES like ancient Egypt.

But, as the World was created through word and breath, so to were other Worlds, all Worlds, this World.

It was said there was a world where the final Bond book was never published because a time-traveler landed to congratulate the ailing Mr. Fleming, The Man With The Golden Typewriter, on the name of the book, which is—

Better you shouldn’t know, to be honest. To be kind.

…and Mr. Fleming, who had not written name of the book, shot him through the head.

Were Dwarves born to make and create? Yes. Sort-of like the continuing, but better-controlled, addiction to Gold. No living Dwarf remember when it was decided to take hold of and find all of the golden treasures of the Earth. All they knew was it was a delighted generation, followed by seven generations of increasing misery. Dwaven craftsmanship fell away. Why bother?

…there was eventually a generation so sad that it began to make things of the gold rather than hoard it. In pure defiance.

It turned out to give meaning to a great many things previously unknown. A statue to a Goddess you do not worship stops being a silly, expensive idol, and becomes molten Potential.

Ah.

Potential.

The God of Dragons is caught by Gold
Lord Entropy has love for mold.
Only one God’s arrogant enough to be self-referential:

Potential is attracted by potential.

1. Are Gods made more powerful by the number of worshippers they have?

Not necessarily.

To be perfectly honest, meaning no disrespect, I’m not sure the Gods know what makes them more or less powerful, and I’m not sure all of them spend their time striving and hoping for more power (and more responsibility, one might think?)

I’m not a confidante of most Gods; I am just a (relatively) humble narrator.

It is a comforting thought, at least for humans, that Gods would be similar to humans (and most upper primates, although we don’t recommend calling most Gods ‘upper primates’) and become more powerful depending on who worshipped them. One notes that Sir Pterry suggested Gods start essentially as spirits, seeking the energy gained from sincere worship (of a place, a thing, an idea) sufficient to give them some form and power; that Gods start shapeless and fluid as water.

Perhaps they do? I’ve never been present at the creation of a God, and hope to avoid it.

But there are certain Gods common to a number of Universes. This is because they like those Universes.

So if you see herein a God and you’re not sure whether that means we’re in your Universe, or another, don’t worry.

If you think about it, you ALREADY don’t know if you’re in the Universe you were in  when you started this sentence, do you?