h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I said comparitively. And it wasn't exactly through choice. Shows initiative in a difficult situation and all that.

I'm trying to be good and not tick anyone off in a religious debate, because I know I can get nasty if I'm not careful... just a precaution.

Though being a devil... that's a *very* interesting alternative....

Not sure she strictly counts but she was deified - I'd be Livia, wife of Augustus Caesar. She basically ran the Roman Empire with Augustus, although it wasn't official. And always got her own way. (that may've involved some poison but hey, gods can be cruel.)

Essentially she was a lady who knew what she wanted and a bit of a despot for good measure. Fantastic.

Boy George.

Is very full of danger to like to be god!

Many bad things are happen if say like to be god!

Thank Q!

Why Q? It's only a bit of fun and they don't exist anyway.

*plugs ears* Yah-huh, they do... (I'm such a horrible Trekkie)

So we've got Olympus, Valhalla, Heaven, the Q Continuum, wherever the gods of the Land of the Pharos lived...what are we missing? Marvel and DC comics' gods? C'mon, I know there's some MUCH more bizarre gods out there...

hehe...like Kali...

--Apollo

I could see myself as the Dagda, a pot-bellied old fart of hardy peasant-stock who just happens to be the chief of the Irish Gods. God of weather (not just thunder or lightning) and crops. Spare your minor gods of booze. I'll have a Cauldron of Plenty, thank you very much - all the beer and pizza I could ever want, and anything else I can think of. And who wants a little hammer when you can have a club so big it takes 8 men to lift it?

And my dear Dagda, let OM protect you from the theories of PAN. Nature sings as soft or loud as wind, as real as blood and water never like a Euclidian mind. No greco-roman Harm-ony will come to thee. You'll hear nought but the rut
..and the babbling brook broken
by birdsong anarchies.

* the Dagda reaches into his Cauldron of Plenty, pulls out a frosty tin of hearty ale and tosses it to OM *

That should aid you adequately in your crusade against those Hellinistic Harm-onies.

AMPHITRITE - Sea Goddess, that's all I know about her but it sounds nice! or of course, I'm surprised no-one else has mentioned her APHRODITE - Goddess of love, desire, and sexuality

Yeah, ok, Aphrodite - great body, excellent bone structure, winning personality - but who'd want to be married to that great sweaty lump Hephaestus?

Can't expect much romance from a guy who spends all day banging away on a piece of iron.

Poseidon- In charge of the sea, not too much responsibility over heavenly matters, and in charge of the cyclopses.
Or
Hades. Because I'm evil.

I would rather have been Dionysus, but someone took him long ago.

PS Give Hephastus a break. He had a bad enough time as it is, what with being thrown away and with his wife having lots and lots of lovers, without you picking on him.

Anyone read David Eddings? Being one of the Thousand Younger Gods of Styricum sounds pretty cool... Setras especially. He has a studio for constructing sunsets in... sounds fun, don't you think?

Bit of a late reply to Bald Bloke's posting - I wasn't thinking of the description of Thor that Dirk Gently met, I had in mind the guy in th Marvel Comics, which is obviously based in reality. He had a lot of fun hitting stuff.

I think I'm a Rain God too. I find a hat helps.

Maw

*Unhooks David Eddings IV from front paw*

Back in post 15 I opted to be Aphrael, but I've always suspected that Sparhawk's horse Faran had some hidden Godlike qualities.

Can I have a Sirian (that's Sirius not Syria) custom made sunset complete with delicious smells please?

*Dingo grin*

Faran was spooky, don't you think? Far too intelligent to be a mere horse. I detect Aphrael tampering.

Aphrael might take a short cut now and then, but Tampering? And with that nice horse Faran. Perish the thought.

I wouldn't mind being Ra. The nice short name means you could have a massive signature. Not too keen on the Dusty Springfield style eyeshadow though.